Octagon (novel)


Octagon is a novel by Fred Saberhagen published in 1981.

Plot summary

Octagon is a novel in which Alex Barrow discovers that someone is killing his opponents in the science fiction play-by-mail game Starweb.

Reception

reviewed Octagon in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "Octagon is a good mystery novel which explores a rather interesting theme: the idea that a clever programmer can manipulate records and programs in our computer-based world to his own ends."

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