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A review by capellan
Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper
2.0
I am conflicted.
On the one hand, this is an eye-poppingly jingoistic SF re-telling of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, with the Indians replaced by lizard-like aliens referred to by the slur 'geeks'. And the hero, such as there is one, is canonically the descendant of Nazis.
On the other hand, the human cast is so resolutely multicultural, and said hero so frank about his ancestors being war criminals, though I can hold out some hope that old HBP was making a sly point behind all the casual speciesism.
On the one hand, this is an eye-poppingly jingoistic SF re-telling of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, with the Indians replaced by lizard-like aliens referred to by the slur 'geeks'. And the hero, such as there is one, is canonically the descendant of Nazis.
On the other hand, the human cast is so resolutely multicultural, and said hero so frank about his ancestors being war criminals, though I can hold out some hope that old HBP was making a sly point behind all the casual speciesism.