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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!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: (Tears) City of Whispering Stone by George C. Chesbro Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:35:06 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:35:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="27016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1678 Lines: 21 In article , James Nicoll wrote: >City of Whispering Stone (Mongo, volume 2) by George C. Chesbro > >A simple missing-person case proves a small part of the struggle over >Iran's future. Will the Shah prevail or will democracy triumph? > >This is the non-SFF entry in a series otherwise filled with >stuff like telepathy, sorcery, and people being turned into messianic >lizards. > >https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/changing-order Readers might wonder if the Ayatollahs were on Mongo and by extension, Chesbro's radar. Nope. It's weird how people can be completely blind to an impending theocratic dictatorship only weeks or months away from manifesting. -- 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