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jeriendhalIt was my intention to write a longer review of this, covering each novella in detail, but the motivation is lacking. So, here's the Reader's Digest version
Book One:
"Hi, I'm Jason dinAlt, psychic gambler."
"Hi, I'm Kerk from the planet Pyrrus. Otherwise known as Ohgodohgodohgod everything is out to kill us world."
"Sounds nifty, hows the weather?"
"It sucks, and so do the earthquakes and volcanoes."
"Kewl, I think I'll take a vacation there, mostly because your daughter Meta is cute."
Jason goes to Pyrrus, learns to shoot like a six year old, and figures out that the city dwellers are doomed if they don't clean up their act. The book ends without definite resolution, just suggestions for modifying the problem, which is kinda impressive for 1961.
Book Two
"Haha! Fear me Jason dinAlt, for I am Strawman Argument Man!"
"You said "man" twice."
"Shut up! I'm always right. Anyway, I'm here to kidnap you to execute you publically for fleecing a casino."
"You're shitting me, right?"
"That would imply I've got a sense of humor, which I don't."
Jason manages to crash his kidnapper's spaceship on a primitive world. He starts social climbing his way up the ladder, violating the Prime Directive all the way, despite Strawman's multiple betrayals.
"Hi Meta, nice of you to show up for the climax."
"Hi Jason. Who's this guy?"
"Since he's the closest thing to an intellectual on this world, I felt kinda obligated to keep him alive just so I had someone to talk to."
"I'm also here to arrest and execute Jason!"
"No." Meta kills him.
Book Three:
Mongol Guy: Grr! We hate cites and technology!
Jason: Great, why don't I let you invade the civilized plains of your world, so we can mine the bits that you abandoned?
Mongol Guy: Ha! We beat them easily! Now we have to administer it... um, and eat up the great food... and... Damnit! Quit enjoying yourselves and get back to your damned yurts!
Book One:
"Hi, I'm Jason dinAlt, psychic gambler."
"Hi, I'm Kerk from the planet Pyrrus. Otherwise known as Ohgodohgodohgod everything is out to kill us world."
"Sounds nifty, hows the weather?"
"It sucks, and so do the earthquakes and volcanoes."
"Kewl, I think I'll take a vacation there, mostly because your daughter Meta is cute."
Jason goes to Pyrrus, learns to shoot like a six year old, and figures out that the city dwellers are doomed if they don't clean up their act. The book ends without definite resolution, just suggestions for modifying the problem, which is kinda impressive for 1961.
Book Two
"Haha! Fear me Jason dinAlt, for I am Strawman Argument Man!"
"You said "man" twice."
"Shut up! I'm always right. Anyway, I'm here to kidnap you to execute you publically for fleecing a casino."
"You're shitting me, right?"
"That would imply I've got a sense of humor, which I don't."
Jason manages to crash his kidnapper's spaceship on a primitive world. He starts social climbing his way up the ladder, violating the Prime Directive all the way, despite Strawman's multiple betrayals.
"Hi Meta, nice of you to show up for the climax."
"Hi Jason. Who's this guy?"
"Since he's the closest thing to an intellectual on this world, I felt kinda obligated to keep him alive just so I had someone to talk to."
"I'm also here to arrest and execute Jason!"
"No." Meta kills him.
Book Three:
Mongol Guy: Grr! We hate cites and technology!
Jason: Great, why don't I let you invade the civilized plains of your world, so we can mine the bits that you abandoned?
Mongol Guy: Ha! We beat them easily! Now we have to administer it... um, and eat up the great food... and... Damnit! Quit enjoying yourselves and get back to your damned yurts!
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Date: 2009-07-07 09:15 pm (UTC)