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Four-Day Planet
H. Beam Piper
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Fenris isn't a hell planet, but it's nobody's bargain. With 2,000-hour days and an 8,000-hour year, it alternates blazing heat with killing cold. A planet like that tends to breed a special kind of person: tough enough to stay alive and smart enough to make the best of it. When that kind of person discovers he's being cheated of wealth he's risked his life for, that kind of planet is ripe for revolution.
Fenris isn't a hell planet, but it's nobody's bargain. With 2,000-hour days and an 8,000-hour year, it alternates blazing heat with killing cold. A planet like that tends to breed a special kind of person: tough enough to stay alive and smart enough to make the best of it. When that kind of person discovers he's being cheated of wealth he's risked his life for, that kind of planet is ripe for revolution.
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Every so often I get an urge to read lots of science fiction books in a row. There is something so thrilling about seeing how other writers deal with stuff such as world-building. But most of all, I just love to see what action takes place on these worlds. Given my love of Mark Nelson's reading and
A young man's adventure. Similar to "Captain's Courageous" or "Kidnapped". This story comes from the reference point of the town's young news reporter. As he covers the stories, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy that could lead towards murder.
The eponymous planet, Fenris, has a slow rotation rate, causing days and nights lasting 1000 hours each. This forces the populace to live underground except around sunrise and sunset. And, while this odd planet provides the back-drop to the story, it isn't the story itself.
The story itself revolves
This book has combined air / water craft, piloted by roughneck fishermen hunting sea monsters on an alien world. It's steampunk decades before the term was invented!
Beyond the outstanding throwback technology, this is a compact adventure, centering around a plucky young newspaper reporter raised on
2.5⭐
Typical H. Piper Beam fare. Heroic pioneers on a harsh world carve out a living by catching monstrous fish while at the same time battling the oligarchs who would enslave them. Written with a YA focus. It wasn't special but it wasn't terrible so a solid 2.5 stars, right in the middle. Pretty dat
It is what it is: pulpy, 1950s Heinleinian science fiction aimed at nerdy young boys.
The "four day planet" is Fenriss, a planet with a 2000 hour rotation rate. That is, any given spot on the planet is in darkness for 1000 hours, and sunlit for another 1000. Piper accurately describes the weather ext