Worlds (novel) explained

Worlds is a novel written by Joe Haldeman and published in 1981.

Plot summary

Worlds is a novel in which Marianne O'Hara takes an educational trip from New New York in orbit to visit the surface of old Earth, and a worldwide terrorist plot almost kills everyone.

Reception

Colin Greenland reviewed Worlds for Imagine magazine, and stated that "It feels perverse to say that a series about the near extinction of the human race seems uneventful, but somehow it does. The futuristic detail is fascinating, but Haldeman relates it in a casual, rambling way that dilutes much of its drama."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Jeff Frane (1981) in Locus, #242 March 1981
• Review by Algis Budrys (1981) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1981
• Review by Spider Robinson (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 17, 1981
• Review by Andrew Andrews (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982
• Review by Gene DeWeese (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Fall 1982
• Review by Chris Henderson (1982) in Whispers #17-18, August 1982
• Review by Tom Easton (1982) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1982
• Review by David Pettus (1983) in Thrust, #19, Winter/Spring 1983
• Review by uncredited (2002) in Vector 224

Notes and References

1. Greenland. Colin . Colin Greenland. Fantasy Media . review . . 21. 55 . TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. . December 1984.