Windhaven

Sometimes I really love GRR Martin's work (A song of Ice and Fire) and other times it can be a complete car crash (Armageddon Rag) so I never know what to expect. I wasn't hoping for great things with this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I'd not heard of it before and secondly, I'm always dubious when the book has two authors. If Lisa Tuttle is any good, why does she need Martin, or was this an incomplete work that he had previously discarded, given a second lease of life to rake in a few more pennies? Having read it, I think it falls somewhere in the middle. It has enough of Martin's hallmarks to be recognised as genuine but it didn't really shine like his better work. However, what did surprise me was that, after having read it and moved on to another book, my mind kept creeping back to it so I get the feeling that if I were to read it again I might end up rating it higher than I did the first time.