Victim Prime

Victim Prime

Author	Robert Sheckley
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Set in	2092
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1987
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Preceded by	Seventh Victim
Followed by	Hunter/Victim

Victim Prime is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, published in 1987. It is the sequel to 1953's "Seventh Victim" and is followed by 1988's Hunter/Victim.

Plot summary

The novel is set in a dystopian 2092. It describes an iteration of the Big Hunt, the government-ruled assassination program introduced in the short story "Seventh Victim", this time played in a resort. ^[1]

Reception

David Langford reviewed Victim Prime for White Dwarf #87, and stated that "It moves well enough, but despite ingenious ploys and counterploys has a touch of staleness: Sheckley imitating Sheckley." ^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Brian Stableford (1987) in Fantasy Review, April 1987 ^[2]
• Review by John Newsinger (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #68
• Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1987
• Review by Edward Bryant (1987) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1987
• Review by Lee Montgomerie (1987) in Interzone, #21 Autumn 1987
• Review by Mike Christie (1987) in Foundation, #39 Spring 1987
• Review [French] by Thierry Bosch (1988) in Fiction, #401
• Review [French] by Jonathan Dornet (1989) in A&A, #117

References

1. Langford, Dave (March 1987). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf (87). Games Workshop: 6.
2. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?14995