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The Blind Worm - Brian Stableford

 
Description: Author: Brian Stableford / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Bizarre struggles for power consumed the mutated inhabitants of ... more
The Blind Worm - Brian Stableford ... Earth, a planet whose oceans had dried into salt beds and whose densely vegetated plains had become the impregnable entity the Wildland. The black king, John Tamerlane, black of body and of blood, was the first to claim Earth. But Sum, a powerful aggregate mind, controlled Earth through the Wildland, and sought to keep it as the base of its universe. Only a demon's price would pry the prize from Sum. And only the Blind Worm, a massive, misfit creation of a deranged mind, could satisfy Sum's demands. Viciously they battled throughout time and the universe - pseudo-man and animal-machine. Their quest was Earth, but they were willing to ravage even that for power.

Newest Review: ... ‘The Army of the Dead’, rejoins the original group of humans (i.e. not the resurrected ‘copies’ of ... more

 ... the second tale), as they find themselves forced once again to help Sum and the Quadrilateral. The enemy is a dead army resurrected by an unknown force originating in the city of the Great Gulf. If left unchecked it will destroy everything in its path, including both Sum and those humans who still live on the surface of the Earth. In this eventuality, humanity will not even have the reduced civilization it now possesses; it will be extinct. By helping Sum, therefore, humanity helps itself, and it is up to the Black ...more

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Premium Review The Blind Worm - Brian Stableford: Chip on the shoulder. (1488 words)
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‘The Blind Worm’ was Brian Stableford’s second novel following his debut with ‘Cradle of the Sun’. First published in 1970, it is actually a set of three successive tales involving the same characters rather than one complete narrative, but as with many other science fiction novels of the period its overall length is still not particularly large. Part One of the novel is entitled ‘The Quadrilateral’, and sets up the backdrop against which the book is set. Humanity, it seems, has long since ceased to rule the Earth and the ruins of its ancient civilization are slowly decaying under the massive forests which comprise ...  Read the complete review

 

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