From rec.arts.sf.reviews Fri Jan 3 13:39:49 1997 Path: news.ifm.liu.se!news.lth.se!newsfeed.sunet.se!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!news.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!news!wex From: "Evelyn C Leeper" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.reviews,rec.arts.books.reviews Subject: QUANTUM MOON by Denise Vitola Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Date: 31 Dec 1996 19:57:55 GMT Organization: Software Agents Group Lines: 30 Approved: wex@media.mit.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: tinbergen.media.mit.edu Xref: news.ifm.liu.se rec.arts.sf.reviews:1184 rec.arts.books.reviews:2219 QUANTUM MOON by Denise Vitola A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper Copyright 1997 Evelyn C. Leeper At first, this sounded like a really cobbled-together idea--a werewolf detective in a future of a world-wide dictatorship: the United World Government. But, strangely enough, it works. Ty Merrick is a detective in a rather run-down future, or at least run- down for the masses of the people. The rich are. of course, still rich. The title might make you think this book uses some high-tech physics concept, but it's really just a reference to a new drug called quantum. Okay, so that makes this just another drug-running story, and telling any more of the story is perhaps unnecessary, but having the detective be a werewolf, and a female werewolf at that, gives it just enough of a twist to make it worth reading. It's not great, but as a first novel it shows promise. %T Quantum Moon %A Denise Vitola %C New York %D August 1996 %I Ace %O paperback, US$5.99 %G ISBN 0-441-00357-5 %P 279pp Evelyn C. Leeper | eleeper@lucent.com +1 908 957 2070 | http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824 "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." --Jorge Luis Borges From rec.arts.sf.reviews Fri Apr 3 21:42:06 1998 Path: news.ifm.liu.se!liuida!newsfeed.sunet.se!news99.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-raspail.gip.net!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!18.24.4.11!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: harstan@ix.netcom.com (Harriet Klausner) Newsgroups: alt.books.reviews,rec.arts.sf.reviews Subject: Review: Manjinn Moon by Denise Vitola Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Date: 16 Mar 1998 12:24:07 -0500 Organization: Netcom Lines: 33 Approved: wex@media.mit.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: tinbergen.media.mit.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: news.ifm.liu.se alt.books.reviews:44759 rec.arts.sf.reviews:1814 MANJINN MOON by Denise Vitola Review Copyright 1998 Harriet Klausner Earth no longer consists of multitude of governments ever since a cunning dictator, espousing humanitarianism, created a single totalitarian entity. The twenty-first century is not a comfortable time. Electrical outages are common and increasing numbers of people are forced to live in tent cities and cardboard boxes. The government controls every aspect of life. Marshal Ty Merrick, a government police officer, sees first-hand how the people are controlled and manipulated. Ty, a lycanthrope, is in charge of discovering who assassinated three government psychic agents, a unit that spied on the people through their collective minds. The Office of Intelligence wants the perpetrator quickly found, but Ty realizes that this is probably an inside job. The problem is that the killer is a rogue operative who believes he is the dreaded Manjinn, an immortal demon unanswerable to humans MANJINN MOON is the perfect blending of mystery and science fiction with a few paranormal elements sprinkled on top of the exciting story line. This appealing cross-genre novel will gather Denise Vitola a large fan base that will perceive that the book is on the cutting edge of literature. Ms. Vitola has extrapolated the current world-wide social and economic conditions into a stunning novel of warning that should be the opening act of a fantastic series. %T MANJINN MOON %A Denise Vitola %I Ace %O US $4.99 %P 272 pp. %D Apr 1998 %G ISBN: 0-441-00521-7 Harriet Klausner