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[Eric Dittman]

> > >From the context of the recommendation, I would guess _Red Thunder_
> > isn't set in Varley's _Steel Beach_ universe.  I picked up _Golden
> > Globe_ finally.
> 
> Theoretically it *could* be the same universe, but it's much closer to
> our time.  Think a decade or two into the future (mainly to account
> for the tech that doesn't exist now).

Kind of like Benford's Galactic Core series, where a couple of the books
happen around now, and the others years in the future?
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net