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[The Renaissance Man]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 07:09:17PM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > > 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.

_Fallen Angels_ was, IMHO, dreck.  Trust me on this, it is NOT
representative of Michael Flynn.


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