Invisible energy beings oppressing Earth : Sinister Barrier. Psychological warfare on Earth: With A Strange Device. A plot by a politician from Venus : Sentinels from Space. settingsĪ ship holed by a meteor in interplanetary space: Jay Score. Only his first novel, Sinister Barrier, seems to me less engaging than his usual style (though, ironically, it may be his most original work, as far as clever ideas are concerned). Be that as it may: any story you see by Russell - grab it and enjoy. Much of his output was set in interstellar regions, and is thus beyond the scope of this website. But a lot of the time he is just having fun, playing with various themes and writing tales that scintillate, the scintillation arising not from any super-clever idea but just from the way he tells 'em. He uses the props of science fiction to make simple, healthy points about the deadening effects of bureaucracy and militarism, for instance. Russell's ideas are fairly straightforward. Hi-resolution images included.Some writers are particularly pleasing in their style, so much so that they can turn hackneyed plots into pure literary gold - tales that one reads and re-reads and from which one derives pleasure that lasts a lifetime. This parasitic use of information which should be freely available for all to access is an Intellectual Crime and should not be tolerated.
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Dimensions are 5 1/2" width by 7 1/4" Height and 90grams, 164 pages. Published by The Galaxy Publishing Corporation, 421 Hudson Street, New York 14, New York. Sinister Barrier, Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, Number 1, 1950.
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