THE VENUS BELT

Rating:
Summary: Crime wasn't much of a problem.
Review: Not in the North American Confederacy. Not until people start disappearing left and right. And Detective Win Bear's closet friends start to vanish also.
At first he figures that some Hamiltonians might still be running about, but as the clues (or clews) start to pile up everything starts to point to the other side of the Probability Broach. But right when you'ld think things might start to clear up the Bear Curse kicks in and makes everything even worse- there seems to be TWO plots going on at the same time.
If Win Bear doesn't figure out what's happening, and fast, both universes might end up under the Iron Heel of a Totalitarian State!

Rating:
Summary: Crime wasn't much of a problem.
Review: Not in the North American Confederacy. Not until people start disappearing left and right. And Detective Win Bear's closet friends start to vanish also.
At first he figures that some Hamiltonians might still be running about, but as the clues (or clews) start to pile up everything starts to point to the other side of the Probability Broach. But right when you'ld think things might start to clear up the Bear Curse kicks in and makes everything even worse- there seems to be TWO plots going on at the same time.
If Win Bear doesn't figure out what's happening, and fast, both universes might end up under the Iron Heel of a Totalitarian State!

Rating:
Summary: Jumping Sharks in the Asteroid Belt -- and Beyond!
Review: The second in the "Win Bear" detective / alternate history / political lecture series -- and right about where they jumped the shark. Lots of gadgetry and bizarre settings. Plenty of outlandish characters -- human and otherwise. Entirely too much eye-rolling Libertarian college sophomore bull session philosophizing.

What should not be missed is the most viciously funny caricature of pompous ol' Walter Cronkite in all of literature. (Easy to spot if you know what the German homonym of his last name means. And think "Jimmy Carter.")