Shawn’s Reviews > Black Star Rising > Status Update

Good ol’ Frederik Pohl keeping it smutty as usual! Things got real silly around pg. 100 when Castor became president overnight and went into space and was transported to another solar system with animal like beings that learned to speak English. It went over the top, in other words, but I’ve gotten used to the authors style and idiosyncrasies and all together appreciate the romp!

Pohl doesn’t really disappoint me. Ya got space, futuristic thingies, and a solid story that centers around a modern Dude. There’s loving, and some mystery, detective stuff and so on. Most of all, there’s here an alternate history line going on where Russia & USA fought and blew each other up, leaving the Chinese & Indian to fill the vacuum and maintain/dominate the world.