Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... West of Edenby Harry Harrison
Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. What if dinosaurs survived and they coexisted with humans on Earth! This was a great premise and a very good series. I really enjoyed the biological creativity, rather than mechanical. ( ) This was a great satisfying read overall. The ONLY quibble I have is the first 100 pages. You are dropped into a reptilian culture immediately with no preparation for the reader. The culture and its language is unknown and you are left to puzzle out what is going on.... it is confusing and if I did not give it 100 pages I might have given up on the book. Unknown to me at the time was there was a detailed description of this culture at-the-end of the book. I am not the type of reader that looks to the end of the book first. By the time I got there I was familiar with everything and it was superfluous as far as I was concerned. I think that section should have been placed as an introduction...not an epilogue. Then the first 100 pages would have made more sense. Therefore I strongly recommend That the new reader look at the descriptions of this alternate world, where dinosaurs are not wiped out by a meteor strike, and its cultures before reading the novel An excellent novel and the first of the series. I shall actively search out the rest of the series as well as look for more books by Harry Harrison. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesWest of Eden (1) Belongs to Publisher SeriesCronos (3) Pasaulinės fatastikos aukso fondas (275, 276) Science Fiction Book Club (5263) Is contained in
The saga of two cultures fated to struggle for control of the earth: the Yilane--cold-blooded intelligent reptiles and the Tanu--warm-blooded humans. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |