The Nimrod Hunt

Chicago Sun-Times book critic Roland J. Green penned a positive of the book, calling it "a considerable feat of both imagination and storytelling", "a well-told tale, full of wonders thrown off casually like sparks from a sparkler", and "a treat for readers who like their science fiction loaded with intelligent scientific extrapolation". The Baltimore Evening Suns Wiley Hall III found the novel "worth the price" though said the publishers "exaggerated outrageously" when marketing it. In a negative review, Algis Budrys of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction wrote, "What we have here is a book that I think began with too strong a premise." The Commodore Computing International reviewer D.M. praised the book, stating, "The interplay of the two main 'hunting' groups and the conniving and double-dealing of the operation's joint chiefs of staff, who are deadly rivals, made for gripping reading." In a mixed review, the authors Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento said, "It told a complex story well, and had some important things to say. I just wish the author had not done a disservice to his own, quite sufficient, storytelling abilities by referencing Alfred Bester so directly and so unnecessarily." The critic David Pringle gave the book two stars, writing, "The ingenious plot poses questions about the nature of intelligence, but it's a pity the prose and characterization are so clunky." ==References==