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I love the concept of the Skaith series--evolve the sword and planet literary trope of the Barsoomian dying world. The Barsoom skeleton is visible, but the flesh is given new consideration: What sort of society would develop? How would a planet go about dying? I liked that thinking and the answers that were developed.
Skaith, like Barsoom, is a planet in ecological and social decline. The society that has developed to deal with the climate is deeply flawed, and those flaws become more jagged as S ...more
Skaith, like Barsoom, is a planet in ecological and social decline. The society that has developed to deal with the climate is deeply flawed, and those flaws become more jagged as S ...more
The Book of Skaith, volume 3. Serious spoilers ahead.
In fact, it's a bit deus ex machina, the opening, where the starship captain they had deal with at the end of Hounds turns treacherous. Thus, among other things, sticking Ashton back on the planet, and letting Stark know that no help will be coming.
The starship captain is extracting information from Ashton about what he can loot. That Stark, under drugs, reverts to the language of the aboriginals who raised him cramps this, but he lets Stark ...more
In fact, it's a bit deus ex machina, the opening, where the starship captain they had deal with at the end of Hounds turns treacherous. Thus, among other things, sticking Ashton back on the planet, and letting Stark know that no help will be coming.
The starship captain is extracting information from Ashton about what he can loot. That Stark, under drugs, reverts to the language of the aboriginals who raised him cramps this, but he lets Stark ...more
The third and final book in the Skaith series. A fine ending to the trilogy.
This is a classic sword and planet type book. The third in a trilogy by Leigh Brackett. Ms Brackett was a writer from the Golden Age of Science Fiction writing for many of the pulps and science fiction magazines in the 40s and 50s when much of the Sci Fi took place in our own Solar System. The hero of these stories (The Trilogy is known as the Book of Skaith) is her greatest fictional creation Eric John Stark. Her husband was Edmond Hamilton who also wrote many Sci Fi stories at the time includi
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It was okay with a couple of highlights but a certain passivity to the lead character which I found frankly revolting.
Feb 24, 2016
Shehreyar
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