Big Planet: Good
In the afternoon I finished Big Planet by Jack Vance. It was a good reread.
The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River
From Handbook of the Inhabited Worlds: "Big Planet lies beyond the frontier of terrestrial law, and has been settled by groups impatient with restraint: non-conformists, anarchists, fugitives, religious dissidents, misanthropes, deviants, freaks. Big Planet represents for us that tantalizing vision of the land beyond the frontier where bravery, resource and daring are more important than the mastery of urban abstractions. Who can deem this good or bad? Who can define justice, or correctness or truth? Big Planet is in essence a problem to which there exists no solution".
Shipmasters who run the magnificent showboats along the rivers of Big Planet know that each port has unique character and sensitivities. Apollon Zamp and Garth Ashgale are adept at dodging danger; two of the wiliest rascals in the business, they are deadly rivals to boot. When Zamp sets out to compete at the Grand Festival at Mornune, he knows Ashgale is never far behind!
In the evening I started in another Big Planet ebook by Jack Vance: The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII South, Big Planet. My ebook copy came with cover art by David Russell.
Poltergeist (1982)
A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
In the evening Jaiden, Alice, Esme, and I watched Poltergeist. I liked the movie and give it a 7 out of 10.
Freitzke’s Turn: OK
In the late afternoon I finished Freitzke’s Turn by Jack Vance. I liked the other Miro Hetzel book, The Dogtown Tourist Agency, more.
Big Planet
Big Planet is a fantastic world populated by an odd assortment of splinter societies, where beauty and evil dwell in uneasy proximity. The tyrant Charley Lysidder- self-styled "Bajarnum of Beaujolais"- seeks to rule the planet, and Claude Glystra leads a commission from Earth to investigate. But Glystra's ship is sabotaged in orbit, and crashes to the surface far from safety; Glystra must trek 40,000 miles across the vast planet to Earth Enclave, if he is to succeed- or even survive...
In the late afternoon I started in Big Planet by Jack Vance. My ebook copy came with cover art by David Russell.
Freitzke’s Turn
Versatile Miro Hetzel must locate Faurence Dacre—a brilliant, sociopathic surgeon who has stolen important items from Hetzel's client.
In the evening I started in Freitzke’s Turn by Jack Vance. My ebook copy came with cover art by Jared Pullen.