@RUTGERS.ARPA:stever@cit-vax (04/01/85)
From: stever@cit-vax (Steve Rabin ) I am halfway through Disch's "The Genocides", and it is without doubt the most depressing sf-book I've ever read. It seems very well written though - As well done as Guy Snyder's "Testament XXI - The Book of the Twice Damned" or "The Lord's Pink Ocean" (Walker?), or even "A Canticle for Leibowitz" (Miller?), somewhat less downbeat collapse novels. All are excellent books addressing the issues more superficial works like "Day of the Triffids" (Wyndham?), or "Lucifer's Hammer" (Niven & Pournelle) give short shift. I am not sure where "Deus Irae" (Dick & Zelazny) fits in - perhaps in counterpoint, never serious, never quite real. Of all these Testament is my favorite. Who is Guy Snyder anyway? Steve