Lee Willard

The Foeth Hunter (The Adventgures of Dorrick and TongSu, #5) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Until now, Hostra Tours had been willing to accept a standard travelogue documentary of any place Dorrick went on Kassidor, but now the stargate has been open two years and the public is getting jaded. To keep them interested he is assigned to get more human interest in his reports.

TongSu was still happy with her giant from the stars, but as they reached the great swamp city of Trenst, she felt it was time for some casual Variety. As luck would have it, she meets a fellow floater enthusiast who's partner knows someone who would make a great human interest story, a hunter of one of the swamp's deadliest predators. TongSu had no idea just how much danger Dorrick would face while recording him, not just from the deadly beasts of the swamp, but from the child-like party girl who was paired with the guy she dallied with.

The guide books say entering the wildhull swamp is almost certain death but Dorrick has never been influenced by fear, and pressed on into the deep swamp even though his guide was addled by a strong hallucinogen. By the time he understood what drew people to face the horrors of this swamp, it was already too late for him, and he was trapped in something even more fearsome than a dactyl's jaws. This is primarily an adventure story of man against nature, and man against the terrors in his own mind. A similar terror is faced by many forgotten people on the grimy streets of cities everywhere. This story tries, allegorically, to convey the power of the demons they must face.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005152192
• Artikelnr.: 72788134

Autorenporträt

I am a retired embedded systems engineer and sci-fi hobbyist from Hartford. Most of my stories concern Kassidor, 'The planet the hippies came from' which I have used to examine subjects like: What would it take to make the hippy lifestyle real? How would extended lifespans affect society? What could happen if we outlive our memories? How can murder be committed when violence is impossible?

I have recently discovered that someone new to science fiction should start their exploration of Kassidor with the Second Expedition trilogy. To the mainstream fiction reader the alien names of people, places and things can be confusing. This series has a little more explanation of the differences between Kassidor and Earth. In all of the Kassidor stories you will notice the people do not act like ordinary humans but like flower children from the 60's. It is not until Zhlindu that the actual modifications made to human nature to make them act that way are spelled out. To aide that understanding I've made The Second Expedition free.

I am not a fan of violence and dystopia. I believe that sci-fi does not just predict the future, but helps create the future because we sci-fi writers show our readers what the future will be and the readers go out and create it. I believe that the current fad of constant dystopia and mega-violence in sci-fi today is helping to create that world, and I mention that often in reviews and comments on the books I read. I also believe that the characters in those stories who are completely free of any affection are at least as unnatural as the modified humans of Kassidor.

In my reviews, * = couldn't finish it. ** = Don't bother with it. *** = good story worth reading. **** = great and memorable story. ***** = Worth a Hugo.