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Biggle’s main themes across all his work are anthropology, music and the effects of colonialism. In The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets he introduce... read full description

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Oct 20, 2009
Peter rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Lloyd Biggle Jr. is best known for bringing the arts to science fiction (just as Mack Reynolds brought sociology and economics to SF). He had a gentle, thoughtful style that made his books a pleasure to read; in that, his work resembles that of James White.

The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets is classic Biggle. The premise may perhaps seem a bit naive in these harsh days of realpolitik; a Galactic Federation which cannot expand unless a planet at its borders becomes a planetary democra More...
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Jun 15, 2008
Nicole rated it: 4 of 5 stars
In the interplay of two cultures, one primitive & one advanced, how do the advanced refrain from damaging the primitive. On a planet with a deeply artistic people who have created an expressive and capable life style but are politically & technologically primitive humans wish to introduce democracy as a first step towards contact and federation. Human bureaucrats, unaware of the importance of an artistic nature in this culture, cannot make headway. The Monarch's excesses & cruelties refrain from More...
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Feb 15, 2008
Havva rated it: 2 of 5 stars
A rather mediocre example of early scifi. Nothing special to recommend it, and the assumed misogyny that is so prevalent and annoying in the unspectacular books of the era.
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