On the very cool cover of Red Venus by Garnett Elliott there
is a small quote from award winning author Bill Crider that reads, “Elliot
takes the Cold War into space in this rip roaring planetary adventure.” The clear
implication is that it is a good book. It is so there is absolutely no point in
a review from this reader as Bill Crider said it all.
But, in case you want to know some details I offer
my review….
After World War Two the Russians and the Americans
both got ahold of schematics for the prototype V-5 rocket. A rocket that was fission powered. The Russians did the Americans one better and
got their hands on an actual engine. Those discoveries created a space race. Efficient
and high powered rockets opened up the new frontier with humans on Mars and
Venus with mining efforts being made on Mercury and in the Asteroid Belt.
It took two months for the Russian spaceship Krasnny Sokol to make it Venus from
Earth. 27 year old Nadezhda Gura, captain of the ship and star of the Donetsk Flight
Academy, is feeling the pressure of the situation. Onboard her craft is very
important cargo that is part of a mission that must be completed at all cost.
Damaged by orbital mines the ship and its crew barely survive a very dangerous
and highly unorthodox landing. Considering what awaits them on the surface of
Venus they might have been safer aboard the crippled ship in space.
Filled with action and adventure, cool weapons,
dangerous creatures and more, Red Venus is a terrific classic
piece of science fiction pulp. Very reminiscent of some of the stuff I read at
2 am long ago when I was a teen, the tale works on all levels from start to
finish. While Bill Crider said it best, I would also add---It’s Really Cool.
Red
Venus
Garnett
Elliott
Beat
To A Pulp Press
January
2015
ASIN:
B00S74AHDG
E-Book
106
Pages
$0.99
Material
was purchased to read and review using funds in my Amazon Associate account.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2015
Posts
4 comments:
Nice review, Kevin. Thanks for giving this one a read.
Enjoyed it very much. Thank you for writing it!
Gracias, Kevin. I also passed your kind words for the cover on to dMix who designed RED VENUS. She also extends her many thanks.
Absolutely love the cover. I'm not one that usually gets swayed by covers, but this one was/is seriously cool.
Post a Comment