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Short-story collection entertains reader “Night of the Cooters” Howard Waldrop Ace Science Fiction “Night of the Cooters” is an eclectic blend of short stories from Nebula Award-winning author Howard Waldrop. The title story tells how H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” was fought in West Texas. No waiting for Earth viruses to kill the invaders — the natives take to shotguns, cannons, and dynamite. Other selections are just as off beat. “Thirty Minutes Over Broad way! ,” reprinted from George R .R. Martin’s “Wild Cards” series, has the flavor of B-movies and old comicbooks in its telling of a foiled plot to bomb New York City. “Hoover’s Men” puts Herbert Hoover (not J. Edgar) in charge of a federal force designed to regulate radio transmissions, and in the pro cess America gets color TV before WWII. Two of the stories deal with film. “The Passing of the Western” is a quirky tale, spinning its story by means of movie-magazine rec ollections of old-time westerns based on an alternate American Western history. “French Scenes” is an ode to the nouvelle vague, or French New Wave films of the ’50s. By far, the best story is “Do Ya. Do Ya Wanna Dance?” For every one who’s been to their class re union, or who plans on going (and maybe dreads it), this is foryou. It’s a more realistic take on the grown up Class of ’69. The ten stories in “Night of the Cooters” are interlaced with short introductions by Waldrop, giving some amusing background on the creation of each story. Some peo ple find this annoying in books; here, Waldrop manages to avoid sounding egotistical or self-impor tant, and the intros entertain al most as much as the stories. “Night of the Cooters” is an excellent short read for an evening, or a rainy day. —Sam Kepfield Resnick creates alternative history in Warriors Mike Resnick is quickly becom ing a sci-fi institution. Fresh ofT ■— winning a Best Novella Hugo last year, he is back with his third an thology of alternate history, “Al ternate Warriors.” The cover alone —Gandhi as Rambo—gives one an idea of what is to come. Some of the stories are based on real events, like Rcsnick’s own “Mwalimu in the Squared Circle,” where Julius Nycrc and Idi Amin box it out, and Muhammad Ali referees, instead of going to war. Others are pure fancy, such as Lea Hernandez’s “A1 Einstein — Nazi Smasher!,” reminiscent of a '‘Cap tain America” comic from WWII. Then, of course, there are more serious pieces. The cover story, “Because Thou Lovest the Burning Ground,” by Michael P. Kube McDowell, makes Mohandas Gandhi into a thug, head of a death cult, and not the renowned pacifist he was in our universe. Brad Lineaweaver stands Christianity on its head in “Unmerited Favor.” Ask yourself—what would history have been like if Jesus handed out swords instead of loaves and fishes? Or other men of God, such as Moses, or St. Francis of Assisi. Martin Luther King Jr. rates two stories, gunning down opponents of civil rights for blacks in both. Like his previous two volumes, “Alternate Presidents” and “Alter nate Kennedys,” Resnick and his compatriots take a basic human craving, the need to ask “what if?," and fulfill it masterfully. —Sam Kep field Ballet Continued from Page 9 | - ■ ' jjgj' • w . ■' choreography with the eye of a histo rian — to attempt, at least, to view it in perspective within its context. But that’s not a very satisfying aesthetic experience. It’s a little too academic. And then there is the political as pect of Balanchine’s work—the sex ual stereotypes that he helped to cre ate and codify in ballet. In this as well his work has not weathered terribly well. Again, he was working in a differ ent era, under a different political climate. But it just seems somehow wrong, to 1990 sensibilities, all these “big men and little girls” of Balanchine. It’s a shame, in a way, if thorough ly modern audiences are less im pressed by Balanchine’s work than previous generations. Perhaps in the future a clearer per spective will render him more acces sible. But today, Balanchine is some thing of an anachronism — out of place in our time. —Mark Baldridge 2 HUGE SQ. FT. OF DELICIOUS PIZZA •WHOLE NEW TASTE • CRISPY NEW CRUST " POMI37 BIGFOOT | Up to 3-Toppings 1-Topping J10"! J8"! I Dine-In, Carryout Carryout Special or Delivery 019*1 hn> Hul. Inc imt cMh II ■■ Medium Specialty & Medium 1-topping Pizza $1099 I 1* I Your choice: Supreme. Pepperoni Lover’** _ | or Meat Lover's* pizza j I i ^ ***■ ^ I H^HQH *30ff 20ff any aqy Large Medium Pizza! Pizza! I Qffw nriiwTSttok 31.1M3 J Millions Continued from Page 9 dimension to the group. “I think that I would almost say that he’s kind of like our new 1 ife,” she said. Kushner, who is the manager at King Dollar Jewelry and Loan, is no stranger to the Lincoln music scene. Before joining the Millions, Kushner played with Urban Roots, a Lincoln-based R&B band. Kushner said he had enjoyed his first experiences with the Millions. The crowds have been especially great, he said. “The thing that is new and the thing that is awesome is that the turn out in the clubs we play is good and it’s young—it’s just a great vibe,” he said. Kushner also praised the new al bum. • .. ... “It’s a fuller sound,” he said. I think Lori has certainly transcended (the) first CD, and her writing is really strong. I think it has some darker moods in it that really work. “I think that Lee Popa, who mixed this thing, really left us much more raw, which really worked to our ad vantage. When he came to work on this, that’s when the party began.” Unfortunately , local fans may have some trouble finding the record, which is scheduled to be distributed in Eu rope and Japan, where Dream Circle has an affiliate label, Amsler said. •£ The album has 11 tracks—includ ing a radio edit of“lndians and Drums” — and may be available in the United States as an import, Amsler said. The band has been searching for an American label to pick up the album for domestic distribution. As for the future, the band doesn’t really have any definite plans — ex cept to tour. 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