''The Book of the Stars'' is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1984.

Plot summary

''The Book of the Stars'' is a novel in which the heroine Yaleen dies, and a god called the Worm resurrects her to spy on the electronic Godmind.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science-fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'' and holds the all-time record for most Hug ...

reviewed ''The Book of the Stars'' for ''

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'' #61, and stated that "All Watson's books are crammed with ideas ..but this latest trilogy presents them in uniquely digestible form."

Reviews

*Review by Chris Morgan (1985) in

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, April 1985 *Review by Michael R. Collings (1986) in

, May 1986 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in

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, #84 September 1986 *Review by Tom Easton (1986) in

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, October 1986

References

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