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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Anything of his you would recommend? I tried On A Pale Horse (which I might try again) and the first Bio of a Space Tyrant, which was just too damn depressing, though I think I understand what he was trying to do.
I've looked at Blue Adept and Ghost (which had a GREAT cover, but awful reviews). I might have Cthon, though I don't remember for sure.
I will eventually read Firefly. As a fan of '80's schlock horror how can I not?
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This is both easy and difficult. Easy because it's "the first book of any of his series" (but not Battle Circle because it is very much not a pleasant place) or standalone books like
Macroscope.
Difficult because of steadily increasing word counts in what publishers consider publishable length. The earlier series like Omnivore, Cluster and Tarot are fine, but you get into the 1980s where a single novel is two to three times the length of a novel from a decade prior, that's when it starts getting dull. You mention the Apprentice Adept series.
Split Infinity is interesting, but
Blue Adept and
Juxtaposition are just more, more, more of the same being rehashed.