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Nightwalk (1967)

by Bob Shaw

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For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes and imprisoned him on a dark and eerie swamp from which nobody ever escaped.But then Tallon invented a way of seeing - ludicrous, agonizing, yet still a way to make escape possible. He 'saw' through the eyes of a bird. A dog, a woman guard and, later, even saw himself through the eyes of his enraged Lutheran pursuers. Madness and death were his constant companions as he schemed and fought and struggled for his life. Any other man would have gladly given up, but then, Sam Tallon had no choice, for he was the unfortunate possessor of the single most important secret in the universe - a secret which had to be returned to Earth, somehow.… (more)
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 Science Fiction Fans: Night Walk by Bob Shaw11 unread / 11cosmicdolphin, May 2011

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First solo novel by 1970-1980s SF writer. This particular book was pub. in 1967 and showed great promise of more to come. No surprise that he followed it with many years of SF novels. This Northern Irish writer also won a few SF awards.

I really like this one. It's a spy novel on a colony planet that has poor relations with Earth. Great ideas. Good pacing. ( )
1 vote ikeman100 | Nov 2, 2021 |
Blind guy regains sight
gets his friends and lovers killed
remains a jackass. ( )
1 vote Eggpants | Jun 25, 2020 |
A heroic Journey where a Terran agent is captured, tortured maimed and mutilated but after technical innovation, wins his way home with good intelligence, killing his satanic torturer on the way. Pretty engrossing for a book written in 1967. ( )
  DinadansFriend | Apr 3, 2019 |
Some neat ideas, and a short, faced paced read make Bob Shaws first novel worth checking out. This is a science fiction spy thriller, prison escape novel with a twist: the protagonist is a blind man can see only with the eyes of someone (or some animal) nearby. ( )
  boyboffin | Oct 26, 2011 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Bob Shawprimary authorall editionscalculated
Curtoni, VittorioTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Frazetta, FrankCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Morrill, RowenaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Una notte d'inverno, gelida e tagliente, era scesa su Nuova Wittenburg, chiudendo nella sua morsa le vie desolate, accumulando strati irregolari di ghiaccio sul deserto di cemento del terminal spaziale.
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For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes and imprisoned him on a dark and eerie swamp from which nobody ever escaped.But then Tallon invented a way of seeing - ludicrous, agonizing, yet still a way to make escape possible. He 'saw' through the eyes of a bird. A dog, a woman guard and, later, even saw himself through the eyes of his enraged Lutheran pursuers. Madness and death were his constant companions as he schemed and fought and struggled for his life. Any other man would have gladly given up, but then, Sam Tallon had no choice, for he was the unfortunate possessor of the single most important secret in the universe - a secret which had to be returned to Earth, somehow.

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A man who has been blinded and condemned to a penal colony on a far planet invents a device that enables him to see through other people's and even animals' eyes, and thus manages to escape.
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