![]() Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell World’s Work, 1943. If it’s a classic in any way, it’s for its striking conceptual premise, and then only in its historical context. That would be the reason modern publishers haven’t kept it in print. ![]() Well, because it’s a terribly written book, dated both in language and in plotting and in its sexual and racial attitudes, exhibiting all the worst features of pulp writing, and far worse than the works of, say, Asimov and Heinlein that have survived from that era. ![]() Indeed, the invaluable indicates that while it was included in an omnibus from NESFA Press in 2001, there hasn’t been a separate English language edition of the book since Ballantine Del Rey issued it in 1986, nearly 35 years ago. I say “classic” with quotes because I had heard of the title for years, but hadn’t recalled ever seeing a copy. Here’s an early “classic” of science fiction that I came across in a used bookstore in Oakland early last year. ![]() Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell Magazine version: Unknown, March 1939.Ĭover art H. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |