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Dinner at Deviant's Palace is a novel by Tim Powers published in 1985.
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Dinner at Deviant's Palace is a novel by Tim Powers published in 1985.
Dinner at Deviant's Palace is a novel in which Rivas rescues members from a cult in the remains of America after a holocaust. [1]
Baird Searles for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine said that "even if this isn't super-powers, there's enough style and originality here to show that he's still an author to keep very much in mind for the future." [2]
Doc Kennedy for Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine said that "This is a book that works extremely well on its own terms, and it's probably going to get a few prize nominations as well." [3]
Tom Easton for Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact said that "Powers has assembled a basket of strange delights, cast new light on a traditional theme, and spun a very fine yarn". [4]
Robert Coulson for Amazing Stories said that "Powers has all of Heinlein's ability to fill in the background without disturbing the action, coupled with the complexity of van Vogt, and an ability to tie up loose ends." [5]
Science Fiction Chronicle reviewed the book, saying "What might have been a fairly standard plot is embellished wonderfully with so much fine detail that even the most familiar, worn plot devices acquire freshness. This is not quite up to The Anubis Gate, but it isn't far behind, and certainly gets the new year off to a promising start." [6]
Algis Budrys for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction said that "Powers is one of our better new ones in any event, and that, for now, suffices sufficiently well." [7]
Roland J. Green for Far Frontiers described the novel as "a first-class adventure story, with a nice balance of realism and romanticism. With this book. Powers became the first two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick Award, and I wasn't particularly surprised." [8]
Dave Langford reviewed Dinner at Deviant's Palace for White Dwarf #92, and stated that "Sizzling entertainment: but the sudden triumph over alien omnipotence doesn't quite convince." [1]
Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was optioned for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
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Robots and Empire is a science fiction novel by the American author Isaac Asimov, published by Doubleday Books in 1985. It is part of Asimov's Robot series, which consists of many short stories and five novels.
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Software is a 1982 cyberpunk science fiction novel written by Rudy Rucker. It won the first Philip K. Dick Award in 1983. The novel is the first book in Rucker's Ware Tetralogy, and was followed by a sequel, Wetware, in 1988.
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