Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Citadel of the Green Death


 
Citadel of the Green Death was quite the read. Joel Hakkyt is being sent to a prison camp for "maladjusted" people- where they experiment upon people until they perish- but in reality he's a mutant- and fate has other plans for him. He's offered a chance to to go to Asgard- a world circling Alpha Centauri- where he can live a life of labor rather than be experimented to death. Of course he accepts- and the fun begins. 

This is one of those books where something happens on nearly every page, and even as a novella (as it would be today) it tells a story that would take up three or four hundred pages nowadays. Not a lot of characterization going on here, lots of descriptions of sensual women, but you get a good story. The protag is a mutant- so popular back in Golden Age days- and Asgard is fascinating. A hot, stifling world with two suns- each a different color- with aggressive carnivorous trees and plant life, indigenous aliens with a secret, and some twists. I liked the characters here- the green haired VIP who falls for our protag was a riot- even if it is instalove. 

14 comments:

  1. Sounds interesting! Especially how the world is called Asgard- it immediately made me think of norse mythology.

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  2. That cover is awesome! And I love the idea of carnivorous trees. What a crazy/fun read.

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  3. Parece un buen libro. Tomó nota. Te mando un beso.

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  4. Oh, this looks so cool. I am so glad you have read it. Thanks for the wonderful review.

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  5. What an imaginative world! I'm glad you enjoyed this, Greg

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  6. This sounds absolutely bonkers but fun! I love the cover.

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  7. I'm always quite surprised by the books you find. Every now and then, you read something I've heard of before. But, for the most part, I had no idea these books even existed, lol.

    I'm glad you enjoyed reading it, though. :D

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  8. "lots of descriptions of sensual women"
    Of course! 😂 I looked it up, and it was written in 1948...

    "the green haired VIP who falls for our protag was a riot"
    Was she half-plant or something? LOL.

    That cover is so Stranger Things S1 😂

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  9. It would be fun to just give it a go

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  10. This sounds interesting. Asgard is where Loki and Thor are from.

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  11. I've never heard of this, but I think I'd like it!

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  12. Sounds like an action-packed fun read even if it isn't heavy on characterization. Glad you enjoyed it, Greg!

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