Clarke County, Space

Year: 1990

Abstract:
Clarke County is humanity's first true space colony. It's quiet, relatively peaceful, and Sheriff Bigthorne wants to keep it that way. Trouble comes in big packages, and the incoming shuttle is pretty big. On board is a woman running from her boyfriend, an assassin who will stop at nothing to destroy his target, a computer hacker, and last but not least, the Church of Elvis. Elvis lives! Clarke County decides to break away from its parent corporation, and all hell breaks loose. Can sheriff Bigthorne keep it all under control?

Advanced Mind
Exploration/Quest
Military/Fighting
Horror
Magic
Advanced Technology
Time Travel/Alternate History
Science
Aliens/Beasties
Contemporality

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Spectre's Review
Hmm. This book was kind of difficult to stay interested in. I really did not like how every couple of pages it would switch to a completely different person, and spend a long time just on that one person. For the longest time, you have no idea what's going on. You get an inkling of the plot here and there, but it's very difficult to follow. I did like the Sheriff Bigthorne character. If the author would have taken more time, perhaps, and doubled the length of the book and gone into more detail with people, staying on one for a little longer than three pages, it probably would have done better. I enjoyed some of the ideas about the computer AI, and the space station, and I thought the Church of Elvis was kind of humorous. The end was pretty abrupt, you'll have to read it to find out what I'm talking about. I really liked the part where Bigthorne's shack gets blown up. The ideas behind some of the characters were fascinating, just not quite as well developed as I'd have liked.
Date posted: 2000 05 31

Spectre's Rating
Hard to stay interested in, but not too bad.

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