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C14 Asbury Park PressSunday, July 1. 1V88 Surrogacy debate continues Reading Room 1 I 3 cake with the child meets much scorn from Ms. Chesler. -Jf In fact, the author has no apparent respect for the experts in the case and turns their words against Stern. "Isn't Bill 'impulsive'?" she asks.

"He decided to become a surebgite contract father, he chose Mary instantly from a photograph and finalized the arrangements after a brief meeting with her in a restaurant." "Isn't Bill 'manipulative andfle-structive'? He secretly taped Mary Beth on the phone when she was in Florida. Isn't Bill 'paranoid'? He acts as if Baby will be seriously harmed if she develops a loving relationship with her birth mother." This attack on Stern becomes somewhat discomforting at times, Aut many of the points are valid. Perhaps Ms. Chesler wonders why such sentiments weren't felt by the general public when Mrs. Whitehead Gould was being raked over the coals.

Maybe she is trying to evoke them after the fact. r. Sometimes it works. When it doesn't, Ms. Chesler comes off a little preachy.

Diatribes aside, however, her book provider a fresh perspective on a landmark case. The continuing debate over surrogacy will truly be the legacy of Baby M. --m Steve Chambers Asbury Park Press For help she includes some interesting documents, including the surrogate contract, the state Supreme Court decision that invalidated the contract, mental health reports and arguments made by Harold J. Cassidy, the Red Bank lawyer who represented Mrs. Whitehead Gould.

Ms. Chesler, who has detailed in the past unfair treatment of women- in custody cases, returns to this point and hammers the system. She explores the problems raised in traditional adoptions and the suffering felt by women who give up their children. (Cassidy won back Mrs. Whitehead Gould's parental rights using legal arguments based largely on the adoption statutes.

She was later granted liberal visitation with the child.) In a revealing chapter on adoption, Ms. Chesler tells the story of child psychologist Marshall Schechter, who was berated by social workers in the 1960s for discussing the possibility that adopted children suffered more psychological problems than the general population. Two decades later, Schechter was retained as an expert in the Baby case and recommended Mrs. Whitehead Gould be barred from seeing the child until she was grown. His evaluation that Mrs.

Whitehead Gould did not play an appropriate game of patty SACRED BOND: THE LEGACY OF BABY by Phyllis Chester. Times Books. 212 pages. $16.95. Why do many people question the decision of Mary Beth Whitehead Gould to become a surrogate mother, but no one questions William Stern's decision to hire her? If a deal is a deal, should we prohibit divorce after the birth of a child? Are contracts more sacred than the bond between a mother and child? And why is somebody writing another book about the Baby case? Haven't we heard enough about this? Well, yes, we've heard an awful lot about the legal battle between William Stern and Mary Beth Whitehead Gould, but Phyllis Chesler raises some interesting questions with thankfully little detail on the case.

There are insights a diary of Ms. Chesler's efforts to lead a protest movement at the Bergen County courthouse where Mrs. Whitehead Gould lost custody of the child. But the book doesn't smack of exploitation. It is a thoughtful exploration of the ethical problems with surrogacy, not always original but thought-provoking.

In short, the dust kicked up in the 1 v. iiiiiiiiMiaiiwiTMii ir" Spellbinding romantic tale offered by Garcia-Marquez The cover art for the audiocassette release of "The Gunslinger" features an original illustration by award-winning fantasy artist Michael Whelan. Stephen King's 'Gunslinger' tape is trailblazer Sound Reading N. i GABRIEL GARCIA-MARQUEZ 1 The story is radiant, a novel savored while being read, and long, remembered after it's finished. t.m Ken Moore Asbury Park Press merged though they would prefer to cooperate1.

The plot is strong and the worlds are as different as they are interestingly identical. Science fiction and fantasy are merged well, both given attention and handled effectively. Anthony's skills as a writer build on a good and interesting foundation, making "Robot Adept" a pleasant experience. Fans of Anthony will probably need little persuasion to read it; thoe who wish to follow the action ought' jo pick up the first "Apprentice Adept" series and the preceding novel "Out of Phaze" (available in paperback) before purchasing this volume. Drew Bittner Asbury Park Press Day Of My Summer I Went To Sylvan.

