Death Arms is a novel by K. W. Jeter published in 1987, though according to Jeter's afterword, he began writing it in 1972 and completed it in 1978.
Premise Death Arms is a novel in which a scheme involves attempting to assassinate the entire collective unconscious of humanity.
Reception Dave Langford reviewed Death Arms for White Dwarf #92, and stated that "Stripped of savage imagery, this would be a thin story; Jeter drives it at stomach jolting pace to the hero's final realization that he can save the world despite being horribly dead."
Reviews Review by Mike Moir (1987) in Vector 139 Review by Dan Chow (1987) in Locus, #320 September 1987 Review by Paul J. McAuley (1989) in Interzone, #30 July-August 1989 Review by Glenn Grant (1990) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1990
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