# Sideshow (novel)

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***Sideshow*** is a novel by [Mike Resnick](/source/Mike_Resnick) published in 1982.

## Plot summary

*Sideshow* is a novel in which a carnival owner blackmails a company into performing on the interstellar circuit.[1]

## Reception

[Greg Costikyan](/source/Greg_Costikyan) reviewed *Sideshow* in *[Ares Magazine](/source/Ares_(magazine))* #14 and commented that "The intrusion of a human scale into a genre whose major appeal is its galactic scale is a tricky task to pull off, and few have done it successfully. Mike Resnick is one such writer."[1]

## Reviews

- Review by Faren Miller (1982) in *[Locus](/source/Locus_(magazine))*, #262 November 1982
- Review by Tom Easton (1983) in *[Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction/Science_Fact)*, May 1983
- Review by Algis Budrys (1983) in *[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction](/source/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction)*, May 1983

## References

1. Costikyan, Greg (Spring 1983). "Books". *[Ares Magazine](/source/Ares_(magazine))*. '***(14): 48. [TSR, Inc.](/source/TSR,_Inc.)***

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