author: A.E. van Vogt
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1940
rating: 3
read at: 2018/10/07
date added: 2018/10/07
shelves: sword-and-laser
review:
'Slan' by A.E. van Vogt is a classic of science fiction that was first serialized in 1940. Since it's over 70 years old, it suffers the problems of time, but I still enjoyed it.
The Slan are a race of people with tendrils in their hair, or they are a race of untendrilled people. They are hunted and feared because of their capabilities. There is enough prejudice to go around though. Jommy Cross is a mutant outcast just trying to survive, who then uses his abilities to fight back.
It feels like a serialized novel should. Lots of explanation points and whizbang stuff and not much worldbuilding and character development. Still, I enjoyed this trip into the past.
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