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(More customer reviews)Having first been published in 1919, these two short novels are obviously dated. They were written with all the conventions of the times, the resourceful and fearless heros, the plucky heroine, the evil genius out for world domination, but despite that I found them an enjoyable read and finished them off on a long, lazy Sunday afternoon. True, some of the science is outmoded, but it hangs together remarkably well given that, better than most of what you see on TV today. In particular, the concept of the "Silver Menace" prefigures Vonnegut's Ice Nine by nearly half a century. Character development is nill, but then, the emphasis is on the action and the ingenuity of the heros. The writing is quite good with some of the discussion of the side effects of the problems in each story sounding remarkably modern.
Murray Leinster's career spanned most of the 20th Century. Best known for some of his stories such as "First Contact", it's good to see more of his works available again.
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