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Deathworld |
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Harry Harrison (1925 – ) is best known for his Stainless Steel Rat stories and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was adapted for film as Soylent Green. Deathworld is the first in a series of novels begun in 1960 and originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. It’s the story of Jason dinAlt a professional gambler with psionic skills who finds himself on Pyrrus the deadliest planet to be colonized by humanity. Violent weather, active tectonics, heavy gravity, abundant predators, and a hostile splinter group of colonists is only the beginning of Jason’s quest to learn the truth about Pyrrus. (Summary by Gregg Margarite) |
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Reviewer: FNH - 4/28/2009 19:57Subject: Free Audio Review This is classic Sci Fi at its very best!. Alien worlds, space ships, creepy creatures, fighting, discoveries and gambling. What more could you pssibly want from a Sci Fi novel? Well, I suppose you might want an appealing lead chacter, whos the underdog but is likely to win through in the end. You might want a plot that doesn't sleep, that presents you one exciting scene after another. Perhaps you want to explore the strange? Well you've got all of that here, in a story that doesn't show it's age. The lead character is a professional gambler who has an edge, he can use his mind to manipulate the dice! Yet these powers are very limited, he's not some Sci Fi wizard wandering around the worlds blasting his enemies, no, his powers are limited to rolling the dice, and a mind to rival Sherlock Holmes. Ths is fairly short novel that is read very well and is a delightful afternoons listening. If your a SciFi fan you should treat yourself to this free treat. |
Reviewer: anl00000007 - 5/6/2009 21:21Subject: Fun Pulper This is a good popcorn book with a straightforward plot and a great deal of action. If you like starship troopers (the Movie), you'll probably like this. Planet of the Damned by the same author is also on the same formula. |
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Reviewer: Marknew91 - 9/29/2009 4:29 Subject: The reader has my gratitude Greg Margarite does such a good job with this fun science fiction novel. But by good job, I don't mean he's performing like a circus monkey; he reads smoothly and with some emotion but not too much and calmly but not monotone; it's just perfect, so I'm listening to the story rather than listening to the reader. He's not distracting me, in other words, and is pleasent to listen to. Thanks to him for donating his time. He also writes a clear synopsis. If I had an email adress, I would have sent him a personal thank you, but for now, this will have to suffice. Great book, too, by the way. Someone called it a "popcorn" novel and I'd say that fits, but certainly not a "dumbed down" version of science fiction. Good writing Harry Harrison, good reading Greg, thanks to you both. |
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Reviewer: Pyrodin123321 - 10/16/2009 18:37 Subject: I have to agree.. This book was really good, and I agree with the previous reviews, not much more you could ask for... |
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