William Hyde wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2:35 pm, Howard <rayc_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Looks like Varely is planning on a sequel, making it a four book
> > series instead of a trilogy.
> >
>
> *curses loudly*
>
> Well, I guess I'm just going to have to wait a few more years before
> reading some John Varley.
Depends on how set you are on a "never read incomplete series" rule.
The first one "Red Thunder" managed fine for years as a stand-alone.
The second, "Red Lightning," strikes me as slight and a little preachy
but that may be because I read it immediately before "Rolling
Thunder."
And "Rolling Thunder" is quite a good book. Very alien aliens, a title
that actually means something (which is not the case for "Red
Lightning") and a deft bit of character writing. In that (spoiler and
spoiler) from the third book are very different people when shown
through the eyes of a new viewpoint character. Not retconned out of
shape, just seen differently by a different person -- who has some
suggestions for dealing differently with them, some of which work very
well.
There's a clear direction left for a sequel, i.e. a problem to solve
and more than an inkling of who's going to solve it. But it's not at
all a cliffhanger. I anticipate no difficulty in waiting, me.
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