Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: [Worst] The American Zone by L. Neil Smith Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:16:10 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:16:10 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="1065"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1741 Lines: 24 In article , Robert Woodward wrote: >In article , > jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote: > >> The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith >> >> Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political >> rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the >> PI their goals and methods? Not a parody. >> >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom > > >Have you ever read Smith's _Their Majesties Bucketeers_? IIRC, it is his >third published novel and doesn't have many political lectures. > I have fond but very vague memories of that one. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll