sigel%umass-cs%CSNet-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (12/19/83)
From: Andrew D. Sigel <sigel%umass-cs@CSNet-Relay>
Bill Beikman stated that MOLT BROTHER by Jacqueline Lichtenberg was part
of her Sime/Gen universe; this is not accurate. MOLT BROTHER is the first
(and, thus far, the only) volume of a series called Book of the First Lifewave.
Jacqueline seems to write in series. Jean Lorrah's novel, SAVAGE EMPIRE, is
totally unrelated to Sime/Gen. It is also the first volume of a series; the
second volume, DRAGON LORD OF THE SAVAGE EMPIRE has been out for some time,
and the third, CAPTIVES OF THE SAVAGE EMPIRE, is due out from Berkley in
February, at which time the other volumes will be re-released by Berkley, to
replace the old Playboy Paperbacks editions.
Jean Lorrah got started in Star Trek fan fiction, and she has sold a
novel to Pocket: THE VULCAN ACADEMY MURDERS. And while I'm messily seguing
into Star Trek, Diane Duane (author of THE WOUNDED SKY, perhaps the best ST
novelization yet, and certainly on a par with THE ENTROPY EFFECT) is also
finishing up a new Star Trek novel; she read bits of it at Worldcon, and
it sounds excellent.
Diane Duane (as the segue comes to a close) is an excellent author; may
I recommend THE DOOR INTO FIRE as a must-read book? It will finally be
coming back into print this spring sometime (it was part of the ill-fated
Dell line), and its sequel will finally see print at about the same time.
I have heard good things about her Young Adult novel (YA the way Heinlein
is considered a YA author for his novels like THE STAR BEAST), which is
called SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD? and just came out in hardcover from
Delacorte.
Andrew Sigel