Wasp
by Eric Frank Russell
Taste attributes: science fictionespionageactionthrillerfresh & originalimaginaryintricateall consuming questfool triumphantsocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, inventive science-fiction novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
You could summarize this story as action/adventure and still do it a disservice. This is about an agent dropped on an enemy planet with one goal: to disrupt, distract, and generally raise hell with the planetary administration in a textbook example of unconventional psychological warfare.
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- Author
- Eric Frank Russell
- Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 176
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- Open Library
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