Space Viking - The Original Classic Edition

from Zare

Very interesting story of space adventurer who, forced by events, becomes a Space Viking, a raider of worlds, in order to lure his enemy out.[return][return]Although book is based around this conflict and main characters work on bringing the world of Tanith from the barbarism to civilization it c...

from Zare

Very interesting story of space adventurer who, forced by events, becomes a Space Viking, a raider of worlds, in order to lure his enemy out. Although book is based around this conflict and main characters work on bringing the world of Tanith from the barbarism to civilization it compares many fo...

from Zare

Very interesting story of space adventurer who, forced by events, becomes a Space Viking, a raider of worlds, in order to lure his enemy out. Although book is based around this conflict and main characters work on bringing the world of Tanith from the barbarism to civilization it compares many fo...

from neurodrew

I read this book in paperback, probably first in the 1970's, and again possibly twice. It is a classic of interstellar warfare and raiding, well plotted, exciting, but the prose, as I grow older, is noticeably simpler, the characters less rich, and the philosophy juvenile. I re-read it recently, ...

from jdavidhacker

Probably more in the 3.5-3.75 range. I was worried in the first 10-15 pages, it was feeling a little clunky, but after that it moved along at a pretty fast clip. A don't want to call this entry in H. Beam Piper's Federation timeline a standard 60s space opera, though I did think that's what I was...