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High Steel
by
Jack C. Haldeman,
Jack Dann (Goodreads Author)
No man, Mohawk or white, walks the high steel like John Stranger - the highest steel of all, industrial facilities under construction in orbit above Earth. Conscripted by the megacorps that have supplanted nations, unsure if he will ever see his tribe again, Stranger nonetheless maintains the ancient Way... and when against all odds he manages to prevent a construction dis...more
Mass Market Paperback
Published
by Tor Books
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I read this something like 10 years ago and just remember that it blew my mind. Tough Native American construction workers who build stuff out in space. I remember they had amazing balance and great heads for heights, and they were very spiritual--they had managed to reconcile their earth-based culture with their lives in space.
This pathetic "review" does not do the book justice, but I haven't read it in a long time. I remember there was a lot of action in the story, and (I think) a murder?
I wi...more
This pathetic "review" does not do the book justice, but I haven't read it in a long time. I remember there was a lot of action in the story, and (I think) a murder?
I wi...more
This was a great quick read! It starts and stays interesting - paralleling Euro-Western and Native-American in a dark future where Mega-corporations rule the Earth (and space).
The Native Americans are still relegated to reservations and through treaties are indentured as serfs of a sort to the mega corporations who utilize them for manual labor and an innate ability in space.
As the characters and stories develop along with an alien signal that effects everybody to some extent.
Naive American spir...more
The Native Americans are still relegated to reservations and through treaties are indentured as serfs of a sort to the mega corporations who utilize them for manual labor and an innate ability in space.
As the characters and stories develop along with an alien signal that effects everybody to some extent.
Naive American spir...more
This is an unusual combination of science fiction with American-Indian-based mystical elements. What are referred to as "the thunder-beings of [John's] forefathers" actually play an important part in the story.
I particularly liked the characters, including the AI Einstein. The plot was a fairly basic one of little-man-against-the-giant-corporations, but the way it was worked out was unusual and interesting.
I particularly liked the characters, including the AI Einstein. The plot was a fairly basic one of little-man-against-the-giant-corporations, but the way it was worked out was unusual and interesting.
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