Ariza, meanwhile, vows to remain true to his first love. He sticks it out on his job, rising through the company ranks to prosperity, and has some flirtations along the way, continuing to live the life of a romantic poet waiting for true love. It is a long but far from boring wait, for 50 years later, Urbino de la Calle dies, leaving the beloved Fermina a widow. The funeral barely ended, Ariza approaches the newly widowed Fermina and reveals his undying love. She is shocked and angry.

Ariza remains the poetic romantic, however, and plots to win his beloved. The story, however, is neither trite nor unbelievable. Ariza's stubbornness wins the reader's interest, if not the reader's heart. fantasy two alternate selves compete in a series of games. Each contestant will represent one side, Mach playing for the Adepts and Bane for Stile and Citizen Blue.

Anthony creates solid personalities for all of his performers, furnishing them with human foibles and ideals that make them believable and identifiable as individuals. Supported by the intriguing possibilities of the Game Tourney of Proton (where the employee serfs compete to gain the coveted status of Citizen) and the diversity of fantastic creatures in Phaze, the characters develop most when their ideals and integrity are challenged. Mach and Bane are forced to deceive each side, which bothers them, and must compete The First Vacation LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOL-EM by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. Alfred A. Knopf.

348 pages. $18.95. fll obel Prize-winning author Gabriel I Garcia-Marquez shows his love of both romance and boats in his newest novel, "Love in the Time of Cholera." The story is spellbinding as real as it is symbolic, taking the reader over a span of 50 years of unending love. Garcia-Marquez, who was born in Colombia and now lives in Mexico City, writes in Spanish. The translations by Edith Grossman are so smooth that Garcia-Marquez's literary genius is evident throughout, right down to the "gosh" he uses, or whatever its equivalent is in Spanish.

The hero of the tale, Florentino Ariza, is a young man, a poet in word Science ROBOT ADEPT by Piers Anthony. AcePutnam. 286 pages. 16. 95.

Combining science fiction and fantasy is difficult to accomplish. Each genre has its own demands and own point of view, making them often incompatible. Few authors have successfully and entertainingly merged the two; even fewer have created sequels as enjoyable as the first effort. Piers Anthony is one of those few. In "Robot Adept," the second book of the second" Apprentice Adept" trilogy, he has continued the adventures of Bane and Mach, the only two able to connect the worlds of Phaze and Proton.

Proton and Phaze are alternate faces of one world, co-existing in adjacent realities (called "frames" by Anthony). Proton is a world of high technology, while Phaze is a world of magic. Direct contact between frames was destroyed in the first trilogy, but PHYLLIS CHESLER long battle over Baby has settled. But in an outspoken, frequently acerbic and occasionally unfair book, feminist Phyllis Chesler now explores some of the ramifications. There are questions raised by Ms.

Chesler's book sometimes page after page of nothing but questions. The answers come harder, but she tries to provide them or at least a background against which to decide them. and deed, in the late 1880s, an apprentice with a riverboat company in an unnamed Caribbean paradise. Into his life comes Fermina Daza, a beautiful girl who walks with a "doe's gait" and steals Ariza's heart. Not many words are spoken between the pair, for theirs is the kind of love that needs no words.

In a short time, they are communicating by letter, even after the beautiful Fermina's father discovers they are smitten with each other. Her father's scheme for Fermina to go on a vacation to separate her from the river boat telegrapher works as she meets and marries someone from her own social station. Fermina's husband is a physician who goes on to battle the plague cholera now becoming so deadly. fiction, now the sons of the first trilogy's heroes discover they are able to exchange minds by an effort of will. The ruling elites of each frame, the Adverse Adepts of Phaze and the Contrary Citizens of Proton, learn about and maneuver to get control of this ability.

