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The Ethical Engineer
Harry Harrison
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The Ethical Engineer also known as Deathworld II finds our hero Jason dinAlt captured to face justice for his crimes, but the ever-wily gambler crashes his transport on a primitive planet populated by clans that hoard knowledge. It’s a difficult situation for a guy who just wants to get back to Pyrrus.
The Ethical Engineer also known as Deathworld II finds our hero Jason dinAlt captured to face justice for his crimes, but the ever-wily gambler crashes his transport on a primitive planet populated by clans that hoard knowledge. It’s a difficult situation for a guy who just wants to get back to Pyrrus.
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Mikah considered, then took out his gun. "I'll unlock you, but I intend to shoot if you try anything. Once we are down you will be locked in again."
"Thanks for small blessings," Jason said, rubbing his wrists.
Deceleration jumped on them, kicked the air from their lungs in uncontrollable gasps, sank them deep into the yielding couches. Mikah's gun was pressed into his chest, too heavy to lift. It made no difference, Jason could not stand nor move. He hovered on the border of consciousness, his vision flickering behind a black and red haze.
Just as suddenly the pressure was gone.
They were still falling.
The drive groaned in the stern of the ship and relays chattered. But it didn't start again. The two men stared at each other, unmoving, for the unmeasurable unit of ti. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Decent but not nearly as good or entertaining as the first book.
More of a 3.5 rating, this Deathworld book is a special kind of classic SF.
There are a ton of SF that have those classic single educated characters landing on a planet full of uneducated only to eventually rule them all (or save, liberate, or whatnot). It's so old that it's cliche.
Of course, if you
8/10. Media de los 17 libros que he leído del autor : 7/10.
Segunda parte de "El mundo de la muerte". Mismos personajes, distinto escenario y divertido. Leed antes el primero de la saga.
A Harrison le recuerdo sobre todo por su serie paródica de los héroes de la CF : "Bill, héroe galáctico". Que tien
A solid sequel to Deathworld for sure! We left off Deathworld I with Jason dinAlt figuring out why the flora and fauna of the planet were so hostile to humanity (at least the people in the city) and some sort of peace between the 'grubbers' and 'junkmen'. Shortly thereafter, a ship arrives in port s
Storyline: 3/5
Characters: 1/5
Writing Style: 3/5
World: 3/5
There was something inexplicably fascinating about Harrison's pulp science fiction Deathworld. Original, creative, and often surprising, it lilted along in an unfamiliar and exotic fashion. Deathworld 2 doesn't repeat any of that. None. We do
It seems that the Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison is about a series of barely inhabitable planets. The first novel was about a world where all the plant and animal life were intent on killing the human inhabitants. In Deathworld 2, we have a planet with humans descended from some past crash lan
Brief Synopsis: Jason dinAlt is building his life on Pyrrus, the death planet, when he is abruptly kidnapped by Mikah, a religious zealot who wants to return dinAlt to Cassylia, the gambling planet, for execution. dinAlt manages to disable Mikah's spaceship, causing the two of them to crash-land on