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dustydigger
Posted 2021-02-18 8:19 AM (#22929 - in reply to #22892)
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Location: UK		Brontomek was a pleasant enough read about a planet being colonized that is failing,colonists are leaving .When a huge corporation seems to come to the rescue everyone greets them with open arms. Then surprise surprise the corporation brings in massive armoured agricultural robotic machines called brontomeks to cultivate drugs,and aliens called amorphs that can take on human forms . Things go down hill rapidly from there. It was an OK read during snowy weather during lockdown,but award winning? Not in my opinion.
Cordwainer Smith's famous short story Game of Rat and Dragon was interesting. When humans developed a type of FTL they found that in the dark expanses of space there are violent aliens who just want to destroy all humans using a form of telepathy to kill men,or leave survivors raving mad and in great pain. Humans have developed a technology to use laser lights,and form telepathic links with cats who see the aliens rather like huge rats and can counter them much better than slower humans can. They hate light,so earth is safe,but space travel is very dangerous,and earth would be isolated without these teams protecting ships. Pretty good stuff for 1955! I keep meaning to read more Cordwainer Smith. So far I've only read Norstrilia.Maybe next year?Oh boy,already planning 2022 reads,cant resist it!

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