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Ladataan... Space Prison (1958)Tekijä: Tom Godwin
![]() Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Después de dos siglos. El ruido iba haciéndose cada vez más intenso, acercándose más y más, aumentando de grado y dilatándose en volúmen. Luego, el artefacto que lo producía atravesó las nubes, enorme y negro. Maravillosamente destructiva, la nave de los Gern acababa de descubrirles y se acercaba para terminar con ellos. Humbolt entró en el pilotaje contento y feliz. Durante doscientos años su pueblo había estado esperando la oportunidad de combatir con el poderoso Imperio Gern. ¡Condenados a muerte! Por una aplastante gravedad, aire enrarecido y unos inviernos de un frío jamás imaginado. Veranos agotadores bajo dos soles. Esto era Ragnarok, el planeta más horripilante hasta entonces descubierto. Y Ragnarok era donde un millar de inexpertos terrestres, junto con mujeres y niños, habían sido abandonados por un sádico enemigo. Ok, I needed a break from sophisticated Book Review recommended books, and even from contemporary genre or science fiction. So, something from the 1950s pulp era for a laugh, & I found it, a recommend for Tom Godwin's "Space Prison" from 1958. Originally more accurately named "The Survivors" but it didn't sell enough to even bind all the printed copies, so it got a face lift in 1960 with the sexy title "Space Prison." But it's Godwin, writer of a well-known story "The Cold Equations" - a beloved story that's made it into every single "best-of" collection, and which has been incarnated as a number of films and tv episodes. Seemed like a good bet, yes? No? So, how was "Space Prison?" Very very 1950s pulp, like a bag of potato chips, salty and not very nutritious, but very very quickly consumed. Men fight, women cook, the bad alien "Gerns" have a suspiciously "swarthy" appearance. Of course the plot was absurb and unbelievable. (There was some accurate science, though, mineralogy believe it or not!) The bad guys maroon the "we will survive no matter what" humans on a world that could well have been an inspiration for Harrision's "Deathworld" many years later. Of course they prevail. E. E. "Doc" Smith would have been proud. Pure junk, but in a good way. Sort of. Ok, back to real reading. Tom Godwin was one of pioneers of Classis SF. He is well remembered for his short stories but only wrote a few novels. Much better then I expected. This Short novel is a bit like Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. I enjoyed them both. This is a big story that could have been expanded by %50. The story is well told and kept me interested. I have spent the last couple of years reviewing SF writers from the Classic period before 1970. Occasionally I discover a lost gem. This book was a welcome find. I will be looking for more of his work. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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The science fiction novel by author Tom Godwin was first published in 1958 under the title The Survivors. It was later published in 1960 under the title Space Prison. The novel is an expansion of Godwin's story "Too Soon to Die" which first appeared in the magazine Venture. A ship heading from Earth to Athena, a planet 500 light years away, is suddenly attacked by the Gerns, an alien empire in its expansion phase. People aboard are divided by the invaders into Acceptables and Rejects. The Acceptables would become slave labor for the Gerns on Athena, and the Rejects are forced ashore on the nearest 'Earth-like' planet, called Ragnarok. The Gerns say they will return for the Rejects, but the Rejects quickly realise that that isn't going to happen... Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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