SCHMIDT, Dennis (A.)

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   US writer who has restricted himself to series. The first was the Zen or Kensho sequence - Way-Farer (1978), Kensho (1979), Satori (1981) and Wanderer (1985) - featuring a protagonist who combines Zen and martial arts in agreeably complex SPACE-OPERA adventures. The Twilight of the Gods sequence - Twilight of the Gods: The First Name (1985), \#2: Groa's Other Eye (1986) and \#3: Three Trumps Sounding (1988) - is fantasy, and islikewise conceived with well orchestrated complexity. The Questioner Trilogy - Labyrinth (1989), City of Crystal Shadow (1990) and DarkParadise (1990) - returns to intergalactic space, where the operations of a peacekeeping force are featured. DS gives some impression of being an author who might at any point decide to break through into higher regions of his art.

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