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  • (Tears) Golden Sunlands by Christopher Rowley

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 5 08:56:40 2026
    Golden Sunlands by Christopher Rowley

    Federal Ranger Cracka Buckshore's efforts to keep irate parents from
    lynching handsome Fodo Bathin are complicated when Cracka, Fodo, and
    everyone else on the planet are kidnapped and taken to an artificial
    universe.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/seven-billion-light-years-from-sol
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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 5 15:59:50 2026
    James Nicoll wrote:
    Golden Sunlands by Christopher Rowley

    Federal Ranger Cracka Buckshore's efforts to keep irate parents from
    lynching handsome Fodo Bathin are complicated when Cracka, Fodo, and
    everyone else on the planet are kidnapped and taken to an artificial universe.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/seven-billion-light-years-from-sol


    Rowley was apparently asked for a sequel but declined. I get the
    impression that he felt he'd committed enough first-book mistakes that
    the potential series would be very hard to fix. And new ideas
    interested him more.


    There does appear to me to be a significant difference in tone between
    this and his next few books. While I found GS readable, I prefer the
    latter.

    I once saw a summary of his sales figures. His fantasy outsold his SF
    by a factor of ten.

    William Hyde

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