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McDevitt's first two novels are as enthralling as any of his other works. He takes on notions, simple little ideas, and turns them into fabulous fiction. Where many SF writers forget characters and dialogue, McDevitt embraces them, and then uses them to draw you as deep he can into the story. His stories will keep you there because there is very little to second guess about this author. A superb storyteller.
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Hercules Text & A Talent for War
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This is an omnibus edition of Mcdevitt's first two books (his first, Hercules Text, won the Philip K. Dick Award). The Hercules Text has been re-writen to fit with todays future (It was writen while russia was the USSR and so it has some cold war elements that have been revised). It involves the reception of radio signals from space and manages some origional twists with a well-used topic. Talent utilizes McDevitt's love for archeology (seen in many of his later books) as a hero of a past war is deconstructed. A worthwhile buy, but if you haven't read McDevitt, start whith The Engines of God, or Infinity Beach (Slow Lightning UK).
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