The Planet of the Blind

by Paul Corey

Paul Frederick Corey's only SF novel, published when he was 65; a variant on the theme of Wells' "The Country of the Blind".
What would happen to an intelligent, sighted inhabitant of Earth marooned on a planet inhabited by an unsighted people, with a technology equal or superior to his?

Genres: Science Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1968

Reviews

[Arwen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another book that asks what it is to be human. A billionaire playboy crash lands on a mysterious planet. The human like inhabitants do have have or know what sight is. They mistake him for an animal and send him away to be kept at a farm. He must escape with help from the chief scientists daughter, who he teaches to "see" with an invention of his. But seeing is heresy...

[Adam Clark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay but with some out of the blue (unintentional?) incestuous themes and a total lack of subtlety.

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unmemorable modern science fiction take-off on H.G. Wells.