From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   James Nicoll wrote:   
   > Golden Sunlands by Christopher Rowley   
   >   
   > Federal Ranger Cracka Buckshore's efforts to keep irate parents from   
   > lynching handsome Fodo Bathin are complicated when Cracka, Fodo, and   
   > everyone else on the planet are kidnapped and taken to an artificial   
   > universe.   
   >   
   > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/seven-billion-light-years-from-sol   
   >   
      
   Rowley was apparently asked for a sequel but declined.  I get the   
   impression that he felt he'd committed enough first-book mistakes that   
   the potential series would be very hard to fix.  And new ideas   
   interested him more.   
      
      
   There does appear to me to be a significant difference in tone between   
   this and his next few books.  While I found GS readable, I prefer the   
   latter.   
      
   I once saw a summary of his sales figures.  His fantasy outsold his SF   
   by a factor of ten.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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