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Eric Dittman dittman at dittman.net
Mon Jun 21 19:09:17 CDT 2004


> > > Everyone go re-read "Red Thunder" (Varley) and "Fallen Angels" 
> > > (Niven/Pournelle/ Flynn) to celebrate!
> > 
> > I haven't read _Red Thunder_ (but Varley's other stuff is good),
> > but I'd recommend against reading _Fallen Angels_ as it may poison
> > you against reading the Niven & Pournelle stuff without Flynn.  If
> > _Fallen Angel_ was the first one I'd read I'd never have read the
> > good stuff, like _Lucifer's Hammer_, _Inferno_, _The Mote in God'
> > Eye_, and _Oath of Fealty_.
> 
> Don't forget the whole Michael Flynn 'Fire Star' series.

After reading _Fallen Angels_ I won't touch a Flynn book.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net



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