"Just finished the last novel by Ernest J. Gaines, 'The Tragedy of Brady Sims.' Not only his usual terrific sense of place and people, but a companion piece to the William Faulkner story 'Tomorrow.'"
"'Scorpio Rising,' by R.G. Vliet, and 'Sympathy for the Devil,' by Kent Anderson. The first is a western touched by magical realism... Nice reception when they appeared, but I think they should be remembered and get read a lot more than they do."
"'The Sparrow,' by Mary Doria Russell, is the ultimate story of a foreign (in this case extraterrestrial) exploration where the combination of good intentions and ignorance leads to horrifying consequences."
