Deathworld by Harry Harrison

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Submitted by Glenn Newberry 
(Dec 19, 2004)

After reading Harry Harrison's novel, Make Room, Make Room, and the first Stainless Steel Rat trilogy, I turned my attention to the Deathworld trilogy. The intriguing title captured my interest, and the action in all three books of the set kept me moving; however, it is the intelligence of the story that is most memorable and that keeps me going back to the series every few years. Amid the dangers (and the thin trail of romance that winds through the books), each book contains scientific, social, and psychological elements--prejudice, religious fanatacism, and cultural change--that make the reader think even as the stories race along.
Read the Deathworld trilogy. As soon as you finish, you will go back and re-read certain sections, and you will re-read the series again every few years. It is neither deep nor light-and-fluffy. It is simply one of those wonderful tales you will be glad you read.