root@decwrl.UUCP (01/12/84)
From: akov68::boyajian A recently read book that I recommend is THE ARMAGEDDON RAG by George R. R. Martin. The protagonist, Sandy Blair, is a former journalist/editor of an underground tabloid called HEDGEHOG. He is called by his former publisher to investigate the ritual murder of a famous rock promoter. The murder seems to be tied in with a former super-group of the '60s, The Nazgul, one of whose members was killed by a sniper at a concert back in '72. Blair eventually crosses the path of someone who wishes to reunite the Nazgul (all four of them, even though one is dead) in order to use their inflammatory lyrics to rekindle the revolutionary movement of the late '60s. Anyone who likes a different sort of supernatural horror story and/or grew up with rock music of the '60s should enjoy this book. It's quite a bit differ- ent from Martin's usual stuff; his work is almost always deadly serious, but in this novel he has a lot of fun (there's even a couple of hidden references for fans of Martin's work). ---jayembee Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian
faunt@hplabsc.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (01/15/84)
Look for the paragraphs that are mostly song titles!!!