Lifekeeper Explained

Lifekeeper is a novel by Mike McQuay published in 1980.

Plot summary

Lifekeeper is a novel in which the world is controlled by warring military dictatorships.

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed Lifekeeper in Ares Magazine #5 and commented that "McQuay should have taken Brunner's advice to would-be writers: first write a novel; then throw it out; then write another novel. Your second might be readable."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by B. A. Clark and Carol Haldeman (1981) in Shadows of ... Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, #4 February 1981^[2]
• Review by Nigel E. Richardson (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #55
• Review by Carol McGeehon (1985) in Fantasy Review, August 1985

Notes and References

1. Costikyan . Greg . Greg Costikyan . Books . . . November 1980 . 5 . 10-11.
2. Web site: Title: Lifekeeper. www.isfdb.org.