Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984)

作者: 艾伦·迪安·福斯特
首版: 1984 年
国家/地区: 美国
Open Library: 5 个版本

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Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984) is a science fiction novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster.

Plot

Scientists Etienne and Lyra Redowl travel to the planet Horseye to study the Skar River and its river chasm, described as the largest in the Humanx Commonwealth. Horseye is inhabited by three sentient species, each with distinct perspectives on the planet. The Mai, traders from the river delta, agree to assist the Redowls for their own purposes, as rumors suggest the City of the Dead and a treasure are located at the river's source.

This treasure is eventually revealed to not be material wealth, but an ancient artifact that is used to monitor the depths of space for an approaching evil.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Voyage to the City of the Dead for White Dwarf #84, and stated that "Alan Dean Foster [...] offers page-turning hokum as two bickering, married scientists make their way by hydrofoil up an alien river, overcoming with ease such obstacles as the theft of their boat by hostile tribes, or attacks by ravening abominable snowmen. Just to make sure, the author has an emergency deus ex machina waiting to save them from the final peril..."