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More than a 150,000 women have been kidnapped without a trace or any ransom demand in the ‘normal’ world run by the Federalists and the bureaucracy. But that is not the only problem, because the freedom loving population in the ‘alternate’ reality of the North American Confederacy are facing their own crises.
People are disappearing across the Probability Broach, including ...more
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Mass Market Paperback, 214 pages
Published
December 12th 1980
by Del Rey
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A pretty good sequel to "The probablilty broach" though not quite as good and not albe to stand on its own. returnreturnThe best of the whole book was a description of flying through space that was so well written and realistic that it made me sick to my stomach just reading it. returnreturnIt's been about 10 years since the previous novel, 1999, and in our dimension Nolan Davidson of the Propertarian Party (obviously a nod to David Nolan of the Libertarian Party) is about to be elected Presiden
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Smith, L. Neil. The Venus Belt. North American Confederacy No. 2. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine, 1980.
In this direct sequel to The Probability Broach, L. Neil Smith once again creates a libertarian alternative universe in which the libertarian good guys do battle with the evil Hamiltonians, who, having been thwarted in their efforts to take over the earth, have kidnapped 150,000 women and moved into space for their own nefarious purposes. The politics are, pardon me, just silly on both sides. But ...more
In this direct sequel to The Probability Broach, L. Neil Smith once again creates a libertarian alternative universe in which the libertarian good guys do battle with the evil Hamiltonians, who, having been thwarted in their efforts to take over the earth, have kidnapped 150,000 women and moved into space for their own nefarious purposes. The politics are, pardon me, just silly on both sides. But ...more
I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Kind of reminds me of reading old 1950's Sci-Fi. Great in its chivalry fun in its banter (think Heinlein). Pretty clean I don't recall much if any swearing or sex. The political overlay was a little much in the beginning and felt a little preachy, but it thinned out and wasn't an issue for very long.
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Second book set in the same future world, after "The Probability Broach". I'm not sure whether the author MEANT for me to laugh as much as I did, but a lot of it is just plain silly. It's also not all that interesting. I only read it because someone traded it to me; even if you're in the mood for a mindless SF book, you can find better entertainment than this one. I never went back & read the first one, not interested at all.
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Another sequel to "The Probability Broach" with protagonists Win Bear & Lucy. Libertarian fantasy/science fiction. Parallel histories, one of which evolved from different post-1776 events into utopian libertarian society. Now, people are disappearing from all over, and Win Bear and Lucy are investigating possible Hamiltonian involvement. Thought-provoking & entertaining.
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These books are fun to read. I like the characters. The plot moves at a good clip.
Poor sequel to the probability broach. Skip this and read the original.
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L. Neil Smith is a Libertarian science fiction author and gun rights activist.Smith was born in Denver, Colorado. His father was an Air Force officer, and his childhood was spent in various places including Waco, McQueenie, and La Porte, Texas; Salina, Kansas; Sacramento, California; and Gifford, Illinois (all before he completed 5th grade) and then St. John’s, Newfoundland and Ft. Walton Beach, F
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