A novel by the author of "Orbital Decay". Trouble has come to Clarke County - Macy Westmoreland, gangster's moll, is on the run from the Mafia. Then there's Golem, the ultimate killing machine, and Macy's his latest contract. Clarke County is 200,000 miles from Earth and now faces nuclear attack.
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Sheriff John Bigthorn's job of keeping the peace on "Clarke County," Earth's first orbiting space colony, seems simple enough--until a frantic young woman fleeing her gangster boyfriend seeks refuge there, bringing with her a secret that holds the key to the colony's destruction or liberation. The author of Orbital Decay (Ace, 1989) combines satire with suspense in this fast-paced adventure that belongs in most sf collections.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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By Ahmed Rizk
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Tis is an action/gangster story set in outer space. The setting could well take place in any small or isolated town, not necessarily a space colony. The bernal sphere has been introduced before to SF literature in "Rendevouz with Rama". apart from that, there are no new ideas or concepts. It is a good read though. The author has a talent in description and drawing characters and the events are fast paced. What I mind the most is that the cover illustration got the shape of the supposedly Bernal sphere wrong and really spoiled the way I tried to imagine it.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Traditional story... clearly intended as a tribute to the masters of the so-called "golden era" of SF: A.C. Clarke got the county named after him, as well as a statue in one of the colony's parks, and Heinlein got a bridge - as well as a fairly boring avatar of the intelligent computer from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Steele has done better work, but this is still a fairly enjoyable story (with an enormous "plot hole": after knoking out cold the hit-man, why the sheriff does not check the hit-man's luggage and remove all the weaponry?)
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
All of Steele's books are just plain fun and this is no exception. Bizzare of course, but fun. I like his tributes to the greats and his nostaligic treatment of current scifi, "the good old days of Captain Kirk." The Elvis Cult is a riot.
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