ORBIT 18

by Damon--Ed. Knight ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 9, 1976

One of Knight's gentler Orbits, immortalized by Gary Cohn's introduction of Moopsball, a new and utterly demented contact sport involving some 300 people and a grapefruit-sized spheroid. Other good bets among this baker's dozen: Raylyn Moore (the tiny step from interchangeable parts to interchangeable people), Felix C. Gotschalk (with the help of a little judicious incest, the Barton family slogs gallantly through the energy crisis of 1986), Kate Wilhelm (a weekend wilderness-survival marathon is the brutalizing opiate of a hypnotized TV audience). The grimmest and one of the best of the bunch: R. A. Lafferty's deft and nasty ""The Hand With One Hundred Fingers,"" a fantasy of mass thought-control. A strong, reasonably balanced collection if less adventurous than some past Orbits.

Pub Date: June 9, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper & Row

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1976

Categories: FICTION