Re: RI August 2024

On 9/13/2024 10:34 AM, Tony Nance wrote:

On 9/11/24 11:12 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:

On 9/11/2024 6:33 PM, Tony Nance wrote:

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This reminds me that Hamilton's Starwolf trilogy has been sitting dormant and unread on one of my shelves. I need to read that some time.

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As I recall, the Starwolf trilogy was fairly pedestrian, at least compared to other novels that Hamilton wrote during the second half of his career.
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John Clute's SFE article (https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hamilton_edmond) has a number of suggestions in the penultimate paragraph. I agree that _The Haunted Stars_ (1960) was the best of the bunch.

 That was an interesting read - thanks. I need to remember to visit there more often in general.
 Bummer that the Starwolf trilogy is fair-to-middling - but it's the one I have. If I see some of the better suggestions in used book stores, I'll probably pick them up.
 Thanks again,
Tony

You are very welcome.
There is no question that SFE has a great deal of useful information (disclaimer: I am an occasional contributor, although most of my contributions are factual as opposed to analytical). However, it may be worth noting that different articles are written by different editors, which occasionally means a different emphasis.