Stuart J. Byrne (1913–2011)
Auteur de Thundar: Man of Two Worlds
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Stuart J. Byrne
Tarzan on Mars 2 exemplaires
The Land Beyond the Lens 2 exemplaires
The Alpha Trap 1 exemplaire
Nr. 199. Die Invasion der Seelenlosen 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Byrne, Stuart James
- Autres noms
- Bloodstone, John
Amare, Rothayne
Dare, Howard
Kaye, Marx - Date de naissance
- 1913-10-26
- Date de décès
- 2011-09-23
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Études
- UCLA
- Courte biographie
- Stuart James Byrne (October 26, 1913 - September 23, 2011) was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy. He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare, John Bloodstone, Howard Dare, and Marx Kaye (a house pseudonym).
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 73
- Popularité
- #240,526
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 8
I did enjoy the read although at some points it did get a little tedious but there are tidbits that are so hokey as to be enjoyable such as the lead character and his father believing that the Inca were inter-dimensional supermen. My favorite quote: So that was it! - I thought. A knife duel with an apeman. This did not come under the heading of fencing.
The story concerns one Michael Storm, adopted son with shadowy origins, and his pursuit of his father's theory that the Inca had traveled to our world through an inter-dimensional gateway (this is where the questionable attitudes towards race comes in). Of course, our hero falls in and is teleported to a savage world of "Dawn People", alien monsters, steaming jungles, and random high-tech-magic shenanigans. There's also two warring factions of humans as well. Basically the story can be separated into three distinct phases which I rather enjoyed however the ending felt really rushed leaving me a little disappointed.
I would mention a few other eccentricities that the story introduces about the nature of the Dawn People and Humans but I don't want to spoil anything because these bits of strangeness mixed with the homage quality is really what is attractive here. Note that the original paperback is not very well edited with several misspellings and missing or partial footnotes. If any of the previous sounded interesting to you I would recommend this book for some light reading.… (plus d'informations)