By working together against Stile, his counterparttwin Citizen Blue and their allies, these two power elites can re-establish their control over their respective worlds. The sons, Mach of Proton and Bane of Phaze, would not normally have considered joining their father's enemies except that each has fallen in love with a female (neither one a human being) from the opposing frame. To protect their relationships, Mach agreed to work with the Adepts; Bane did not agree, and much of this book revolves around efforts to get both transferees to join one side or the other. After several attempts are made to kidnap their lovers, the opposing sides agree to decide matters by letting the shot" just as anyone even a horse with little chance of winning became one. Pork barrel: The expression was created during the Reconstruction when pork was used in the sense of graft and patronage.

The expression evolved as an analogy for congressmen who would pack their pork in barrels through legislation to benefit their constituents or other groups or individuals. Pyrrhic victory: This refers to Pyr-rhus, king of Epirus (319-272 B.C.), who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 B.C. at such a staggering cost it became no victory at all. Hodgepodge: The original English spelling of this word was "hodge-potch," meaning a kind of stew. The word in time came to mean any kind of jumble or mess.

Cliche: Borrowed from the French, it means stereotype plate. Its basic meaning refers to an expression everlastingly repeated. The authors recommend the use of a cliche when it gives precise meaning to what you want to say. They recall Mark Twain saying, "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." Climbing on the bandwagon: Before the automobile, musicians used high wagons on which to play during parades. Politicians got aboard to join the crowd or to be noticed.

Once the rush started, others climbed aboard to make sure of not being left behind. Mary Morris died in 1986 after the first edition was prepared. The volume includes a foreword by Isaac Asimov. It is a treasury of information about words and phrases we use daily, with little understanding of their origins. Thomas W.

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STROBY Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" (New Audio Library, four tapes, $29.95) may well turn out to be a landmark of sorts in the audio publishing world. Not only does it offer King reading an unabridged edition of his own novel, but it's also beating the book itself into the stores by about three months (the Plume trade paperback edition is scheduled to be published in September). For all intents and purposes, the audio edition of "The Gunslinger" is being promoted as the next Stephen King best seller and, if the folks at New American Library have their way, it might be just that. The first of five planned installments in an epic fantasy known collectively as "The Dark Tower," "The Gunslinger" is actually getting its first mass market exposure with this audio release. The second volume in the series, "The Drawing of the Three," is scheduled to be released by NAL in the same fashion, with an unabridged audio version read by King available in January and the Plume edition to follow in March.

But the story behind "The Dark Tower" stretches back to 1970, when King reportedly conceived the series as a cycle of 25 short stories. "The Gunslinger," which encompasses the first five, was originally published in 1982 as a limited edition hardcover from Donald M. Grant, a specialty publishing house in Rhode Island. Only 20,000 copies were printed and they have since become highly sought-after collectors' items. With debts to both Thomas Mallo-ry and Sergio Leone, "The Gunslinger" is anything but a typical Stephen King novel.

Inspired in part by Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," it tells the story of Roland, a lone gunslinger wandering a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of the mysterious Man in Black. Roland's own murky past and his relationship with his quarry is revealed gradually throughout the book, with each story providing an additional piece to the puzzle. Roland's quest is an "endless hunt through a world with neither map nor memory" and though the Arthurian overtones are evi- Civil War issues two Press Staff Report HIGHTSTOWN Two new historical books depicting the part New Jersey troops played in the Battle of Gettysburg have just been published by Longstreet House, here. One book, "To Gettysburg and Beyond," is a detailed account of how the Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, played a key role in stopping Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, and helped turned the tide of the battle that decided the final outcome of the Civil War. The other book is an updated reprint of a 100-year old book, "New Jersey Troops in the Gettysburg Campaign," originally written by Samuel Toombs, a long dead New Jersey military historian and Civil War veteran.

