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From: Rob Austein 

The Four Lords of the Diamond seems to be getting bad press around
here.  I liked it, anyway, and I didn't notice any deformed women in
it.  Certainly the series ends on a somewhat appocolyptic note, but
it's worth reading.  It's actually about as "hard" sf as he has
written.

The Dancing Gods books are fun if you can put up with a series that is
a parody of itself (a barbarian named Joe?!?).  War of Shadows is also
a good standalone, particularly if you like quadruple-bluff
what-the-bleep-is-going-on stories.

His other stuff has mostly been mentioned.  I agree that his politics
tend to repeat in most of his books, but this goes for most authors I
have read.

--Rob
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