Police Your Planet [Mass Market Paperback]

Lester Del Rey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 1975

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About the Author

Del Rey was awarded the 1972 E. E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark Award) by the New England Science Fiction Association for "contributing significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the late 'Doc' Smith well-loved by those who knew him". He was awarded the 1985 Balrog Special Award (organized by Locus Magazine), a fan-voted award for works of fantasy. He was also awarded the 1990 Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st PB edition (April 12, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345244656
• ISBN-13: 978-0345244659
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,421,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The least nerdy sf book ever written, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Police Your Planet (Mass Market Paperback)

You're probably used to sf with "clean violence," in which a billion people are killed with the push of a button. In this book, there's very little of that; rather, this novel should be the darling of the Mickey Spillane set. Every two or three pages, someone (usually the protagonist, Bruce Gordon) is attacked with fists, knives, clubs, or guns (not blasters, the old-fashioned type). But this isn't just a crime novel put into space; this is a hard sf novel, and the terraforming of Mars, while not dwelt upon, is central to the story. Give this to your mean, tough brother who beats up sf fans and steals their lunch money. He'll love it...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a cool story!, September 14, 2009

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Christine Richardson (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Police Your Planet (Paperback)

This was a gift for my son, an adult male who loved to read Del Ray as a boy, so I bought this book as I read about it being one of those 'little known' works of an author, and I am always intrigued and like to read these. So I purchased it for my son, knowing I'd read it later(as I have).

First his feed back was short and sweet, he loved it, it was very much a detective type novel set on Mars. From my perspective, I had to remember this was science fiction, because the story was so good, I'd forget that the action was on Mars.

It reminded me of the movie Outland, which is a western story set on IO, a moon of Jupiter. In this case, its like a film noir, totally - but set on Mars.

So, if you like film noir type novels, or science fiction, than you will love Police Your Planet.

If you love both, than perfect!

Enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really, really cool sf!, September 6, 2009

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Nice Person (North America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Police Your Planet (Paperback)

A great story, a great adventure, and lots of action and real men! I forgot that stories could be like this! A great story set on Mars, with a noir like hero that lets no one get in this way, kinda like a wise cracking Clint Eastwood type, just plane lots of fun!

Read it! You wont' put it down, its fantastic!