Quest of Qui

Way back in the 70s, when this book was only forty years old, instead of the ninety years old it is now (and damn, where did those extra fifty years go!), I was a pin-headed little nerdy almost teen, and I devoured the totally out-of-order re-releases Bantam was putting out with the really cool covers and, fifty years on, of the bunch of them I read, I can still remember five particular elements or scenes that stuck out and remain with me all these years later.

The first was...well, the first book, because, it was the first book. But primarily, it was Doc doing surgery in the jungle.

The second was being in the Canadian woods with Pat Savage in Brand of the Werewolf.

And, 29 books in, there was the detail of the guys with the weathered show more foreheads and noses, but the clean cheeks and chins, because of recently shaved beards. Welcome to Quest of Qui.

There's still two more details or elements that I remember, and I'm curious to see what books they'll come up in.

But yeah, that beard thing was literally all I'd remembered of this particular yarn. I have to admit though, I was pleasantly surprised at how much Johnny we got in this one. Renny might as well have not been mentioned at all, and of course Monk and Ham were there (because they're always there).

As for the adventure itself? It was okay. Hey, Doc actually used a gun, so there's that. But, no real racism or misogny in this one, nothing horrifyingly objectionable. show less

F/SF