(urth) Other SF writers? (Was: How list works and questions to mailers)

[Adam Thornton]

On May 12, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

> As an alternate take on some of the themes in _Case of Conscience_,  
> one
> should also read _The Sparrow_ by Mary Doria Russell, an astonishing
> book in its own right and one that may appeal to Wolfe fans  
> specifically
> for a number of reasons.

Russ Allbery's devastating review of _CoC_(A Case of Conscience) is  
right on the mark.  The first fifty pages, I think, are actually  
pretty good, and then Blish takes the novel in exactly the least  
interesting direction possible.

Adam
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