Skylark of Valeron
(category: science fiction, space opera)book 3 of Skylark by
E. E. "Doc" Smith
published by Granada Publishing Ltd in 1934read in August 2009 (and before, quite a few times)
Agamedes' rating: 6 out of 10
Agamedes' opinion:
Another re-re-reading of a very enjoyable book... Grand space opera, with the hero being more heroic, the spaceships travelling even faster, the weapons getting even more powerful. In this book I begin to wonder if Smith would really like to have du Quesne as his hero... According to something I just read, this series is an “Edisonade”: young inventor defeats baddies and has the role of ruler of the universe (or similar) thrust upon him. But I must admit... It can be almost embarrassing, when Shiro is suddenly remembered, he gets frozen by the baddies (along with the other good guys) and then is forgotten... again. At least the women do get some lines, no matter how pathetic those lines are.
1 comment:
March 2018:
I'm in a phase of re-reading old books, books which I have read before. This one, I have read *several* times before. And you know what? It's still a lot of fun :-)
"Oh no, I won't have it. Skylark, fine. Skylark Two, if you must. Skylark Three -- ridiculous. But Skylark Four -- absolutely unacceptable!" And so the serious decisions are made.
But it's still -- as in the main review -- rather embarrassing the way that Shiro is forgotten.
Mind you - the entire *book* is embarrassing! And that's part of why I enjoy reading it...
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