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3.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic, but plenty of action, May 23 2004

By	Lynn Harnett (Marathon, FL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

In this Delaney novel a vicious, technologically superior invader crushes a village which knows nothing of murder, much less war.

Expanded from a 1961 short story, the utopian-style village is almost painfully dated. Nevertheless, this short novel is fun to read, primarily for its lively writing and the ingenuity of its technologically innocent characters - brawny Rahm, the clever wily garbage man Qualt and the singer Naa.

Their guerilla tactics of sabotage are enhanced by the aid of a flying sentient race that lives in the mountain tops and has a culture somewhere between vicious and benign.

The allegorical elements are simplistic but the action seldom falters.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Peace and war, Jul 4 2001

By	"blissengine" (Norfolk, VA USA) - See all my reviews

A Myetran army advances and slaughters nearly everyone in its path. One of the officers, Kire, struggles to obey his conscience rather than his commander. At Ciron, where the local villagers are a peaceful lot, the Myetrans think they've gained the upper hand, but one of the Cironians named Rahm begins to fight back. By enlisting the aid of the Winged Ones, Rahm and a few of his fellow villagers defeat the army, and find themselves changed in the bargain. There are a lot of themes being addressed here, and not all are successfully elaborated. Delany hints at a lot of things (sexuality, politics, the nature of patriotism, etc), but ultimately glosses over some things in an effort to make the story streamlined. It's a good book overall, and well worth reading. After getting over the slow start, I was rather enthralled, especially by the low key sensuality throughout the story. I'd never really read anything by Delany before, and this book intrigued me enough to check out other books by him.

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1.0 out of 5 stars not that great, Jun 8 2001