As Hobson races towards the answer, he is pursued relentlessly by Detective Sandra Philo of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. This book matters . I highly recommend it. It's his best novel yet, and should be a definite contender for all the major awards. Sawyer has a history of successfully blending speculative and mystery fiction.
Golden Fleece is suspenseful, entertaining, inventive, thought-provoking, and funny.
I could back up my enthusiasm with specific references to surprising insights and stylistic devices in his novels, but suffice it to say that here we are dealing with a creator who knows precisely what he is doing. The Terminal Experiment sold in a New York publishing auction to editor John Silbersack of HarperCollins's New York office. It is being published under the HarperPrism imprint, and is distributed in Canada by HarperCollins Canada Ltd., of Scarborough, Ontario. Analog is publishing the book's full text in four installments, beginning with the Mid-December 1994 issue under the title Hobson's Choice .