Circumpolar!
Circumpolar! is a novel by Richard A. Lupoff published in 1984.
Plot summary
Circumpolar! is a novel in which an alternative history is depicted with vastly different geography, involving a Great Air Race featuring the von Richthofens competing against Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes.Reception
reviewed Circumpolar! for White Dwarf #70, and stated that "It goes on a bit long and it grossly libels the Red Baron, but it's amusing."In his Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia, Brian M. Stableford cited the book as one of the relatively rare examples of science fiction dealing with the Flat Earth concept.
Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller in Locus, #280 May 1984
- Review by Joe Sanders in Fantasy Review, July 1985
- Review by L. J. Hurst in Vector 128
- Review by David Pringle in Interzone, #14 Winter 1985/86
- Review by Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1986
- Review by Don D'Ammassa in Science Fiction Chronicle, #80 May 1986