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Adventurer Robert Markham is determined to find Dr. Michael Drake, a medical researcher who has disappeared into the jungle on the unexplored planet of Bushveld, because the doctor is needed to combat a new plague in the human-settled galaxy.Tags
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This is an interesting story about an egocentric reporter on a mission to find a renowned doctor and medial researcher who has disappeared (intentionally) on a backward and poorly explored planet. Much more description of the plot than that would necessitate spoilers so I’ll stop there.
Although I found this book entertaining it felt as if the science fiction elements were tacked on. This is more like a story about deepest, darkest Africa from the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century than a science fiction novel. Everything from the characters’ beliefs and perceptions to the colonial mindset of the government remind me of those in a Tarzan novel.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing and the book is an enjoyable, light read. It show more may leave speculative fiction fans cold though because it really doesn’t stretch the imagination or provoke serious thought. show less
Although I found this book entertaining it felt as if the science fiction elements were tacked on. This is more like a story about deepest, darkest Africa from the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century than a science fiction novel. Everything from the characters’ beliefs and perceptions to the colonial mindset of the government remind me of those in a Tarzan novel.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing and the book is an enjoyable, light read. It show more may leave speculative fiction fans cold though because it really doesn’t stretch the imagination or provoke serious thought. show less
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Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942. He sold his first article in 1957, his first short story in 1959, and his first book in 1962. He attended the University of Chicago from1959 through 1961. Resnick began writing stories under various pseudonyms and churned out more than 200 novels, 300 short stories and 2,000 articles, from1964 through1976. show more He edited 7 different tabloid newspapers and a pair of men's magazines, as well. Beginning with Shaggy B.E.M. Stories in 1988, Resnick has also become an anthology editor, and was nominated for a Best Editor Hugo in 1994 and 1995. His list of anthologies in print and in press totals more than 20. Since 1989, he has won four Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and has been nominated for 19 Hugos, eight Nebulas, a Clarke (British), and five Seiun-shos (Japanese). He has also won 10 Homer Awards, an Alexander Award, a Golden Pagoda Award, the Seiun Award (Japanese), a Hayakawa SF Award (Japanese), a Locus Award, an Ignotus Award (Spanish), a Futura Award (Croatian), the Tour Eiffel Award (French), the Prix Ozone (French), two Sfinks Awards and a Fantastyka Award (both Polish), and has topped the S. F. Chronicle Poll six times and the Asimov's Readers Poll twice. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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