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Deathworld

By: Harry Harrison
Narrated by: Jim Roberts
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Harry Harrison is best known for his Stainless Steel Rat stories and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was adapted for film as Soylent Green. Deathworld is the first in a series of novels begun in 1960. In it professional gambler Jason Dinalt who has "psionic" ability is hired to win a great deal of money for a mysterious and very imposing stranger. When he "breaks the bank" their expertly timed escape gets them off-world just in time. The gambler learns he has helped the dwellers of Pyruss otherwise known as "Deathworld" - a planet that appears to be fighting and trying to destroy its inhabitants. Intrigued he determines to see this world and learn its secrets. He discovers that there are colonists who live outside the embattled city who are not under constant and ever evolving attack from the planet.

Jason's efforts to help the city dwellers and re-unite the two planetary groups before they are all destroyed makes for a gripping listen.

©1960 Astounding Science Fiction (P)2011 Jimcin Rercordings

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Good read as this was my second time through. Despite the planet trying to kill everyone in the settlement the grubbers found a way. Jason gives Kirk the keys to this psionic world. Death will come to the city but the survivors will win the planet. Weird, huh?

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Favorite from my childhood!

Enjoyed listening to this great story again, hopefully one day it will be made into a movie. Harry Harrison delivers action packed story and interesting characters. Looking forward to more about Jason din Alt

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