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[March 6, 1970] The Waters of Centaurus, And Chaos Died, and High Sorcery

As luck would have it, the first three novels to be reviewed this month were all by women!  They all have something else in common—they each have both merits and demerits that sort of cancel out…neither Brown, Russ, nor Norton quite hit it out of the park this time at bat.


photo of a dark-haired woman with vampiric eyebrows
by Victoria Silverwolf

In Memoriam

An unavoidable note of sadness fills this review of a newly published novel. The author died of lymphoma in 1967, at the very young age of 41. With that in mind, let's try to take an objective look at her final novel.

The Waters of Centaurus, by Rosel George Brown

A book cover, primarily black and white. The image suggests a twisted, futuristic, mechanical face, with odd orange-pink lips. The letters of the title and author are in white, and somewhat mechanical in shape as well.
Cover art by Margo Herr

This is a direct sequel to Sibyl Sue Blue. My esteemed colleague Janice L. Newman gave that novel a glowing review. In fact, our own Journey Press saw fit to reprint it in a handsome new format.

A book cover, showing a dark-haired woman in a blue cocktail dress with matching gloves, holding a cigar. There is a futuristic city behind her. The title reads
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Sibyl Sue Blue is back. She's a forty-year-old police detective and a widow with a teenage daughter. She's fond of cigars, gin, fancy clothes, and attractive men.

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