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A re-release of a book published in 1977, 'All My Sins Remembered'
is a combination of previously printed three short stories and linked
together.
They tell
the fate of undercover TBII agent Colonel Otto McGavin, working on behalf of the
Confederación to sort out serious misdemeanours on various planets.
 Undercover
in the future means have his body adjusted with plastiflesh and
taking on most of the personality of someone he replaces to allow
a smooth infiltration.
I have to confess in some places it appears that Haldeman gives in too
easily to McGavin having the right pill or weapon hidden away in the hidden compartment
of his suitcase a touch too much deux ex machina. The fact that some ground
contacts already know he's around does tend to belie the secrecy somewhat. Saying
that, his depth of reality where some of these planets are concerned is also equally
riveting. His aliens from the book title story, the S'kang, have to be
one of the most intriguing enigmatic alien species I've read in a while.
Like
with many of these books from this Gollancz collection, this book is a worthy
read and should encourage our new current generation to valuate its view on war
and espionage again in discussion.
GF Willmetts
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