Reviews of the Works of John E. Stith

Title View
Manhattan Transfer

"If you like books by authors such as Larry Niven and Hal Clement, ...or if you are into SF by Americans (for this novel radiates the American psyche like no other that I have read), then buy it."

[Truth in advertising alert: this reviewer didn't like the book, but the author did see something of value in the quote.]

1995-04-01 Sprint 1995 Vector, The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association Steve Palmer view
Manhattan Transfer

"Well-written hard sf adventure."

1995-02-01 Feb-Mar 1995 Matrix, The Newsletter of the British Science Fiction Association unknown view
Reunion on Neverend

"Stith's writing is direct, delightful, and uncomplicated. His approach is a mixture of SF, espionage, and William Powell/Myrna Loy-style action, which should please any fans who look for a little fun in their reading."

1995-02-01 February 1995 Starlog Michael Wolff view
Reunion on Neverend

"It's reminiscent of Clarke and Heinlein--lots of technology and interplanetary travel with characters that are appealing and a non-stop plot."

1995-02-01 February 1995 Voice of Youth Advocates Rosemary Moran view
Redshift Rendezvous

"The elementary changes have now been rung, but there is probably further scope for intriguing time-dilation plots. One such is Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith."

1995-01-01 1994 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction unknown view
Redshift Rendezvous

"One fine example is John Stith's Redshift Rendezvous, a hard SF mystery in which the theory of relativity holds one of the main clues to solving the crime." (in article on SF trends and genres, pg. 10)

1994-12-01 1994 SF Writer's Market Place and Sourcebook Peter Heck view
Reunion on Neverend

"The hero, Lan Dillion, is a secret agent who has to lie about what he does for a living when he returns to the world of Neverend, where people live entirely underground, for a school reunion."

1994-12-01 December 1994 Analog Tom Easton view
Manhattan Transfer

"Some ideas are just too good to pass up... the pleasure is in the nonstop action and the problem the characters must solve."

1994-11-01 November 1994 New York Review of Science Fiction Leonard Rysdyk view
Manhattan Transfer

"John E. Stith's Manhattan Transfer is great fun for those who like a puzzle in their science fiction."

1994-10-01 Oct/Nov 1994 Uncle Hugo's SF Bookstore newsletter Don Blyly view
Manhattan Transfer

"[Stith can take] a mind-stretching concept and push it to its uttermost limits, all the while making the reader feel anyone could easily encompass each new development and twist, thanks to Stith's clear descriptive prose and keen visual sense."

1994-09-01 September 1994 Science Fiction Age Paul Di Filippo view
Reunion on Neverend

"A reunion with a sense of wonder awaits us in John Stith's latest SF thriller. What Stith has accomplished in this book is a sprightly, fast-paced humorous romance."

1994-09-01 September 1994 Science Fiction Age Paul Di Filippo view
Reunion on Neverend

"Reunion on Neverend is a fast-paced, fun thriller, chasing love and interplanetary thieves."

1994-08-28 28 August 1994 Denver Post Fred Cleaver view
Reunion on Neverend

"As quick-witted as his previous Manhattan Transfer...a thriller couched in science fiction terms, with high-tech equipment and exotic surveillance devices."

1994-08-01 Date unknown Chicago Tribune David E. Jones view
Reunion on Neverend

"One part mystery, one part other worlds adventure, this is a well controlled and thoroughly entertaining joyride right up through its final pages."

1994-07-01 July 1994 Science Fiction Chronicle Don D'Ammassa view
Reunion on Neverend

"absorbing, fast-paced action and witty dialogue."

1994-07-01 July 1994 Booklist Carl Hays view
Manhattan Transfer

"That sense of wonder--the feeling of transcendence, of glimpsing a cosmic perspective--also can be found in the novels of John E. Stith."

1994-06-30 30 June 1994 Now: Toronto's Weekly News and Entertainment Voice Robert J. Sawyer view
Reunion on Neverend

"An undercover investigator returns to the subterranean colony of his youth and rescues his high school sweetheart."

1994-06-01 1 June 1994 Kirkus unknown view
Manhattan Transfer

"Who says good, solid, imaginative science fiction is getting harder to find these days? Here is a book that has it all...Terrific story! Creative, fast-paced, tightly plotted. A great read!"

1994-05-01 May 1994 (no. 42) Lan's Lantern Lynn McMillen view
Manhattan Transfer

"John Stith is, I believe, one of the most under-rated SF authors to appear in a long while....Despite its length (380 pages) it reads like a short story and the action does not lag."

1994-03-01 March 1994 Ottawa SF Society Statement Duncan MacGregor view
Manhattan Transfer

"Stith writes a fascinating novel filled with a variety of aliens and alien science."

1994-02-01 February 1994 Voice of Youth Advocates John O. Christensen view
Manhattan Transfer

"How can you possibly resist?... Superscience SF in the classic vein, fast-moving, heroic...loaded with sensawunda. You'll love it."

1994-02-01 February 1994 Analog Tom Easton view
Reunion on Neverend

"You won't want to miss."

1994-01-30 30 October 1994 Rocky Mountain News Mark Graham view
Manhattan Transfer

"A rarity: a science-fiction novel of adventure and meaning... If you've ever thought that something was missing from the elder days of wonder, here is what you've been missing."

1993-11-01 Oct/Nov 1993 FOSFAX Joseph T. Major view
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

"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

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