Planet of the Damned

by Harry Harrison

Paperback, 1977

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Orbit (1977), Paperback

Description

Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: This Hugo Award-winning novel from science fiction whiz Harry Harrison follows protagonist Brion Bradd as he is forced to make a life-changing decision and venture to unknown planets in order to save a primitive civilization that seems to be hell-bent on self-destruction. Will his last-ditch intervention help avert a catastrophic intergalactic battle, or is he too late?.

User reviews

LibraryThing member raypratt

Fairly standard space opera - stop a war, save a planet, etc. However, it was done very well. True classic sf.

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LibraryThing member atdCross

This was a good, easy, quick read with good fight scenes. Harrison has a good way with decribing the fight scene that enables you to easily picture in your mind's eye what' happenning.

LibraryThing member bzedan

That handful of cantos I read made me feel smart for a bit while reading this. The planet in question is named Dis, which is totally a circle of Hell. And get this: an extremely hot one. Which the planet is. There is some intrigue and an interesting bit about symbiotes and things. I gotta be honest

here, I was thinking that Harrison was a different author when I downloaded this novel along with some short stories (all carefully researched to have no copyrights, more things from Astounding and the like). It doesn't matter though, it was enjoyable, like Dostoevsky's stuff.

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LibraryThing member ikeman100

There are very few Harrison books I don't like. This book was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1962. It's a good story for the early 1960s. I am being a little generous by giving it 4 stars but I admit it did hold my interest.

It brings up the dilemma of; should you try to save the people of a country,

or planet that appears to have no redeeming qualities.

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