Reviews of the Works of John E. Stith
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| Manhattan Transfer |
"A page turning adventure with plot twists I didn't expect, plenty of hard science ideas I did expect, a little humor, and a little sadness....the boldness and ability to do it with originality and verve. John Stith succeeds!" |
1993-09-30 | Sept/Oct 1993 | Interdimensional Journal | P. J. Southam | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"A science-fiction connoiseur's delight." |
1993-03-19 | 19 September 1993 | Gazette Telegraph | Pula Davis | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Considerable ingenuity...Think of it as a visually spectacular movie...and a really outstanding, imaginative, and professional production staff and special effects crew working to bring off the big set-pieces and guarantee the thrills." |
1993-09-01 | September 1993 | Locus | Russell Letson | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"One of the best science-fiction novels I've read in years. Stith has always been a master of hard science fiction. Unless there is a real surprise, I vote this the best science-fiction novel of the year." |
1993-08-22 | 22 August 1993 | Rocky Mountain News | Mark Graham | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke became the first 'deans' of hard SF. A generation later, the team of Niven and Pournelle set their own standards. Stith's Manhattan Transfer reads almost like a collaboration of the four...a truly ambitious novel." |
1993-08-08 | 8 August 1993 | Amarillo Sunday News-Globe | Tom Allston | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Fascinating, intelligent account of people--some ordinary, some extraordinary--struggling to define and confront events that are beyond anything they have dared to imagine. One of the better surprise endings to come down the cosmos in light-years." For the full review, see this link. |
1993-08-02 | 2 August 1993 | Chicago Tribune | David E. Jones | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"A rousing adventure." |
1993-08-01 | August 1993 | University City Review | Henry Leon Lazarus | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"a wild premise artfully built on perfectly plausible science." |
1993-08-01 | 1 August 1993 | Staten Island Advance | unknown | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Furthers his reputation as an up-and-coming hard-science writer. Many scenes and situations that inspire that much-coveted 'sense of wonder.' Exciting, thought-provoking summer reading." |
1993-07-18 | 18 July 1993 | San Diego Union | Michael Berry | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Another blockbuster idea. A big book of spectacle, adventure and mystery, as Stith does a wonderful job of drawing out the suspense and twisting the plot in new directions." |
1995-06-27 | 27 June 1993 | Denver Post | Fred Cleaver | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Intriguing." |
1993-06-07 | 7 June 1993 | Publishers Weekly | unknown | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Narrative momentum and plot nudges to keep readers guessing and turning the pages." |
1993-05-15 | 15 May 1993 | Kirkus Reviews | unknown | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Entertainingly breakneck pace and considerable power at inventing techno-epic detail." |
1993-05-01 | May 1993 | Locus | Edward Bryant | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"This is science fiction on a grand scale, full of stunning visuals of New York City being ripped from the surface of the Earth, vast starships, and intriguing extraterrestrials." |
1993-03-01 | Author quote | Author quote | Robert J. Sawyer | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Manhattan Transfer has the makings of a stunningly visual movie. The opening scenes of Manhattan being severed from its steel and granite moorings by daunting alien lasery would itself be worth the price of admission." |
1993-03-01 | Author quote | Author quote | Paul Levinson | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"When I read Manhattan Transfer, all I could keep thinking was 'blockbuster movie!'" |
1993-03-01 | Author quote | Author quote | Mike Resnick | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Stith's gripping pace, penetrating insight into human nature, and well-crafted turn of phrase make Manhattan Transfer a 'can't turn it down' book." |
1993-03-01 | Spring 1993 | Journeys | Eva Presley | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"I would dearly love to see--on the biggest screen possible--the scene in which the aliens dome Manhattan, rip it from the bedrock, and lift it into space." |
1993-02-25 | Author quote | Author quote | Kevin O'Donnell Jr. | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Manhattan Transfer is a visual feast of exotic locales and strange situations recapturing the sense of wonder of the best science fiction." |
1993-02-17 | Author quote | Author quote | Kevin J. Anderson | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Manhattan Transfer starts off with a bang and seldom lets up the pace. It succeeds as a chronicle of the human spirit. It is Highly Recommended." |
1993-02-01 | February 1993 | Circle of Janus | Greg Dunn | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"With Manhattan Transfer he's outdone himself. It's a book filled with invention, excitement, and entirely believable characters." |
1992-12-01 | Author quote | Author quote | Joel Rosenberg | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"This is the kind of story that brought me to SF. Put a little fun back into your life and read Manhattan Transfer." |
1992-12-01 | December 1992 | Science Fiction Chronicle | Don D'Ammassa | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Manhattan Transfer is filled with interesting ideas and a knockout climax! It is the type of novel that originally got me reading science fiction." |
1992-10-30 | Author quote | Author quote | Kevin J. Anderson | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Welcome back to the Golden Age! John E. Stith's Manhattan Transfer is exactly the kind of novel that hooked most of us on SF in the first place: a grand sense-of-wonder premise; a breakneck pace; dozens of really neat ideas per chapter." |
1992-10-03 | Author quote | Author quote | Robert J. Sawyer | view |
| Manhattan Transfer |
"Manhattan Transfer has everything good SF demands: real human beings, true aliens, awesome technology, and a conflict of staggering importance. This one's going to win John Stith a lot of new fans." |
1992-09-27 | Author quote | Author quote | Kevin O'Donnell Jr. | view |