Entertainment Weekly's latest has another brief roundup of recent sf books reviewed by Noah Robischon. To wit:

• TO THE STARS by L. Ron Hubbard
  
  • Grade: A-
  
  
  • Lowdown: Scientology founder Hubbard first published Stars in two 1950 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. Aside from [the main character's ] old fashioned naïveté, the story is still pertinent today.


• MARQUE AND REPRISAL by Elizabeth Moon
  
  • Grade: B
  
  
  • Lowdown: Moon resolves too many conflicts with tech shortcuts, but the intrigue-filled plot lends to a marque of distinction.


• BANNER OF SOULS by Liz Williams
  • Grade: B+
  
  
  • Lowdown: Williams' finely wrought, femme-powered battle deftly blends fantasy and sci-fi.


• SAUCER: THE CONQUEST by Stephen Coonts
  
  • Grade: B+
  
  
  • Lowdown: Coonts crosses 1850s 1950s saucer kitsch with Bruckheimeresque dogfights to achieve a shallow but enjoyable liftoff.

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Posted by John DeNardo at Saturday October 23, 2004 at 8:54 PM
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