Review: One of Nuttall's weaker works
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
I’ve read pretty much all of Nuttall’s science fiction, and this particular book (dealing with some of the themes featured in the works of old timey SF writer Olaf Stapleton) rates just an OK, because it failed to differentiate itself from and be superior to the many other books I’ve read over the decades featuring somewhat similar plot elements.Moreover, Nuttall’s character development in this particular work was a little weak, and the plot seemed to be composed of several, separate vignettes that never seemed to jell into a coherent and tight whole.Finally, as other reviewers here have also pointed out, the sudden discovery—at the last possible minute-- of the scientific secrets behind the Killer’s technology, enabling humans to start to fight them on an even and even winning footing just seemed a little too contrived.