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   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Taemon wrote:   
      
   > Dirk Thierbach wrote:   
   >   
   > Well... I was swept away by the Scavenger series, even on reread. But it's   
   > hard reading, it's about a guy who has lost his memory, and sometimes the   
   > point of view changes and you only realise that later. But it's very good   
   > - the guy might or might not be actually a god and he surely ends up   
   > killing   
   > people randomly wherever he goes. I like that sort of thing :-)   
      
   Ah.  Check out /Soldier of the Mist/ by Gene Wolfe, who did it earlier (by   
   fifteen years) and better. OK, I don't really know if it's better, because I   
   haven't read Scavenger - our library doesn't have the first book in the   
   series - but I really loved Wolfe's book, and Wikipedia says "Gene Wolfe is   
   the best writer alive. Period.", so who could argue with that. :-)   
      
   > Oh! John Varley! Both Steel Beach and Ophiuchi Hotline are very good.   
   > Varley goes all ways, though. You never know what to expect, quality-wise.   
      
   Mmm.  Yes.  I read them all anyway, and the ones that aren't great are at   
   least not a waste of time.   
   --   
   derek   
      
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