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Summary: Excellent and Different!
Review: A friend of mine lent me a copy of this book, and I couldn't put it down. The descriptions of the inhabitants of Prism shows Foster's fabulous imagination. I give it 4 stars for the wonderful descriptive qualities alone. It would be next to impossible for two different people to imagine the same kinds of creatures as set forth in the book. The only downside to the book is that the plot/story development is fairly typical/ametuerish sci-fi. But the monsters: Very imaginative! Worth a read.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent and Different!
Review: A friend of mine lent me a copy of this book, and I couldn't put it down. The descriptions of the inhabitants of Prism shows Foster's fabulous imagination. I give it 4 stars for the wonderful descriptive qualities alone. It would be next to impossible for two different people to imagine the same kinds of creatures as set forth in the book. The only downside to the book is that the plot/story development is fairly typical/ametuerish sci-fi. But the monsters: Very imaginative! Worth a read.
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Summary: Fun with friendly rocks
Review: Don't be put off by the title, cover or jacket blurb: this novel is good fun. Alan Dean Foster's discription of the planet Prism and its inhabitants is quite out of the ordinary in science fiction. The hero is sent to a newly discovered planet where contact has been lost with an exploration party. He finds all but one of the explorers dead and sets out to find the one who has escaped into the wilds. On the way he runs afoul of crystalline life forms that are often as deadly as they are beautiful. He is saved by extremely unlikely-looking inhabitants who are both kindly and ingenious. The hero is supposed to be an overconfident sort who has a lot to learn, but he merely seems a bit fatuous. And the exposition in the second chapter is laborious. However, the premise does allow some moments of comedy, and the author has more success with the female explorer found near the end of the story. Foster develops two main ideas thoroughly: to depict an environment where the life forms are mostly silicon-based, and to create likeable "aliens" who turn the notion of "primitive" upside down. The action is a bit gory at times, but the context justifies and even redeems it. In both concept and style, Alan Dean Foster's "Sentenced to Prism" can take its place alongside Hal Clement's classic novels "Needle" and "Mission of Gravity.
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Summary: Everything you know is wrong.
Review: Evan Orgell thought he was ready for everything, but he was not ready for a world where everything was new and unknown. From the beginning Foster draws you into the story with his rich detailed descriptions of a place that you can only imagine. You will find yourself turning page after page impatient to learn more about this beautiful but deadly place.
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Summary: Better than The Howling Stones
Review: For years I did not read this beacuse of the cover and the blurb. Now, wanting to complete my reading of his Humanax Comonwealth books, I dove in and was not disapointed. The failure of our hero's suit is minor compared to the complexity of silicon, partialy silicon, and carbon life, ecology and inteligent life on the planet. The book keeps bringing you to the edge of your seat. A mind expander.
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Summary: Better than The Howling Stones
Review: For years I did not read this beacuse of the cover and the blurb. Now, wanting to complete my reading of his Humanax Comonwealth books, I dove in and was not disapointed. The failure of our hero's suit is minor compared to the complexity of silicon, partialy silicon, and carbon life, ecology and inteligent life on the planet. The book keeps bringing you to the edge of your seat. A mind expander.
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Summary: Foster conceived an incredible planet
Review: Foster always seems to touch on an aspect of human sociality in each hardcore sci-fi book. In Quozl, he dwelled on adolescence, Slipt, elderly complascence. Prizm explored fashion and human vanity, not to mention human superiority. He has an astounding vision and extremely flexible biological views. He has been one of my favorite writers since I read "The man who used the Universe" back in 1978. Not being a sci-fantasy buff, I cannot reccommend all his works, but I strongly endorse all hardcore sci-fi.....TTM III
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Summary: They should make it a movie
Review: It is so disappointing to see this exceptional book out of print. I urge anyone interested in exciting, unpredictable sci-fi action to run to the nearest used book store and hunt it down. The descriptions of the planet of Prism are innovative and enticing. They prove beyond a doubt that nothing is ever what it seems and there is no possible way to prepare for the unknown. When Evan Orgell was placed on Prism, he was outfitted with a state-of-the-art, impenetrable survival suit; impenetrable, that is, in predictable conditions, like earth, but on a new and incredibly different world, anything can happen. Be ready to be surprised.
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Summary: Blinded by the light
Review: It's hard to believe that Prism is out of print. Fascinating sci-fi, very memorable. Definitely one of the better sci-fi books I have read!
Rating:
Summary: excellent!
Review: It's hard to believe that Prism is out of print. Fascinating sci-fi, very memorable. Definitely one of the better sci-fi books I have read!
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