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Empire Of Two Worlds
"Outcast Klein was one of the 'tankless' ones of the enclosed and self-sustained city of Klittmann. The inhabitants of that city survived by nutrient tanks, which came along from Earth when the settlers first landed on the dim, arid world of Killibol.
Klein was bitter, and made plans ot steal a tank for himself--and anything else he could lay hands on.
It was when he allied...more
Klein was bitter, and made plans ot steal a tank for himself--and anything else he could lay hands on.
It was when he allied...more
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(first published 1972)
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Oct 07, 2009
Derek
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1 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
new-wave-science-fiction
Bayley certainly isn't afraid to throw his ideas onto the page.
He starts with an interesting enough premise: a dead world dotted with arcology-like colony cities, the wilds in between traveled by nomads and raiders. Then he later combines this with another interesting idea: the re-imagining of traditional 'alchemy' as a form of super-science but retaining much of the trappings, including the search for the ultimate material, the Tincture.
Then it all goes horribly out of control. The protagonist-...more
He starts with an interesting enough premise: a dead world dotted with arcology-like colony cities, the wilds in between traveled by nomads and raiders. Then he later combines this with another interesting idea: the re-imagining of traditional 'alchemy' as a form of super-science but retaining much of the trappings, including the search for the ultimate material, the Tincture.
Then it all goes horribly out of control. The protagonist-...more
Stunningly bizarrely terrible. Hurts lots. Especailly when they cross from the dusk world to the earth, but earth bears no resemblance to earth. This book makes no sense whatsoever.
Ok, back in the day when I wdn't read SF b/c I thought it was too cheesy, anything by Barrington J. Bayley wdn't've passed cover inspection. Maybe Ron Goulart helped lower my standards. My friend John Sheehan got me started on Goulart's comedic SF w/ dysfunctional robots, etc, & Bayley's similar to Goulart. Anyway, having just finished the worst Bayley yet today (I'll get to that later), maybe I shd get back to being more STRICT. I mean, c'mon! I'm not going to live forever & how much ti...more
A nice thuggish little bit of old school sf.
*shudder*
Aug 13, 2012
Plucino
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2 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
urania,
fantasy-sci-fi
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Barrington J. Bayley
Born April 9, 1937(1937-04-09)in Birmingham, England. Died October 14, 2008 (aged 71).
Pen names Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington (with Michael Moorcock), John Diamond, P. F. Woods.
Occupation; Novelist, short story writer
Nationality: British
Genres: Science fiction
Literary movement: New Wave
Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport,...more
More about Barrington J. Bayley...
Barrington J. Bayley
Born April 9, 1937(1937-04-09)in Birmingham, England. Died October 14, 2008 (aged 71).
Pen names Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington (with Michael Moorcock), John Diamond, P. F. Woods.
Occupation; Novelist, short story writer
Nationality: British
Genres: Science fiction
Literary movement: New Wave
Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport,...more
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