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Available
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Publication
Ace (1984), Paperback
Description
"A Space Fantasy Filled with Horror The Mannschenn Drive was the gateway to the stars, but it had one unfortunate site effect . . . Traveling faster than light, mankind reverted to the bestial form of his own legendary nightmare: the werewolf. And space only feed the creatures they'd become. The lycanthropic horror that the full moon once called forth from the soul's depths, now no longer howls at the moon but soars far beyond it."--
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LibraryThing member clong
Yes, this really, truly, honest-to-God is a book about werewolves in space. Horny werewolves, to be exact. Probably written on a bet (the dedication is "For Harlan Ellison, who made me do it").
In the future, the ftl drive that grants access to the stars has an odd effect on those few folks
There’s not much good to be said about this book. The engineering problem that dominates a good part of the second half of the book is reasonably interesting. And, while the ostensibly big surprise at the end was really no surprise at all, the final couple of paragraphs offer a deliciously Martinesque conclusion that perhaps makes the fairly minimal effort to slog your way through this one worth it.
In the future, the ftl drive that grants access to the stars has an odd effect on those few folks
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unfortunate enough to have the (extremely recessive) lycanthropic gene, and after the discovery of a few too many random bloodied crew member corpses, our protagonist Falsen finds himself marooned on an uninhabited and fairly dreary planet. Fortunately, it doesn’t take long to find a similarly abandoned and horny female werewolf with whom to sate mutual needs. Opportunity and adversity arrive in the form of the horny ostensibly all-female crew of matriarchal cat/human-hybrid-like aliens who are exploring said planet to evaluate its suitability for colonization. The story follows a sequence of exploration, violent confrontations with horrific ostensibly native fauna, and observations on aspects of the anatomy of cat/human girls in various stages of undress.There’s not much good to be said about this book. The engineering problem that dominates a good part of the second half of the book is reasonably interesting. And, while the ostensibly big surprise at the end was really no surprise at all, the final couple of paragraphs offer a deliciously Martinesque conclusion that perhaps makes the fairly minimal effort to slog your way through this one worth it.
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Physical description
233 p.; 6.8 inches
ISBN
0441255043 / 9780441255047
DDC/MDS
| Fic SF Chandler |