Orbital Decay

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Summary: Getting High on the high frontier.
Review: "Reads like Golden Age Heinlein" my butt. It's a down-to-earth (eventually) yarn about a blue-collar construction crew in orbit, a pack of misfits as fascinating as they are bored. They happen to save the free world but, honestly, that's incidental to the drift. A treat for anyone who can't stand swords, sorcerors or space opera.

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Summary: "Golden-age Heinlein"? Well, sort of.
Review: No, he's not quite like Golden Age Heinlein. I doubt GA Heinlein would've had anything like a biker in his work. Nor would he have approved of weed in the hydroponics chamber. But he fits into the hard-SF groove, and y'know, he's just much less depressing than Gibson, too.

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Summary: Skip it
Review: Read this after really enjoying Coyote by the same author. Written in the Reagan Star Wars era, this book predicted that by 2016 there would be satelite phones with bugging capability. Not exactly anything new by today's standards. Written pretty well, but the 324 page story could be condensed down to about half that if you don't need every detail about a shuttle taking off or the past life of every character. The once in awhile narrator is not very convincing either. Three stars mainly for decent writing style.

Rating:
Summary: Skip it
Review: Read this after really enjoying Coyote by the same author. Written in the Reagan Star Wars era, this book predicted that by 2016 there would be satelite phones with bugging capability. Not exactly anything new by today's standards. Written pretty well, but the 324 page story could be condensed down to about half that if you don't need every detail about a shuttle taking off or the past life of every character. The once in awhile narrator is not very convincing either. Three stars mainly for decent writing style.