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rgrove's review
4.0
Part of a series of 60's scifi novels I'm reading. Biggle, Jr. is a new author for me and I'm sorry I waited so long. Despite being a throwback to golden age scifi male-adventure novels, All the Colors of Darkness is so well-written and imaginative that you can't help but keep reading. The novel covers the development of matter-transmission (shades of Star Trek) and how it was introduced to earth. It also tells the story of alien contact and shows a great amount of empathy towards the initially hostile aliens.
This novel is also features aspects of mystery fiction with a central Holmes-like detective - Jan Darzek, a likeable and tenaciously smart private eye.
Thankfully, sexism is kept to a minimum although I would have liked to see stronger female characters. But this is 1963.
All the Colors of Darkness is not particularly deep for science fiction, but it is an exciting novel that has led me to read more of Mr. Biggle, Jr.'s work. I'm also trying to learn more about the author as well as his career looks to be quite interesting.
This novel is also features aspects of mystery fiction with a central Holmes-like detective - Jan Darzek, a likeable and tenaciously smart private eye.
Thankfully, sexism is kept to a minimum although I would have liked to see stronger female characters. But this is 1963.
All the Colors of Darkness is not particularly deep for science fiction, but it is an exciting novel that has led me to read more of Mr. Biggle, Jr.'s work. I'm also trying to learn more about the author as well as his career looks to be quite interesting.
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