Periplo nocturno

by Bob Shaw

Paperback, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

823

Publication

Orbis - Hyspamerica

Description

For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes and imprisoned him on a dark and eerie swamp from which nobody ever escaped.But then Tallon invented a way of seeing - ludicrous, agonizing, yet still a way to make escape possible. He 'saw' through the eyes of a bird. A dog, a woman guard and, later, even saw himself through the eyes of his enraged Lutheran pursuers. Madness and death were his constant companions as he schemed and fought and struggled for his life. Any other man would have gladly given up, but then, Sam Tallon had no choice, for he was the unfortunate possessor of the single most important secret in the universe - a secret which had to be returned to Earth, somehow.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ikeman100
First solo novel by 1970-1980s SF writer. This particular book was pub. in 1967 and showed great promise of more to come. No surprise that he followed it with many years of SF novels. This Northern Irish writer also won a few SF awards.

I really like this one. It's a spy novel on a colony planet
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that has poor relations with Earth. Great ideas. Good pacing.
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LibraryThing member boyboffin
Some neat ideas, and a short, faced paced read make Bob Shaws first novel worth checking out. This is a science fiction spy thriller, prison escape novel with a twist: the protagonist is a blind man can see only with the eyes of someone (or some animal) nearby.
LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
A heroic Journey where a Terran agent is captured, tortured maimed and mutilated but after technical innovation, wins his way home with good intelligence, killing his satanic torturer on the way. Pretty engrossing for a book written in 1967.

Language

Original publication date

1967

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