akhtar@uiuccsb.UUCP (12/12/83)
#N:uiuccsb:15500014:000:356 uiuccsb!akhtar Dec 11 16:18:00 1983 I saw the 'new' (in paperback) novel by Pohl at the bookstore recently, I think it is called Starburst. The blurb on the cover sounded very reminiscent of a short story he wrote some time ago called 'The Gold at the Starbow's End'. Can anyone out there enlighten me on this? Is his novel a lengthened version of the short story? ...pur_ee!uiucdcs!akhtar
greg@sdcsvax.UUCP (12/13/83)
"Starburst" by Frederik Pohl is indeed an expanded version of his previous story "The Gold at Starbow's End." I'm sorry to say it suffers by the expansion.
kalash@ucbcad.UUCP (12/20/83)
#R:uiuccsb:15500014:ucbcad:23400008:000:546 ucbcad!kalash Dec 13 12:07:00 1983 > I saw the 'new' (in paperback) novel by Pohl at the bookstore recently, > I think it is called Starburst. The blurb on the cover sounded very > reminiscent of a short story he wrote some time ago called > 'The Gold at the Starbow's End'. Can anyone out there enlighten me > on this? Is his novel a lengthened version of the short story? > > ...pur_ee!uiucdcs!akhtar It is indeed the novelization of his short story "The Gold at Starbow's End". However, I liked the short story much better. Joe Kalash kalash@berkeley ucbvax!kalash