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Destination Infinity
Far beneath the turbulent seas of Venus lived all that remained of humanity. Earth was gone -- a fast-fading atomic noval in the evening sky. But can Reed's daring plan to colonize the surface of Venus possibly work...? Originally published as "Fury."
Paperback, 196 pages
Published
March 30th 2008
by Wildside Press
(first published 1947)
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This book was suggested to me by a friend from Sweden when she visited the States. Classic SF is always a mixed bag - some of it very good, some of it bearable, some of it is just silly, some of it not worth reading even once. I'm happy to report that Fury is one of the very good ones, and surely a much overlooked gem.
Thanks, my friend, for the wonderful suggestion (and for demanding that I purchase it when we took time to browse through Kankakee's Paperback Reader used book store)!
Thanks, my friend, for the wonderful suggestion (and for demanding that I purchase it when we took time to browse through Kankakee's Paperback Reader used book store)!
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1946 had been a very good year indeed for Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore, with a full dozen stories published plus three fine novels ("The Fairy Chessmen," "Valley of the Flame" and "The Dark World"), and in 1947, sci-fi's preeminent husband-and-wife writing team continued its prolific ways. Before the year was out, the two had succeeded in placing another 15 stories into the pulp magazines of the day, in addition to the novel for which Kuttner is best remembered: "...more
I stumbled upon this book while scavenging through someone else's trash Hey, don't look at me that way!... I live in Venezuela, where such activity is a time honored tradition for everyday survival. Plus, I'm a starving writer so that's ok) and came up with a ragged and dog-eared paperback copy of this novel.
Since I'm an equal opportunity reader (I read and give everything a chance to tell me a story... even trash) I went into it... and was hooked.
Now this tattered paperback it's one...more
Since I'm an equal opportunity reader (I read and give everything a chance to tell me a story... even trash) I went into it... and was hooked.
Now this tattered paperback it's one...more
I was genuinely surprised to find that this book was written in 1947. The main character predates the angry young man on 1950s and 60s British writing,and the tone of the story is surprisingly modern.It's hard to work with an unlikeable protaganist,but Henry Kuttner pulls it off brilliantly. His ideas about drug use and the effects of immortality are also very well thought out. An excellent sci fi novel that compares very favourably to better known fare like Alfred Bester's ,The Stars My Destina...more
I have a Hamlyn 1981 edition
5.5 stars. One of my favorite "classic" science ficiton novels. A truly under-rated work that deserves a lot more recoginition than it gets. Clearly, Henry Kuttner's best work (with some uncredited help from his wife, C.L. Moore. Classic Science Fiction at its best and a ton of fun!!!
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Henry Kuttner was, alone and in collaboration with his wife, the great science fiction and fantasy writer C. L. Moore, one of the four or five most important writers of the 1940s, the writer whose work went furthest in its sociological and psychological insight to making science fiction a human as well as technological literature. He was an important influence upon every contemporary and every sci...more
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