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Summary: Science fiction adventure classics
Review: I have read the trilogy three times. "Deathworld" is about a planet literally at war with its settlers, a race of supermen. Jason din Alt, a smart-aleck gambler, becomes embroiled in their cause against his will. "Deathworld 2"--din Alt is marooned on a backward planet of slavery, steam engines, and flintlock rifles. "Deathworld 3" is one of the most exciting. The protagonists of the original "Deathworld" decide to colonize a planet run by conquerors reminiscent of the Mongol hordes, complete with their own Genghis Khan leading them. Jason din Alt has to infiltrate the horde. All 3 books are very exciting reads!
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Summary: ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLASSICS
Review: I highly recommend this one. Classic SiFi at it's best. Great character development, interesting story line, funny at times and believable. Harrison is one of the best, and this forgotten classic should get more attention from the next generation of readers. Read all three in order. It is more fun that way.
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Summary: not so great
Review: i read this book when i was in the eighth grade and i liked it a lot. when i got to high school i made my little brother check it out of the library for me so i could read it again. i liked it again. now i'm twenty-five, and i checked it out of the library at college, and i didn't like it very much at all. i remembered a lot more than i realized, and i was surprised to find out just how much i could recall about the book once i got going, but it is really very poorly written. i guess i liked the ideas when i was a kid, but the dialogue is unbearable--everybody talks like a soap opera actor, it's not believeable at all. i finished book one but i couldn't really get started on book two.
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Summary: A science-fiction classic! Read it again and again.
Review: I'm another who read and re-read this book from about 13 yrs old to ??. Have read this more than any other book (4 or 5 times) and I went through A LOT of sci-fi at the time! True adventure with a character every boy will identify with. Man v. Nature, Good v. Bad, David v. Goliath. And his gun is just "so cool"! :-)
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Summary: Kill or be killed!
Review: It's a darned shame that this book spends most of its time out of print. (Or for all I know, all of its time out of print nowadays.) The trilogy is one of Harrison's best "machinegun typewriter" books by far. The opening premise of the first novel is that "Deathworld" is a jungle planet teeming with life that evolves with a speed and ferocity unlike any other planet in the universe. To survive for even a moment on the surface you must be superbly trained and superbly armed and prepared to kill hordes of clever and supremely deadly predators. And then you need to figure out how to get work done in the meanwhile!And obviously, people with the skills needed to survive on Deathworld might find work elsewhere ... in sequels perhaps. A slightly different flavor than the Stainless Steel Rat but nonetheless terrific non-stop action. Grab the next copy you see.
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Summary: Kill or be killed!
Review: It's a darned shame that this book spends most of its time out of print. (Or for all I know, all of its time out of print nowadays.) The trilogy is one of Harrison's best "machinegun typewriter" books by far. The opening premise of the first novel is that "Deathworld" is a jungle planet teeming with life that evolves with a speed and ferocity unlike any other planet in the universe. To survive for even a moment on the surface you must be superbly trained and superbly armed and prepared to kill hordes of clever and supremely deadly predators. And then you need to figure out how to get work done in the meanwhile! And obviously, people with the skills needed to survive on Deathworld might find work elsewhere ... in sequels perhaps. A slightly different flavor than the Stainless Steel Rat but nonetheless terrific non-stop action. Grab the next copy you see.
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Summary: Decent stories with excellent characters/civilizations
Review: Jason denAlt is a gambler in every sense of the word. With three billion credits, his life or an entire planets civilization on the line his psi powers, skills, deadly training and a little luck he can manipulate the dice in his favor every time. Harry Harrison creates an adventure to three planets during this trilogy, each living up to the title Deathworld. On the first Deathworld, living all but peacefully, are the Pyrrans. They do not fight an alien race, man made horrors or each other, but the planet itself. Deathworld 2 is a planet that was settled eons ago, but lost touch with the rest of the galaxy. Jason denAlt is stranded and forced to not only live on a digressed planet infested with selfishness, slavery, and ignorance, but also to find a way to contact civilized space faring people. Deathworld 3, overrun by a barbaric culture of bloodthirsty nomads who attack relentlessly, closes the trilogy with Jason's plan failing and forcing a resort to... well... you'll see... :) Harrison's approach to doomed cultures is consistant with other books of his, such as Make Room! Make Room! (made into the movie Soilent Green). The character development is not too bad, but the development of the varying cultures is far superior. Over all the books could have been more developed into longer more detailed stories, but were good in their briefness. Scott McArthur
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Summary: A solid Sci-fi read
Review: Loved the Deathworld Trilogy. Gripping, suspenseful, and filled with attention to detail. Definitely a treat for veteran Stainless Steel Rat readers. The first "deathworld" is a metaphor for Israel, by the way - surrounded by hostility, everyone serves in the military, everyone is armed, peace overtures often fail. If you like this one, please read a book by Jack Vance - I forgot the name of it, but it's about a scout named Adam Reith who spends about 700 pages fighting, bargaining and scheming his way across an alien planet to get back home.
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Summary: The Planet Fights Back
Review: Main character Jason Din'ault can't resist stepping into the battle between fiercely evolved animal and plant life and the citizens of a walled in city on the hell planet Pyrrus. The plot thickens as Jason takes it on himself to discover the driving force behind this ongoing and ever changing struggle. It has all the elements of a great sci-fi book; mystery, action, supense, and danger. The extremely creative plants and animals of the wilderness and the strength and will power of the human Pyrrans add a richness to the conflict found nowhere else. It is full of mystery and suspense as Jason searches for who or what is causing the hostility of the planet life. This book is for anyone looking for a colorful and intriguing sci-fi.
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Summary: The Planet Fights Back
Review: The first book starts off well, but goes downhill thereafter. There is very little character development and one develops no empathy for the hero.
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