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Rogue Winter, a Maori, tracks the Manchu Duke of Death across the solar system in order to set free Rogue's kidnapped lover, Demi Jeroux
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Way back in the 1950s, Alfred Bester established himself as one of the greats of SF with a number of dazzling short stories and two major novels: The Demolished Man (1953) and The Stars My Destination (1956, also known as Tiger! Tiger!), both much reprinted. The Deceivers, his final SF novel, appeared in 1981.
It's a colorful, whimsical romp that plays entertainingly with themes from Bester's peak years, though without his old driving, compelling savagery. Hero Rogue Winter is a "Synergist," acutely sensitive to the world's patterns: in one set-piece sequence he follows an intuitive trail from 12 drummers drumming in a street parade to the goal of a (metaphorical) partridge in a pear tree. Winter is also heir-apparent to the Maori Mafia, which controls much of the Solar System's crime, but he must single-handedly battle the dread mammoths of Ganymede to earn his crown. Meanwhile, he has fallen helplessly in love with a sexy nonhuman shapeshifter from Titan, making him vulnerable to minions of the insidious Manchu Duke of Death, who plans to smash the syndicate that's smuggling the priceless miracle fuel Meta from the heavily defended mines of Saturn's Chinese/Japanese-dominated moon Triton.
Bester crams this wild farrago of a narrative with wisecracks, junk science, circus glamor, odd catch phrases, bits of self-conscious cleverness and excess, Chinese esoterica like the Mirror-and-Listen Mystery, and his trademark typographic tricks. Amusing candyfloss nonsense; quite readable, but definitely not in the same league as his 1950s classics. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0812531868
- ISBN 13 9780812531862
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. Paperback. 304 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Tor Books, USA, 1987. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Minor edgewear and creasing to covers. Tanned pages. Hole punch in front cover. Minor water damage to text, covers unaffected. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Rogue Winter is King of the Maori Commandos. His lover is the beautiful Demi Jeroux, who has been kidnapped by the villanous Manchu Duke of Death. Rogue must search through the solar system to find the missing Demi Jeroux. But she is merely a pawn in the Duke of Death's gambit to seize control. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0812531868. ISBN/EAN: 9780812531862. Inventory No: 11100558. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 11100558
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