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I liked Luna Rising. I really did. The book was informative, it set the mood, and gosh darn it, I liked it. But AOL? Well.

First of all, I have to say that the pieces on the FSA, the arcologies, the tech, even the corporate descriptions on the Orgotek were excellent. But...okay, I'll go through this point by point.

First of all, in the main book, they hinted that Cassel wasn't such a good guy as he makes out to be. So I kind of hoped they would elaborate on that in AOL. Nope. The exact same "maybe he's bad, maybe he's good"-hints we got in the main book, just spread out a bit. The hints that they might be involved in the Esperanza wreck were again, placed as a hint. (In a typical conspiracy-lunatic theory kind of newsletter, on the same level as "Elvis ate my hamster".)

Now, this approach may be good in the "public info" section of the book, but at least we got some more info on the matter in the ISRA book. in the Cassel section in the black-and white part, we get: you guessed it, the exact same info. Just a little personality hints. Oh, and his agenda for the future. So we find out that Herzog manipulates people, but we don't get diddly squat on Cassel. Now that, my dear friends, is a so called cop-out.

Phew. Okay, now I'm calm, I'm centered, I'm...

To make it brief, the whole book is good, but the Cassel section brings it down.

I mean, come on, he's the Bill Gates of the 22d century! Make him at least a somewhat-bad guy!

My advice is, buy the book for FSA and Orgotek. Not Cassel, because you won't find out anything interesting anyway.

Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 3 (Average)

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Author: Bruce Baugh, Rob Heinsoo, James Kiley Category: game Company/Publisher: White Wolf Game Studios Cost: 17:95 Page count: 147 ISBN: 1-56504-762-1 Capsule Review by Olof Jönsson on 10/13/98. Genre tags: Science_fiction Space	I liked Luna Rising. I really did. The book was informative, it set the mood, and gosh darn it, I liked it. But AOL? Well. First of all, I have to say that the pieces on the FSA, the arcologies, the tech, even the corporate descriptions on the Orgotek were excellent. But...okay, I'll go through this point by point. First of all, in the main book, they hinted that Cassel wasn't such a good guy as he makes out to be. So I kind of hoped they would elaborate on that in AOL. Nope. The exact same "maybe he's bad, maybe he's good"-hints we got in the main book, just spread out a bit. The hints that they might be involved in the Esperanza wreck were again, placed as a hint. (In a typical conspiracy-lunatic theory kind of newsletter, on the same level as "Elvis ate my hamster".) Now, this approach may be good in the "public info" section of the book, but at least we got some more info on the matter in the ISRA book. in the Cassel section in the black-and white part, we get: you guessed it, the exact same info. Just a little personality hints. Oh, and his agenda for the future. So we find out that Herzog manipulates people, but we don't get diddly squat on Cassel. Now that, my dear friends, is a so called cop-out. Phew. Okay, now I'm calm, I'm centered, I'm... To make it brief, the whole book is good, but the Cassel section brings it down. I mean, come on, he's the Bill Gates of the 22d century! Make him at least a somewhat-bad guy! My advice is, buy the book for FSA and Orgotek. Not Cassel, because you won't find out anything interesting anyway. Style: 4 (Classy and well done) Substance: 3 (Average)

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