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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Stephen Robinett: The Man Responsible
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 18:58:46 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <lokjsrFcunjU1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:
>In article <vg3236$atk$1@panix2.panix.com>,
>Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>>I first encountered Stephen Robinett with a story in Omni magazine called
>>"Hellbent" which made a big impact on me as a kid, and more recently I have
>>started looking up some of the other stuff he wrote.  This book was published
>>by Ace in 1978 and takes place in the early 21st century.  Told from the 
>>viewpoint of a lawyer who is hired to investigate a fraud case, it goes in
>>all kinds of curious directions that are not evident in advance.  The world
>>is much like that of the 1970s except with very different automotive and 
>>computer technology, and in the end a lot of his predictions about the future
>>have come true.  I really, really recommend this book which is much less
>>dated than typical earthbound SF of that era.
>>--scott
>>-- 
>>"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>
>I don't believe I read this, but I recall greatly enjoying his
>_Stargate_ when it serialzed in Analog about the same time.
>(As by Tak Hallus, if you are actually looking for it in Analog).
>
>I'm a bit surprised he apparently only wrote 3 novels.

Five: two science fiction novels under his own name (Stargate and The
Man Responsible), one science fiction novel as Steve Hahn (Mindwipe!),
and two mysteries under his own name (Final Option and Unfinished 
Business). There was also a collection, Projections. 
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