@RUTGERS.ARPA:A.ALDERSON@[36.48.0.1] (02/16/85)
From: Rich Alderson <A.ALDERSON@[36.48.0.1]> >At this point, the story shift to another person. This guy officially >doesn't exist -- he doesn't have the equivalent of a SS number. He's a >burglar by profession (and a good one, too). Then he breaks into this >apartment, and discovers that the tenant (a woman about 24-26) is >trying to commit suicide. I remember the short story mentioned in a response to this, but I DON'T think it was in OMNI--I don't read it. I also remember the novel, but not the title. However, I have a feeling the author was Spider Robinson or Chip Delany or someone equally unlikely. I also noticed the similarity of the "tasp" to this story's basis--implied chronology intended: I read Ringworld and RWEngineers afterwards. Rich Alderson@{Score, Sierra} -------
@RUTGERS.ARPA:Newman.pasa@Xerox.ARPA (02/18/85)
From: Newman.pasa@XEROX.ARPA
What does anyone know about Jack Chalker's work? I have read the "Well
of Souls" stuff, but I saw the "Soul Rider" series and another series
(something about Dancing?) in the bookstore yesterday, and I am curious
if they are any good.
Also, has anyone read Farmer's "Dayworld"?
>>Dave@RUTGERS.ARPA:keesan@bbncci (02/19/85)
From: Morris M. Keesan <keesan@BBNCCI.ARPA> The description of the story where a burglar breaks into a woman's apartment and finds her "wireheading" sure sounds like a Spider Robinson book. The original short story appearance in _OMNI_ was titled "God is a Wire", and the novel is called "Mindkiller" (or "Mindkillers", or something like that).
@RUTGERS.ARPA,@MIT-MC:Shiffman@SWW-WHITE (02/19/85)
From: Hank Shiffman <Shiffman@SWW-WHITE>
From: ukma!red@topaz (Red Varth)
Subject: Here's another book that needs identification:
Date: 12 Feb 85 21:14:00 GMT
This book starts out about a professor whose wife has left him. He
gets depressed one night, and tries to commit suicide. He's saved by
his hat. His wife is a nurse, I think.
That's "Mindkiller" by Spider Robinson. The bit about him rescuing the
wireheaded girl was originally a story called "God Is An Iron". I
believe it was published in Analog and reprinted in Robinson's
collection "Time Travellers Strictly Cash".@RUTGERS.ARPA:mrose@udel-dewey.ARPA (02/26/85)
From: mrose@udel-dewey Chalker is almost as prolific as Piers Anthony (or vice-versa). Perhaps they're the same person armed with a word-processor... I liked the River of the Dancing Gods series best (though am still waiting on the release of the third book). In just about all of his books, Chalker envisions some sort of tangible entity (e.g., the well, eyes of baal in "and the devil will drag you under", coldahs in the "four diamonds" series, etc.) which direct the operation of the universe. In the river series, there's this alternate earth (earth') which is goverened by the book of rules. A committee of good and evil magicians vote on the rules therein. Typical rule: "in every party of seven, there is one member who can not be trusted". Actually, a lot of them are quite funny. *spoiler** The major plot revolves around one magician who can travel between earth and earth'. The bad guys are trying to pervert earth' (since God gave up on it) and to launch an attack to earth. Needless to say, the good magician, having experienced both earth and earth' is one formidable opponent, despite overwhelming odds, since the bad guys haven't heard of things like napalm or vintage films... Where, or where is that third book? (Chalker, a retired DEC salesman, seems to have been spending all of his time on the Soul Rider series.) /mtr