Octagon (novel)

Octagon is a novel by Fred Saberhagen published in 1981.

Plot summary

Octagon is a novel in which Alex Barrow discovers that someone is killing his opponents in the science fiction play-by-mail game Starweb.[1]

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed Octagon in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "Octagon is a good mystery novel which explores a rather interesting theme: the idea that a clever programmer can manipulate records and programs in our computer-based world to his own ends."[1]

Reviews
  • Review by Tom Easton (1982) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1, 1982
  • Review by Tom A. Jones (1985) in Vector 127
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References
  1. Costikyan, Greg (November 1981). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (11): 24.
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