Victim Prime is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, published in 1987. It is the sequel to 1953's "Seventh Victim" and is followed by 1988's Hunter/Victim.
Plot summary The novel is set in a dystopian 2092. It describes an iteration of the Big Hunt, the government-ruled assassination program introduced in the short story "Seventh Victim", this time played in a resort.
Reception David Langford reviewed Victim Prime for White Dwarf #87, and stated that "It moves well enough, but despite ingenious ploys and counterploys has a touch of staleness: Sheckley imitating Sheckley."
Reviews Review by Brian Stableford (1987) in Fantasy Review, April 1987https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?14995 Review by John Newsinger (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #68 Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1987 Review by Edward Bryant (1987) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1987 Review by Lee Montgomerie (1987) in Interzone, #21 Autumn 1987 Review by Mike Christie (1987) in Foundation, #39 Spring 1987 Review [French] by Thierry Bosch (1988) in Fiction, #401 Review [French] by Jonathan Dornet (1989) in A&A, #117 Review [Polish] by Wojciech M. Chudziński (2000) in Świat Gier Komputerowych, #92
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