A review by jmanchester0
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
3.0
With Bill the Galactic Hero being one of my favorite books of all time, when I came across Deathworld by Harry Harrison in a free iPhone app with audiobooks in the public domain, I thought I'd have to try it.
Some books take different amounts of time to get into - and while it was interesting enough at first to keep reading - it was about halfway through the book that I was hooked.
Jason dinAlt is the archetype space rogue, with a quick mind and quicker reflexes (think Han Solo, though this was written a decade and a half before Star Wars hit the screen). But he finds his match in the world of Pyrrus - a planet so deadly that it's children make him look like he's never stepped offworld.
Listening to a book is such a different experience than reading that it's difficult to review this the same way. I think the best part of the book is the suspense - not a twist & turns sort of suspense - but one that makes you want to keep reading (or listening) to figure out what's going to happen next. It's worth a read (or a listen) if you're into science fiction.
Some books take different amounts of time to get into - and while it was interesting enough at first to keep reading - it was about halfway through the book that I was hooked.
Jason dinAlt is the archetype space rogue, with a quick mind and quicker reflexes (think Han Solo, though this was written a decade and a half before Star Wars hit the screen). But he finds his match in the world of Pyrrus - a planet so deadly that it's children make him look like he's never stepped offworld.
Listening to a book is such a different experience than reading that it's difficult to review this the same way. I think the best part of the book is the suspense - not a twist & turns sort of suspense - but one that makes you want to keep reading (or listening) to figure out what's going to happen next. It's worth a read (or a listen) if you're into science fiction.