Beyond all the: shooting, car chases, rocket escapes, and vicious alien creature attacks; this book offered more than just a thrill ride. It’s a story about the environment, and reminds the reader that making mistakes with mother nature can have negative repercussions. Namely, she’ll eat you alive.
Now in addition to its philosophical points, this book will be a great learning tool for budding writers because it employs an interesting narrative technique. The entire book starting from page one is written from only the protagonist’s (Jason dinAlt ) point of view. It never changes, and is so skillfully done I actually thought it was first person at times. But Harrison keeps the narration in Limited 3rd, and seamlessly keeps the reader absorbed the whole time without effort. I think few books pull this off better.
The plot also maintains high level drama and mystery the whole way through. So much so, it’s a wonder this book (and its two sequels) were never made into movies: it’s a CGI guy’s fantasy come true. So for now, you’re going to have to just read it and use your imagination.
Don’t worry though. Even without CGI, it’s worth it.
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Thanks for reminding me of this trilogy…even though your book reviews are not the focus of your blog, I am enjoying them because they remind me of books I’ve read and long since forgotten. I recognize that you’re looking at these old SF novels from the standpoint of writing technique, which I seldom pay much attention to unless it’s bad, and that’s a nice thing to be reminded of…