All Judgement Fled
by James White
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Sixty million miles from Earth, embroiled in all the perils of First Contact with alien life forms, astronauts haven't much time for politicians and public relations officers. Back on Earth, though, the First Contact is being relayed to a breathlessly waiting public, and must of what the astronauts must do and say is coming through live - to the total dismay of military brass and political bigwigs.Tags
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This author is quickly becoming one of my favourites. James White was an excellent storyteller, and a sadly underrated master of the science fiction genre. I thoroughly enjoyed his novel The Silent Stars Go By, and All Judgment Fled certainly exhibits the same standard of writing. As a Big Dumb Object book, it invites comparison with Clarke's Rendevous with Rama and Niven's Ringworld, but it was actually written in 1967 before either of those two novels were published. Personally, I found it more thought-provoking than those standard works, too. While it is undoubtedly now classed as old-school science fiction, it does not feel especially dated and is, in my opinion, definitely worth reading.
Average quality 1960s' SF. This author is good at creating new and different Aliens and human/alien encounters but I had a trouble picking it up again after putting it down.
This particular encounter becomes a fight for life and has an exciting finish. A side feature, which gives it the title, is the support/interference of the command authorities back on Earth. They only hurt the mission with failures of judgment and brains. This book was too heavy on the psychology as the main character tries to keep the crew mentally healthy while being undermined by Earth. I wanted to shout, "Turn off the radio!"
I will likely try another James White book as he had quite a successful writing career. This must not be his best work.
This particular encounter becomes a fight for life and has an exciting finish. A side feature, which gives it the title, is the support/interference of the command authorities back on Earth. They only hurt the mission with failures of judgment and brains. This book was too heavy on the psychology as the main character tries to keep the crew mentally healthy while being undermined by Earth. I wanted to shout, "Turn off the radio!"
I will likely try another James White book as he had quite a successful writing career. This must not be his best work.
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- Canonical title
- All Judgement Fled
- Original title
- All Judgment Fled
- Alternate titles
- All Judgement Fled
- Original publication date
- 1968
- People/Characters*
- Walters; Berryman; McCullough; Morrison; Hollis; Drew (show all 7); Brady
- Epigraph*
- In de lente van 1978 dringt een reusachtig buitenaards ruimteschip het zonnestelsel binnen, waarna het in een omloopbaan om de zon terecht komt op een afstand van vijfenzeventig miljoen kilometer van de aarde. Het Schip zendt... (show all) geen signalen uit en reageert niet op pogingen om ermee in contact te treden. Stil en dreigend volgt het zijn baan, als een gigantische oorlogsbodem die voor de kust van een klein, vergeten eilend kruist.
De nieuwschierigheid van de inboorlingen op dat eiland - de aarde - is onvermijdelijk sterker dan hun angst, en zes mannen in twee miniscule ruimtecapsules - de uitgeholde boomstammen van de twintigste eeuw - worden uitgezonden om die nieuwsgierigheid te bevredigen.
Dat is het begin van deze fascinerende science fiction-roman. Fascinerend, omdat het een verhaal is over de reacties van zes heel gewone mensen op wat waaschijnlijk de meest ongewone situatie is, die men zich kan voorstellen - het eerste contact met intelligente buitenaardse wezens...
De veelgeprezen science fiction-auteur James White heeft een meesterlijk talent voor het scheppen van situaties waarin de mens in een totaal vreemde en vijandige omgeving gedwongen wordt zijn overlevingskansen te benutten. 'In de ban van het gevaar' is daar een voortreffelijk voorbeeld van. - First words*
- Es begann mit einem kleinen Fleck auf der Fotografie einer Sternwolke – einer winzigen Stelle, die zuerst für einen Belichtungsfehler gehalten wurde.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dann drückte er den Startknopf und sagte: "Wir auch!"
- Publisher's editor*
- Schelwokat, Günter M.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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