Dr. David G. Martin, an administrator and instructor at the Peddie School in Hightstown, is the publisher of the new books. He specializes in printing technical books detailing Civil dent throughout, the action sequences are pure King. Though the release of "The Gunslinger" is no doubt intended to keep the cash registers ringing during King's self-imposed exile from publishing (he is reportedly taking his time working on a new novel, tentatively titled "The Dark Half), it's also a labor of love, particularly on King's part.

His fondness for the work is apparent, both in his insistance that it be recorded unabridged and in his decision to read it himself. Though King's voice is far from professional and comes off sounding nasal and somewhat nerdy in parts, there is real emotion in his reading. As a result, his narration eventually becomes oddly affecting and, at times, spellbinding. On another level, the packaging itself is of a quality rarely seen in most mass market audio releases. The slip-case cover features a beautiful illustration from the original edition by Hugo Award-winning fantasy artist Michael Whelan, and a slick inner sleeve sports a full color picture of King.

But whether a new Stephen King tape will have the same clout in the marketplace as a new Stephen King novel is another question, especially given the package's price and running time of six hours and 16 minutes. The episodic nature of the story doesn't do much for continuity either It's filled with flashbacks, flash-forwards and dream sequences which call for careful listening. Unlike most of King's novels, "The Gunslinger" lacks the fuel-injected narrative drive that has become his trademark. It's a quieter book, with a laconic prose style that King captures almost perfectly in his reading. In the end, this audio version of "The Gunslinger" is often as enigmatic as its title character.

Its rewards come slowly especially when stretched over more than six hours but they do arrive. Most importantly, they're worth the wait. W.C. Stroby is a Press staff writer whose column Sound Reading appears each month in the Book Section. publisher new books War battles and the military units involved.

He uses a variety of researchers who spend years tracing long-lost histories, including thumbnail sketches of some of the military involved, and casualty and muster rolls. Although the books are not targeted for the average reader, Martin said, they are especially helpful to military "buffs," war game players and families tracing their ancestry. The books are printed on special acid-free paper that can stand the test of time without crumbling and turning brown. Edward G. Longacre, author of "Gettysburg and Beyond," is an Air Force military historian from South Jersey.

He spent many years gathering information for his latest book, which sells for $36 with over 80 illustrations and 496 pages, including rosters. There's also a 1 postage charge. "New Jersey Troops in the Gettysburg Campaign" sells for $30 plus $1 postage. I'M. The First Day Of The New NOW Enrolling for Reading Study Skills Algebra Math College Prep Enrichment' 1 Sylvan CLEAR Writing.1 SrW" ltmig turgor TODAY I MORRIS DICTIONARY OF WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS by William and Mary Morris.

Harper Row. 669 pages. $25. This being a presidential election year, the left and right political wings will be at loggerheads over pork-barrel issues as the long shot will seek more than a Pyrrhic victory. A hodgepodge of bull and clinches will be rendered as voters will climb on the bandwagon of the barn burner as he strives to become the bellwether of our nation! Gobbledegook, you say? What's that all about? Well, that's all about this second edition of the husbandwife team of lexicographers who have edited and written a number of books about the English language.

It's all fun but the book is a required reference volume for students, scholars, journalists or anyone else interested in the origin of words and phrases. Those used in the first paragraph are but a few of the hundreds listed. Wherever did they come from? Let's see: Left and right wing: This label originated in Europe where most legislatures seated conservative members to the right of the chair and the liberal and radical members to the left. Thus, the parties were known as parties of the right and parties of the left. Loggerheads: This pertains to a dispute and dates to the Middle Ages when sailors would fill loggerheads, long-handled instruments with large metal cups at one end, with melted tar.

This substance would be hurled during warfare at attacking ships. The two crews then would be at loggerheads with each other. Long shot: This also started at sea during the time smooth-bore barrels on cannons had little chance of accuracy at long range. That's why closer "broadside" warfare was more effective. Anything being hit far away became a "long School Year It Showed! Our expanded summer programs make scheduling convenient and give your child the perfect opportunity to sharpen crucial matti and reading skills.

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