Wormwood [Hardcover]

Terry Dowling (Author), Harlan Ellison (Introduction)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Aphelion Publications; 1st edition (September 29, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1875346023
• ISBN-13: 978-1875346028
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,890,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Australian SF Reader, July 31, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wormwood (Hardcover)

Alien overlords take over the Terran joint, then leave it to their henchmen, in a keep everyone busy type manoeuvre. This leaves a whole bunch of human slaves and servants quite bewildered, and the stories show various examples of how.

Wormwood : Nobody's Fool - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : A Deadly Edge Their Red Beaks Pass Along - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : Housecall - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : In the Dark Rush - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : The Honour of Them - Terry Dowling
Wormwood : For as Long as You Burn - Terry Dowling


A man whose life is involved with commerce in alien technology of the Nobodoi alien masters takes on some new help, to assist him with the weirdness.

4.5 out of 5

A man subject to alien punishment by way of personality erasure, tries a mental technique to defeat them.

4.5 out of 5


A pub convo that is more than it seems leads a clone boy to a detached heart life sucking alien escapade.

4 out of 5


A bandit takes a hostage to coerce a burglar to steal alien artifacts from a dangerous alien dwelling. Going along for the ride a big mistake.

4 out of 5


Ship jump saviour seeking.

3 out of 5


A stringer opens the eyes of some rash warriors to the real human situation under alien occupation.

4 out of 5


Demonic visaged daunting donged alien masters do over local dames, inspire philosophic priapic protest.

3.5 out of 5

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, October 5, 2000

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Doug Palmer (Bungendore, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wormwood (Hardcover)

A very fine piece of SF, reflecting on what it means to be human by exploring interactions with alien races. The aliens are not humans in rubber suits, as in much inferior SF. The non-humans in Wormwood have genuinely different viewpoints and motivations.

Wormwood also has an allegorical side. Humans, as a species, representing those dispossesed by invaders; their assumptions and values arbitrarily redrawn by a superior power.

Wormwood is also somewhat easier stylistically than some of Dowling's other offerings (such as Blue Tyson).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best SF I've read in years, January 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wormwood (Hardcover)

I've always liked Zelazny and this is as original and as deep as anything he ever did. How this can be out of print, I have no idea. I'm hoping that this writer has writing since Wormword and that there will lots more great SF waiting.