Reviews of the Works of John E. Stith
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| Redshift Rendezvous |
"This is absolutely one of the most terrific ideas for an SF novel I've seen in years. My first thought was, 'Why couldn't I have come up with this?' My second thought, too." |
1989-01-01 | Author quote | Author quote | Connie Willis | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"A lot of science fiction novels discuss hyperspace; Redshift Rendezvous puts you there! ... Easily Stith's best novel to date--and that's no small accomplishment." |
1990-01-05 | Author quote | Author quote | Mike Resnick | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"A fascinating excursion into the relativistic universe, where length contraction, time dilation, and like phenomena are real enough to affect your table manners. I was a willing captive in the story from page one." |
1990-01-06 | Author quote | Author quote | Jerry Oltion | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"By all means, if you are part of the endangered species of SF readers who wants to put the science back into science fiction, read Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith." |
1990-01-07 | Author quote | Author quote | Dan Simmons | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Just what the doctor ordered." |
1990-02-01 | February 1990 | Locus | Tom Whitmore | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Lots of action, even a romance, and lots of wry humor." |
1990-04-01 | April 1990 | SF-Gids (Belgium) | Eddy C. Bertin | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"A 'page-burner.' Careful, this one could keep you awake all night." |
1990-04-06 | 6 April 1990 | State Press Magazine | Kramer Wetzel | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Diamond-hard SF...Delightful and brimming with Sense of Wonder." |
1990-05-01 | May-June 1990 | Aboriginal SF | Janice Eisen | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Filled with surprise twists and turns, it kept me on my toes without ever having to cheat." |
1990-05-01 | May 1990 | Galactic Dispatch | Jay L. Ritchie | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Offering a fascinating array of crisply drawn characters, a fast-paced tale with bursts of furious action, and a carefully thought out exploration of the exotic world of hyperspace physics, [RR] is a treat for SF and mystery fans alike." |
1990-05-01 | May 1990 | Lansing State Journal | Michael Kube-McDowell | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"John has a way with words, a great sense of wit, and he keeps even me (not a die-hard SF fan by any means) hooked in suspense." |
1990-05-01 | May 1990 | Mensa Bulletin | Tom Elliott | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"In our literature of ideas it isn't often that an author comes up with something startlingly new, innovative, imaginative, original, wonder-inducing and gripping, all in one novel. Stith has done it.... A remarkable achievement." |
1990-05-27 | 27 June 1990 | Denver Post | Don C. Thompson | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Somebody at Ace should be ashamed of himself--first for delaying the publication of John Stith's Redshift Rendezvous from February to June 1990 and then for not publishing it in hardback." |
1990-05-30 | May 1990 | DASFAx | Don C. Thompson | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Mystery and adventure against a fascinating hard science background. This is without question Stith's best work to date." |
1990-06-01 | June 1990 | Science Fiction Chronicle | Don D'Ammassa | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Hard-SF and suspense/action fans will have a ball with Redshift Rendezvous." |
1990-06-01 | June 1990 | Raymond's Reviews | Eric Raymond | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"High energy reading; I found it difficult to put down." |
1990-06-01 | No. 32 | Lan's Lantern | George J. Laskowsji, Jr. | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Who says they don't write science fiction like they used to? It's a hard science fiction fan's delight from beginning to end." |
1990-06-01 | June/July 1990 | Rave Reviews | John J. Pierce | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"If you love writers who play techy games with reality...pick this one up." |
1990-06-01 | June 1990 | Analog | Tom Easton | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"The novel is heavy on the science, but this does not detract from Stith's gift for character development. [Stith] gets better with each book." |
1990-06-10 | 10 June 1990 | Rocky Mountain News | Mark Graham | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"[Redshift Rendezvous is] a unique, fascinating hard SF novel. Recommended." |
1990-06-15 | 15 June 1990 | Library Journal | unknown | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"A high-techie's delight." |
1990-07-01 | July 1990 | Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine | Baird Searles | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Stith has turned in a truly interesting hard sf novel. Everyone who has complained about the lack of scientific speculation in recent fiction owes it to themselves to pick up on this one." |
1990-07-01 | Summer 1990 | Bakka Bookie Sheet, The | unknown | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"Its best parts... come from Stith's careful and amusing working-out of interstellar travel by means of a space in which the speed of light is 10 meters per second." |
1990-07-01 | July 1990 | Drood Review of Mystery | Ed Blachman | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"The hardest part about reviewing Redshift Rendezvous is trying to figure out how to explain why it's as good as it is without giving away too much of the plot." |
1990-07-01 | Summer 1990 | Science Fiction Review | Gene DeWeese | view |
| Redshift Rendezvous |
"This is a very fine novel of mystery and suspense, in which hard-science happens to play an important role. This is another book I can recommend highly." |
1990-07-01 | July 1990 | FOSFAX | Timothy Lane | view |