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David

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Ben Bova: Colony (1999, Eos) 3 stars

Basically what I expected.

3 stars

Pretty typical Bova: an interesting concept marred by poor follow-through, trite dialogue that reads like a novelization, and ever worsening racial and gender stereotypes. Ben was a product of his time and never escaped it.

Still, this is better than other books he wrote.

David Stuart Davies: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2022, Titan Books) 3 stars

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3 stars

This is not the worst thing that Davies has written; however, that is not saying a whole lot. All of the twists were highly visible from miles away.

Holmes disguises himself three times, in three different costumes, and the villain uses two disguises. That’s a lot of disguising for 280 pages. The final showdown features them confronting each other while disguised, so I hope anyone who reads this really likes that characteristic of Holmes.