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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. It took me longer to get into this one than his other books--the entire first section of the book, about 80 pages, didn't really catch my interest. About halfway through the second section I was hooked, and his endings always leave me moved, this one being no exception. The man knows how to draw characters that are nuanced, real, and sometimes unforgettable. I'm going to give it some time, then read it again--this time knowing what's ahead will make the first part of the book seem different I think. This particular edition of the book is a reprint by Old Earth Books. and I'm afraid they may be extinct. I tried to get ahold of the publisher with no results and their website looks dated to the point of abandonment. I wish they--or somebody--would undertake to make hardcover editions of "Still I Persist in Wondering," and "In the Company of Glory," and wish also for a volume of his uncollected stories. I think he was one of the great SF writers of all time, and everybody should read his stuff. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
After eleven years in space, the Argo landed on the dangerous, unknown planet Lucifer. The crew faced an untamed world of huge, carnivorous birds with wolverine heads and flashing black teeth; furred, ten-foot-tall men; and red-skinned, man-eating pygmies. They fought for mere survival. But their duty was to colonize and populate the planet ... with four men and only two women! No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Parts of this are 5-star writing. In many ways it surpasses your run-of-the-mill scifi tropes, especially for a 50s scifi book. But--vague spoiler--the plot kind of just flat lines in the last third, with the book literally ending on a lecture from the author in the form of a transcript of a discussion amongst the characters.
The cover of my copy makes the one race out to look like big apes, but when reading the book, I got much more the vibe of big yeti-like creatures. They're a pretty cool part of the book. ( )