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Title: Only worthwhile for the most serious H.C. Turk fans.
Review: Despite the encouraging and upbeat lead-in by Ben Bova, it is soon apparent why H.C. Turk had difficulty in publishing this, his first book. Witticism is piled upon witticism, irony upon irony, wordplay upon wordplay, to the extent that the first chapters are almost unreadable.However, to the masochist that persists in reading further into the book, there are echoes in his characterization of Melody Preece, and even in her dialogue, of Alba, Turk's outstanding heroine of Black Body. Also, in places, the overworked language of Ether Ore may remind a Black Body-obsessed reader (such as myself) of Alba's clever and clause-laden constructions.All in all, I found it of some interest in showing where this writer came from, before writing a mind-blowing masterpiece such as Black Body.
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