Lords of Creation: The Sky People (Audiobook)

from Erinys

The book has boring characters and an unimaginatively constructed alien world. The plot does somewhat explains the latter, but that doesn't make it fun. If you like the idea of a an imperialist romp in a new New World then go for it.

from Erinys

The book has boring characters and an unimaginatively constructed alien world. The plot does somewhat explains the latter, but that doesn't make it fun. If you like the idea of a an imperialist romp in a new New World then go for it.

from lavaturtle

A fun story, and an interesting hard science take on classic science fiction ideas about Venus. I liked that it thought through the implications of the pulp Venusian climate. A bit too much White Saviour trope for my taste, tho... Also, one of the more interesting mysteries never really got resol...

from Shrike58

While not bad, I can't say that I was all that enthralled with Stirling's spin on the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (among other pulpsters); though it would probably help if I happened to be more of a fan of ERB! Being a fan of Stirling, the problem is that this book is just not as good as the N...

from cajela

This is a jolly romp through an Edgar Rice Burroughs kind of world. Excellent fun, eh what? Venus is a tropical world housing dinosaurs, neanderthals and a fur-bikini clad princess. Back on Earth the Cold War still rages, but now it's over the colonisation of space. Our valiant American hero and ...