Ace, 1967, 127 + 127 pagesPredates ISBNs
Read: September 2015, age 37
This is kind of a neat set of books - original paperback sci-fi, printed in 1967. I think this is what they called "pulp". One book is printed upside-down, starting from the back.
Shock Wave
Fun pulpy sci-fi from 1967, it aged surprisingly well. The main story was of an heroic American who gets kidnapped by superior aliens. Lots of FREEDOM moments, which was kind of appropriate. Copy-editing wasn't a strength of the book.
Rating: 4
Envoy to the Dog Star
I didn't quite buy the conceit of having our narrator being an uplifted dog. It followed the anti-slavery theme of Shockwave, but wasn't as good. Just as poorly proofed and such. It was all right.
Rating: 3
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