The last vestiges of mankind travel in an ark ship towards a seed planet hoping to discover salvation in the form of a new Eden to populate. But a perThe last vestiges of mankind travel in an ark ship towards a seed planet hoping to discover salvation in the form of a new Eden to populate. But a pervious generation's science experiment, using a generative virus meant to sped up the evolutionary process, has failed its objective and instead infested the planet with a wholly unexpected new race, one that doesn't necessarily want them there.
What a great concept! Man plays god, fncks it and finds out! Great story well-told. I found myself pulled this way and that as far who I was rooting for and what outcome I was hoping for. Many an ambiguous character. Just about everyone's filled with all kinds of a flaws. Good pacing throughout. Interesting use of povs.
I basically read this book adaption of a 4th Gen Dr Who series story because of the bit in the tv version where one character cries out the name of anI basically read this book adaption of a 4th Gen Dr Who series story because of the bit in the tv version where one character cries out the name of another character in a most dramatic fashion. "SCORBY!!!" It's glorious.
The story is solid. The Doctor and Sarah become embroiled in the discovery of an alien seed pod found in an icepack after thousands of years. Once thawed it turns into a plant monster that attacks and possesses the first human it encounters. It has a very The Thing kind of feel. I'll stop before claiming it to be an out and out rip-off...but it's close.
Action-packed almost from cover to cover. Includes some of the more colorful side characters you'll find in a Dr Who story.
The first edition printing of this is PACKED with typos and editing errors. ...more
Everyone and their brother kept recommending Dungeon Crawler Carl. Usually I ignore those people...probably to my detriment most of the time. But thisEveryone and their brother kept recommending Dungeon Crawler Carl. Usually I ignore those people...probably to my detriment most of the time. But this time I listened! Boy howdy, am I glad I did! What fun!
I don't usually go in for slapsticky fantasy/sci-fi. Ready Player One was a recent exception. Like that one, this was also about a modern day dude thrust into a video game, but this felt more D&D-ish. There was more satire than I expected, too. It wasn't nearly at subtle as Gulliver's Travels or Animal Farm, which is probably why my thick ol' brain understood it.
Halfway through I wasn't sure I was digging it, but by the end I was fully invested in the characters. I'll very likely pick up the next book, because I need to see this through now!...more
Two novellas with some very fine writing. Could've used more setting detail, but that's to be expected in a short work. And as short as these were, thTwo novellas with some very fine writing. Could've used more setting detail, but that's to be expected in a short work. And as short as these were, they still managed solid speculative world-building aspects....more
A Dr Who classic, wherein one of the Doctor's old nemesis makes a return. Dicks' novelizations were never meant to light the literary world aflame, buA Dr Who classic, wherein one of the Doctor's old nemesis makes a return. Dicks' novelizations were never meant to light the literary world aflame, but rather they're faithful renderings of the tv series episodes. He did what he could with what he was given. In this case it's a win-win, because the source material is darn intriguing. Who IS that masked man?!...more
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