John Rankine (1918–2013)
Autor(a) de Moon Odyssey
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) John Rankine was born as Douglas Rankine Mason and wrote as both John Rankine and Douglas R. Mason.
Obras por John Rankine
A treatise on the law of leases in Scotland 2 exemplares
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Mason, Douglas Rankine
- Outros nomes
- Mason, Douglas Rankine (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1918-09-26
- Data de falecimento
- 2013-08-08
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
UK - Local de nascimento
- Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Bristol, England, UK
- Nota de desambiguação
- John Rankine was born as Douglas Rankine Mason and wrote as both John Rankine and Douglas R. Mason.
Membros
Críticas
Eight Against Utopia por Douglas R. Mason
Could not get past the first chapters. Clunky writing and confusing characters made it feel like the pilot episode of a particularly cheesy '70s made-for-TV series. Perhaps it got better but I lost all interest in finding out.
Whilst this is Rankine's first edition, his 3rd and the last edition is still used today in the practice and study of Scots Law in the areas of Landlord and Tenant law and law of leases.
Unfortunately, there is no collective effort to have his 3rd edition reprinted, however, for some odd reason there is an effort to reprint his 1st edition.
Unfortunately, there is no collective effort to have his 3rd edition reprinted, however, for some odd reason there is an effort to reprint his 1st edition.
The plot could have come from Dick: are Bob and Ava, fleeing from aliens in a future time when Earth's empire is receding, really just a shared dream of Ben and Averil in an earlier future where Earth is dividing into North and South Hemisphere mega-complexes, warring over equatorial rights to mining an exotic new metal. Even the details are pulp SF as in Dick, e.g., Heinlein's "roads must roll" moving walkways (this in 1971).
Unfortunately, where Dick mastered the slippery reality plot, here the dichotomy just sits there until a final unconvincing resolution. And where Dick was conflictedly misogynistic, Mason is just repellently sexist in 1960s Playboy mode, with toss-off phrases like "one hot babe" and "pneumatic", and a repeated occurrence of having the main female characters naked and strapped spread-eagle for torture.
I have no idea what the title refers to.
Not recommended in the slightest.… (mais)
Unfortunately, where Dick mastered the slippery reality plot, here the dichotomy just sits there until a final unconvincing resolution. And where Dick was conflictedly misogynistic, Mason is just repellently sexist in 1960s Playboy mode, with toss-off phrases like "one hot babe" and "pneumatic", and a repeated occurrence of having the main female characters naked and strapped spread-eagle for torture.
I have no idea what the title refers to.
Not recommended in the slightest.… (mais)
This is the third of Rankine's DAG FLETCHER novels. It is my first book by this author. I think I would have loved it as a teen. Tough guys and cool girls in space. I just can't be bothered to finish it.
Rankine wrote a lot of the "SPACE 1999" TV shows. Some of his other novels may be OK but I'm not really interested in finding out.
Rankine wrote a lot of the "SPACE 1999" TV shows. Some of his other novels may be OK but I'm not really interested in finding out.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 42
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 798
- Popularidade
- #31,948
- Avaliação
- 3.0
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 75
- Línguas
- 1