Review: The adventures of the Slanderscree an Icerigger on the Ice planet Tran-ky-ky
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
I to had read these like most of the reviewers in the mid to late 70's. I was delighted to see these available as e-books. For what ever reason the only print copy that survived in my library  is  Icerigger the first in the series. I would like to recommend this trilogy to those who haven't read it yet. It's a grand tale in classic SciFi tradition. While written in the 70's they still hold there own even by today's standards. Those familiar with Allen Dean Fosters other works that take place in the commonwealth will feel right at home. Maxim Maliaka of the The House of Malaika whom Philip Lynx better known as Flinx, began his association with with in the "Tar-Aiym Krang" employs Ethan Fortune one of the main characters in this trilogy. Along with the unforgetable  Skua September , the engaging giant of a man with gold ring in his ear, that Flinx meets on Alaspin in "The End of Matter" who Flinx thinks  may be his father. This trilogy is different than the Pip and Flinx stories but those common threads Alan Dean Foster winds through is tales make them larger, consistent and more robust. With that you have the Icerigger  ( a very large ice sailing vessel) the Slanderscree with it's shipwrecked humans  as they explore the wild and some untamed ice world of Tran-ky-ky. In the attempt to reach civilization at Brass Monkey, theoretically  the only Human outpost on the ice bound planet.It's good fun, good reading and excellent Science Fiction!