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So the Ulleran challenge begins, with the rantings of a prophet and a seemingly incidental street riot. Only when a dose of po... read full description
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Sep 11, 2010
Nate
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At times I enjoy going into by stack of books and picking one of the “oldies” out and re-reading them. Recently I was in the mood for a good space opera and while browsing thru I bumped into the Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper; score!!!
Uller Uprising is Mr. Piper’s futuristic retelling of the Indian Mutiny (1857 CE for those that are interested). As with India in 1857; Uller is a corporate world where the native (silicon based life with four arms and looking like a lizard) is “guid More...
Uller Uprising is Mr. Piper’s futuristic retelling of the Indian Mutiny (1857 CE for those that are interested). As with India in 1857; Uller is a corporate world where the native (silicon based life with four arms and looking like a lizard) is “guid More...
Jul 22, 2008
B. Zedan
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Piper clearly has a thing about how native peoples are treated, which I was familiar with from Oomphel. This story was originally part of a set of novellas that were based on a seed idea written by Dr. Clark. He gave the writers two worlds to work with and they ran with it. Piper threw in the "Bengal uprising against English-held India" (as stated nicely in a very good introductory essay about Piper's work by John F. Carr). We are also introduced to the common theme of Piper's
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Jan 26, 2011
Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper. The beginning of the Federation series in Piper's Terro-Human Future History. Military SF, and sometimes dated, but the alien race is well-imagined.
Sep 28, 2010
Leigh
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Nov 16, 2007
Tracey
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This fairly pulpish story of an alien uprising against their human colonizers was fairly entertaining, despite showing more than a whiff of White Man's Burden.
The characters are on the cardboardish side, and Piper makes a bit too much of his female characters being capable despite their gender (actual publication date = 1952) Still, the aliens were interestingly presented, from a science/technical standpoint, and the plot kept my interest despite being read in bits & pieces over More...
The characters are on the cardboardish side, and Piper makes a bit too much of his female characters being capable despite their gender (actual publication date = 1952) Still, the aliens were interestingly presented, from a science/technical standpoint, and the plot kept my interest despite being read in bits & pieces over More...
Oct 20, 2011
Chris
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Quite fun, although I did feel like I was reading a well-written defense of the Afrikaaner viewpoint.
Apr 12, 2011
Lindsay
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An interesting story looking at relationships between natives and colonisers.
Jan 26, 2011
Heather
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Irritating in parts, overall a good read (in that 1950s SF sort of way).
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