The Door through Space
(category: science fiction)by
Marion Zimmer Bradley
published by Dorchester Publishing Co, in 2007, first published in 1961read in August 2009
Agamedes' rating: 6 out of 10
Agamedes' opinion:
This is Marion Zimmer Bradley's first published novel. There’s an introduction, to celebrate the reprint. Apart from that, it’s an old-style SF set on an over-complex planet, that is, a planet with a large number of human and alien cultures, living in proximity if not in harmony. The plot weaves through the cultures without too much depth. Some of the relevance is -- to my casual reading -- missing. And I wonder what sort of ancient culture would have a day of torture as a standard betting fixture?! Ancient cultures which have stayed at -- or reverted to -- primitive brutality... Not bad for a first novel. Not great, either.
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