Deathworld
Classic Tales Edition

More of a 3.5 rating, this Deathworld book is a special kind of classic SF. There are a ton of SF that have those classic single educated characters landing on a planet full of uneducated only to eventually rule them all (or save, liberate, or whatnot). It's so old that it's cliche. Of course, if you......more

It’s so poorly edited that I actually looked up the editor on Wikipedia to see if he had died before this book’s publication (he hadn’t!). Dialogue was among the most choppy I’ve ever set eyes on. Calling this a rough draft would be generous! 🙀......more

Wrong edition. Mine is the Librivox recording (available here for free)read by Gregg Margarite with the original title of "The Ethical Engineer", but it's still Deathworld 2. Again, it's a mental palate cleanser, this time after reading The Road, a pointless novel in a post apocalyptic setting. This......more

It seems that the Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison is about a series of barely inhabitable planets. The first novel was about a world where all the plant and animal life were intent on killing the human inhabitants. In Deathworld 2, we have a planet with humans descended from some past crash lan......more

8/10. Media de los 17 libros que he leído del autor : 7/10. Segunda parte de "El mundo de la muerte". Mismos personajes, distinto escenario y divertido. Leed antes el primero de la saga. A Harrison le recuerdo sobre todo por su serie paródica de los héroes de la CF : "Bill, héroe galáctico". Que tien......more