Balance of Power (novel)

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Balance of Power is a novel by Brian Stableford published in 1979.

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Plot summary

Balance of Power is a novel in which the ship Daedalus continues its planetfalls. [1]

Reception

Dave Pringle reviewed Balance of Power for Imagine magazine, and stated that "this is a fairly humdrum example of Stableford's work. There is too much jungle-adventure and piracy-on-the-high-seas stuff in this book for it to succeed as SF." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pringle, Dave (April 1984). "Book Review". Imagine (review). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. (13): 45.
  2. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?6711