nathan@orstcs.UUCP (11/27/83)
#R:cae780:-16100:orstcs:11600020:000:1025 orstcs!nathan Nov 26 15:54:00 1983 Re: Mindkiller & Spider Robinson For those who haven't read the book, what's his name is right; the book is superb right up to, but not including, the ending. This is not unusual for Mr. Robinson, and is an example of a very pleasing trend: When I first discovered Mr. R, he clearly understood in detail the dynamics of short stories. Simply, he wrote excellent short stories. (Witness "Overdose") His novellettes, however, read like more like long short stories than short novels. Now, Spider's novelettes are undeniably excellent. He clearly has mastered the subtleties of the longer work. Extending a novelette to novel length didn't work so well, but that is to be expected. I can't wait to see Spider's new novel two or three years from now; Wow! Don't be surprised if he bumps Stephen King (or Jane Fonda, snicker) off the bestseller list. At the rate he's learning, I promise he'll be a god (with Heinlein, Zelazny, Ellison, Bradbury, et al) before the decade's out. Just my opinion, Nathan C. Myers
ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades) (02/24/85)
Come on, people! Half a hundred netters have posted the same response to one question... Send mail all you want, but don't make me wear out my 'n' key skipping over the postings which confirm for the nth time the authorship of that darned book! This is really getting absurd. I feel like more people have replied to the "Mindkiller" question than have posted abortion articles to net.women.... Aaagh! Ellen