AXIS by ROBERT CHARLES WILSON
Tor Books hardback, 304pp, $25.95

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Reviewed by Chris Hill

Starting with 1986’s A Hidden Place, Robert Charles Wilson has written a sequence of solid, competent sf novels (not to mention a fine short story collection, The Perseids and other stories) which contrast small human stories with big science fictional concepts, often involving an outside agency imposing change on a community. Some critics have pointed out a resemblance (particularly in the early novels) to the works of Clifford D. Simak, which does not seem unreasonable. Spin finally won Wilson the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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