Seas of Venus
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3.7 • 63 calificaciones
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Descripción editorial
THE MOST COLORFUL MYTH
FROM SCIENCE FICTION'S
GOLDEN AGE IS REBORN IN
SEAS OF VENUS
Earth is a dead cinder beyond the dense clouds. On a terraformed Venus the land is ruled by savage plants and the even more savage beasts that prey on them, while monsters out of nightmare swim though the globe-girdling seas. Mankind huddles in domed underwater Keeps, living a purposeless static existence—dedicated to pleasure but destined for oblivion later if not sooner.
Only the Free Companions, the mercenaries who fight proxy wars for the Keeps, live on the surface of Venus. Their warships course the seas, battling one another in struggles to decide victory or defeat for one day, life or death for a few individuals. The Free companions live till they die with the searing thrill of danger, and their deeds bring excitement and color to the bored residents of the Keeps; but Mankind is doomed unless something changes.
Few are willing to risk their lives for that change, battling both the terrifying environment and the ruthless oligarchs for whom the status quo means a lifetime of luxury. But there are a handful of courageous visionaries in the Keeps and in the Free Companies where death is a way of life!
Publisher's Note: Seas of Venus has been previously published in parts as The Jungle and Surface Action. This is the first unified publication.
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Reseñas de clientes
Two well worthwhile full length adventure novels.
The first is in a "golden age" style; the second, not quite a sequel but in the same universe, is a more complicated and modern style which I found very interesting. You will want to keep track of the chapter title dates for a while to keep things sorted. Well worth it.
Went downhill fast
I enjoyed the first third, butThen started in the second third and hit head on the syrupy, offensive driveling way women were portrayed…. IF this were a 1950’s men’s magazine article it might be survivable but between “all the way to her pubic mound” to “cattishly“, with a brief detour into brainless, mindless women, unable to string 3 brain cells together…
Went from passable to offensive in no time flat. Quit the book, because I can only take so much degrading nonsense in my sci fi.