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BfK No. 23 - November 1983

Cover Book
The illustration on our cover this issue is by Michael Foreman and is taken from the endpapers of Dickens' . A Christmas Carol, (Gollancz, 0 575 033118, £5.95). We are grateful to Gollancz for help in using this illustration.

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World-eater

Robert Swindells
(Hodder Children's Books)
978-0340328897, RRP £1.25, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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Although lines like 'winging across the blackness of intergalactic space ...' seem to suggest a recipe for the ultimate self-parody, World-eater presents a quite acceptable tale well told. It also provides an interesting premise for the future of the universe, that America and the Soviet Union might actually combine to work together against a threat from outside the earth. Unfortunately, the implications of this thesis will be lost on the readership of 'World-eater' However, the story of the plant, uncannily like an egg, approaching the earth with destructive intent, contains sufficient of interest to involve readers until the joint American and Soviet space fleets sail off to do epic battle to prevent global disaster.

Reviewer: 
Bill Boyle
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