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Cargando... Prostho Plus (1971 original; edición 1986)por Piers Anthony (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Prostho Plus is a fix-up novel from 50 years ago that should never have stuck in my head like it has. I could not remember the title, but I did remember the premise of a dentist being kidnapped by aliens and forced to work on a baby Leviathan whose fillings required tons of gold. In later episodes, he becomes the galaxy’s leading prosthodontist. I am trying to avoid saying that dentists as science fiction heroes are as rare as hen’s teeth. Oops. ( ) Light, fluffy, fun, and the perfect gift for any dentist who likes science fiction! No deep science fictional ideas here, but there's something quite delightful about hearing little homilies from the main character about how very important it is to take good care of your teeth.... directed to one alien or another. This is fun light reading. It starts off quickly, there is no long build up to lead us into the story but instead the doctor’s adventure starts right away. The quick start does get the book moving at a good pace but it also sends us off without knowing the characters very well. It is an interesting concept to look at galactic travel from the viewpoint of a dentist and Anthony does a great job of giving the good doctor a variety of mouths, teeth, and problems to work on. And Dillingham finds that there is much more to dentistry in space then he ever could have imagined as he finds himself mixed up in politics, being sold, being hunted and having to do some impromptu electrical work on robot teeth. Dillingham does tend to explain his procedures a lot at times and you get lessons on how to fill cavities or what happens when your occlusion is imperfect. It also sometimes reads like a public service announcement on the importance of brushing and flossing. But I think that adds to the fun of reading about a poor kidnapped Earth dentist who really cares about healthy teeth, no matter where they are found. It’s fun, short and moves quickly and is an interesting slant on the story of mankind’s first contact with alien life. It is well worth your time, especially if you are looking for something that is not too deep. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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What's keeping you from your grand tour of the universe? Are you afraid of being caught out in the vastness of space with a painful cavity and no one capable of fixing it? Well fear not--the galaxy is simply teeming with dentists For Dr. Dillingham, dentist of Earth, it was the shock of his life--captured by aliens, forced to fix a strange cavity in an even stranger mouth; then whisked off to deep space. But luckily for the good dentist, Dillingham discovered that he liked zooming about the galaxy, solving unprecedented problems and making new and decidedly different acquaintances. And when he was offered the chance to apply to the Galactic University of Dentistry as Earth's first (and only) applicant, Dillingham had a choice to make: go back to his safe little world of bored housewives and miles of braces, or make a mark for mankind among the teeth of the stars. It was really no choice at all. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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