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A review by manwithanagenda
The Gandalara Cycle I by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The 'Gandalara Cycle' was one of those great, accidental reads. It was given to me along with a bunch of other SF and fantasy books in middle school and despite their battered appearance rose to the top of the stack of books I wanted to read. Right now.
That decision may or may not have been influenced by the fact that the bad-ass dude on the cover was riding a giant cat. How cool is that?
Also on top of the pile was Alan Dean Foster's 'Icerigger Trilogy',which featured badass pirate cats on the cover (also good).
There books are not as corny as you might suspect, and the series is madly ambitious. Written over the course of the 1970s it started as a husband-wife team-up but aside from an extensive outline, Garrett got sick and the series was almost entirely written by his wife, Heydron.
I enjoyed it a lot back 'in the day' and it still holds up now.
So if you're looking for some high concept, light and on the obscure side in science fiction, this might be just what you're looking for.
My thoughts on the individual books as I read them:
'The Steel of Raithskar'
'The Glass of Dyskornis'
'The Bronze of Eddarta'
Next Omnibus: 'Gandalara Cycle Omnibus II'
That decision may or may not have been influenced by the fact that the bad-ass dude on the cover was riding a giant cat. How cool is that?
Also on top of the pile was Alan Dean Foster's 'Icerigger Trilogy',which featured badass pirate cats on the cover (also good).
There books are not as corny as you might suspect, and the series is madly ambitious. Written over the course of the 1970s it started as a husband-wife team-up but aside from an extensive outline, Garrett got sick and the series was almost entirely written by his wife, Heydron.
I enjoyed it a lot back 'in the day' and it still holds up now.
So if you're looking for some high concept, light and on the obscure side in science fiction, this might be just what you're looking for.
My thoughts on the individual books as I read them:
'The Steel of Raithskar'
'The Glass of Dyskornis'
'The Bronze of Eddarta'
Next Omnibus: 'Gandalara Cycle Omnibus II'