• (Tears) Star Probe by Joseph Green

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 26 14:46:52 2023
    Star Probe by Joseph Green

    Successful first contact depends on an industrialist's determination,
    his dead father's experience and the industrialist's mentally deficient expendable son's commandeered body in a Disco Era ableist adventure.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/let-the-children-boogie
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Sun Nov 26 10:01:45 2023
    In article <ujvlos$lq0$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Star Probe by Joseph Green

    Successful first contact depends on an industrialist's determination,
    his dead father's experience and the industrialist's mentally deficient expendable son's commandeered body in a Disco Era ableist adventure.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/let-the-children-boogie

    I know I have read this (I still have the copy on the shelves), but I
    don't recognize your description at all.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. �-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Nov 26 20:26:33 2023
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <ujvlos$lq0$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Star Probe by Joseph Green

    Successful first contact depends on an industrialist's determination,
    his dead father's experience and the industrialist's mentally deficient
    expendable son's commandeered body in a Disco Era ableist adventure.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/let-the-children-boogie

    I know I have read this (I still have the copy on the shelves), but I
    don't recognize your description at all.


    TBH, the only bits I remembered were the deranged environmentalist,
    the rocket launch scene, and that a rendezvous with an alien probe
    was involved.
    --
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    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Robert Woodward on Sun Nov 26 13:50:35 2023
    On Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 1:01:51 PM UTC-5, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <ujvlos$lq0$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Star Probe by Joseph Green

    Successful first contact depends on an industrialist's determination,
    his dead father's experience and the industrialist's mentally deficient expendable son's commandeered body in a Disco Era ableist adventure.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/let-the-children-boogie
    I know I have read this (I still have the copy on the shelves), but I
    don't recognize your description at all.

    I have read his "The Loafers of Refuge" and do not recall it at all. I have read his "The Mind Behind the Eye", and sadly do.

    William Hyde

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 27 09:59:52 2023
    In article <uk09lp$lpe$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <ujvlos$lq0$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Star Probe by Joseph Green

    Successful first contact depends on an industrialist's determination,
    his dead father's experience and the industrialist's mentally deficient
    expendable son's commandeered body in a Disco Era ableist adventure.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/let-the-children-boogie

    I know I have read this (I still have the copy on the shelves), but I
    don't recognize your description at all.


    TBH, the only bits I remembered were the deranged environmentalist,
    the rocket launch scene, and that a rendezvous with an alien probe
    was involved.

    More than I remembered. Which bothers me a bit. There are books that I
    bought decades ago, started to read at that time, and deliberately put
    aside unfinished, and I remember why I did so. I think I will look
    through the 1970s issues of _Analog_ just to see if I remember details
    of the other serials (I think I read them all).

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    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. �-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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