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The Planet Savers
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Terran colony on the planet Darkover faces imminent destruction by a plague of the deadly Trailmen's Fever. The only hope is to develop a serum in time, but this requires the cooperation of the elusive native Trailmen, the brilliant parasitologist Dr. Jay Allison, and his split personality.
The Terran colony on the planet Darkover faces imminent destruction by a plague of the deadly Trailmen's Fever. The only hope is to develop a serum in time, but this requires the cooperation of the elusive native Trailmen, the brilliant parasitologist Dr. Jay Allison, and his split personality.
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"Why should I care? Call me Jason."
"Suits you," Forth said enigmatically. "Look, then, Jason. I'd like to give you a few days to readjust to your new personality, but we are really pressed for time. Can you fly to Carthon tonight? I've hand-picked a good crew for you, and sent them on ahead. You'll meet them there. You'll find them competent."
I stared at him. Suddenly the room oppressed me and I found it hard to breathe. I said in wonder, "You were pretty sure of yourself, weren't you?"
Forth just looked at me, for what seemed a long time. Then he said, in a very quiet voice, "No. I wasn't sure at all. But if you didn't turn up, and I couldn't[96] talk Jay into it, I'd have had to try it myself."
Jason Allison, Junior, was listed on the directory of the Terran HQ as "Suite 1214, Medical Residence Corridor." I found the rooms without any trouble, though an elderly doctor stared at me rathe. . . Read More
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An extremely short novella and initially released in 1958 in one of the pulp magazines, The Planet Savers is understood to be the first published short story / novella set on Zimmer Bradley's Darkover. It's a fairly quick read, easy to source (available in various print editions and as a digital dow
Planet Savers: 4 stars
Sword of Aldones: 2 stars. It just didn't keep my interest. I think it may have been better if I'd read it in paper since a lot of names sounded similar and the contents were something you really had to pay attention to in order to understand. Didn't really work for me in audio
I enjoyed Planet Savers a lot, I wasn't as interested in Sword of Aldones - too many people, too complicated, and the protagonist is really quite a huge asshole. The reveal at the end that a certain character knew what was happening all along feels kind of cheap, like, why wouldn't telling that info
I do not remember what brought my attention to the Darkover series aside from checking out older SciFi novels to see how well they hold up today.
This two-novel, one short story and what's termed a reflection(?) - I'm not sure what excerpts from various magazines of the time represents beyond page fi
I enjoyed The Planet Savers, though it’s always hiding such short stories.
I wish The Sword of Aldones was longer so it could be more fleshed out. So much happens very rapidly and I was often confused.
The Waterfall (a short story in-between the two larger tales) was disturbing and I didn’t enjoy it.
3.5
Re-reading Darkover books, generally in the order they were written, for my feminist sf website. These two early books establish the basic perimeters of the world. Both are centered on contrast between the masculinist, rational, scientific world of the terran empire and the more intuitive, emotional
The Darkover series was among my favorites as a teenager. When I read them so long ago I read them in the chronological order not the publication order. Goodreads tells me that MZB suggested they be read in order of publication.
Which makes sense since the Darkover universe is vast and any book an e
Gobbling up MZB 'Darkover' books like candy bars. These were short enough to read in an evening and a complete shift in POV from the others I'd already read.