In article <vg3236$atk$[email protected]>,
Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote:

I first encountered Stephen Robinett with a story in Omni magazine called >>"Hellbent" which made a big impact on me as a kid, and more recently I have >>started looking up some of the other stuff he wrote. This book was published >>by Ace in 1978 and takes place in the early 21st century. Told from the >>viewpoint of a lawyer who is hired to investigate a fraud case, it goes in >>all kinds of curious directions that are not evident in advance. The world >>is much like that of the 1970s except with very different automotive and >>computer technology, and in the end a lot of his predictions about the future >>have come true. I really, really recommend this book which is much less >>dated than typical earthbound SF of that era.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I don't believe I read this, but I recall greatly enjoying his
_Stargate_ when it serialzed in Analog about the same time.
(As by Tak Hallus, if you are actually looking for it in Analog).

I'm a bit surprised he apparently only wrote 3 novels.