Slan

Paperback, 190 pages

English language

Published by Berkley Publishing Co..

ISBN:
978-0-425-05474-1
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OCLC Number:
3196396

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Years ago, Mankind fought against the hated slan race in the fierce Slan Wars. The result was the extermination of almost all slans, and the establishment of a world-wide police state. But slan Jommy Cross had escaped extermination and was now living in constant fear in the world of cruel humans. Jommy was determined to avoid detection, track down other surviving slans, and with them, the mystery of the slans' strange existence and superiority.

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Finally got around to reading this vintage scifi classic! It came highly anticipated, since it is the basis for a show I quite enjoyed; but the source material is rather different. The main character’s name and the ‘slan’ concept, very loosely, are more or less the extent of the adaptation. I’m glad I give this a chance, though, and I am curious to explore Vogt’s other works (as well as other scifi from this time period, just to compare).

Vogt’s writing struck me as rather unique; he has a way of writing a stunning sentence or two, then going back to a fairly lowbrow, pulp-y description. I’m just grateful he isn’t verbose on descriptions. I did find myself stopping to appreciate his imagery several times, so Vogt did have some intentionality to his words. Moreover, for a pulp, the writing wasn’t bare-bones. Still, the plot does have an incredulous amount …