Nice images of interior design as presented and rendered by designers from around the world. Some of the interior work was a little over the top and therefore not suitable to everyday living.

The editor, Andrew Ross, describes this book as "an expanded edition" of a special issue of the journal "Social Text". Potential readers should be warned however that it is also an expurgated edition, from which Alan Sokal's celebrated parody of of recent socio-cultural jargon has been suppressed. One understands Professor Ross's chagrin at the cruel and unusual joke that Professor Sokal practised on him. However, the unadvertised deletion of Sokal's contribution is a hoax on the buyers of "Science Wars" who naturally expect to find in it the one item of the original publication that has received worldwide attention.

The subsequent reviewer found the current tome missing in scholarship, merely by not having reprinted Sokal's piece from the social text issue of the same name (science wars). If one cared to read through the book, however, one would notice a number of quite specific reasons for this: among these that the book is meant as a counter argument to Sokal, Levitt & Gross's readings of their fave foe: pomos and other dangerous 'leftists' (what does this mean?). It is no secret that these authors are fired by a profound hostility and unwillingness to engage with the material with which they are dealing. This has already been shown ad nauseam in the litterature (see for instance Callon's review in social studies of science). Nevertheless this book stands as a nice response to some of the worst nonsense that has come out of the sokal/gross tradition. Specifically one should not miss Hart's devastating analysis of Gross et al's 'scientific neutrality' and their analytical abilities in Higher Superstition. Other pieces such as Mike Lynch's are good too; some however, are merely perpetuating the current stand off in a nasty 'war' (among these both of Ross's pieces). So is this review, I presume. That said, I should stop. Read both sides before you judge, you might get to know a good bit about rhetorical wars from the putatively neutral and objective scientists (sokal, gross, koertge etc).

Well, the reader from Lawrence Kansas said it best. I loved all of the previous novels, but this one just unravels everywhere. There doesn't seem to be any real focus-the plot threads don't go anywhere, the characters act like morons and the whole thing is extrememly implausible and unlikely.

I loved the first few books in this series-an intriguing heroine,interesting locales and characters, lots of instructive geology and good plot development. In the last volume(Fault Lines), things seem to begin to go wrong with Em as she began to take on the characteristics of the irrational victim. In this most recent mystery, things fall comletely apart! The scientific "dust" portion of the plot simply vanishes near the end, all of the concluding action takes place off stage so we have virtually no idea what happened, almost all of the characters behave without an ounce of sense and Em seems to dissolve into incomprehensibility. A clue to what has happened to this talented writers efforts here may be contained in an afterward in which she discusses the fact that she herself was once stalked with apparently devastating consequences. Ms. Andrew, these have been wonderful books. Surely it's time for Em to grow away from abusive men and develop her forensic geologic profession into a real career with all the literary possibilities this should offer. I WILL read the next book but it will be the last if this sort of nonsense continues.

All her life Lucy wanted to go into space and now at forty her goal is days away from happening. It's too bad she can't anticipate the pleasure for she fears for her life. An ex-lover stalks her and means to destroy her and her dream. In desperation Lucy calls up the one man who will be able to help her. He will be motivated by the secret that she kept from him these years.

Forensic geologist Em Hansen is happier than she has been in quite a long time as she has finally made love with the new man in her life FBI Agent Jack Sampler. She's convinced he's the one she's been looking for all her life. The morning after, Jack receives a phone call that abruptly has him leaving without telling her where he is going. Through mutual friends, Em is able to track Jack to Florida where he has to stop Lucy's ex-lover from committing an act of terrorism against the space shuttle. Em finds herself in the middle of the action surrounded by terrorists with biological weapons of mass destruction.

KILLER DUST stars Em Hansen who is connected to Jack who is linked to Lucy who is tied to the killer but there are no degrees to Kevin Bacon. How these links were formed and the actions taken because of these ties are just as important as the who-done-it. The heroine has some tough choices to make in future stories but in this one she plays a vital role in stopping terrorists before they can perpetrate another despicable act on American soil. Sarah Andrews keep getting better with every book she writes.

Harriet Klausner