Monument

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Summary: A perfect gem; don't miss it.
Review: A tropical paradise planet has been discovered by civilization. The developers are crowding out the natives. Their one hope is a Plan written by a pilot who crashed on their world before civilization found it. Will the Plan save them?

One of my very favorite books.

Rating:
Summary: A perfect gem; don't miss it.
Review: A tropical paradise planet has been discovered by civilization. The developers are crowding out the natives. Their one hope is a Plan written by a pilot who crashed on their world before civilization found it. Will the Plan save them?

One of my very favorite books.

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Summary: A sentimental favorite of mine
Review: I pulled this one out because I'd been thinking of it for a friend of mine who's working on becoming an environmental lawyer: environmental-legal-science fiction. I'll have to keep an eye out for a copy for her. It's also a sentimental favorite of mine: a self-educated man teaches the natives of a paradisical planet how to defend themselves against the inevitable developers, and they succeed following his Plan. Look forward to the moment when the lawyer for the natives turns the tables on his opponent in one breathtaking, delightful twist.

Not quite as good as I remembered it being, but entertaining nonetheless.

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Summary: A classic tale of greed and redemption.
Review: This is a wonderful, if simple, story of humanity's greed and how one man's plan stimies the galactic power brokers.

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Summary: Superior Work by Superior Author
Review: Unfortunately Lloyd Biggle is grossly underrated. I have read everything I can get my hands on by him and have loved all of it. Monument is a classic of social and political commentary told with great humor. The characters are rich and believeable and the story is classic, it keeps you interested and intrigued to the last page. Read Monument. Read anything by Biggle.