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1956, first printing 74

originally 'dragon of the sea'

showed up at the used so I got it,
love the cover art but im a sucker for the styling of the time

john berkey

ive never heard of this one so it remains an entire mystery aside from the jacket which mentions BuPsych which seem funny givens its set on earth so i look forward to the story...

It's an early one. Pretty good IMHO.

'above the clatter of office sounds, he could hear the tooth-tingling hum of a detection scrambler'

and theyd have us believe the present was never anticipated...

the writing is different
seems it took along time to get his early work published in one printing
typical of the era hes probably one of the guys who made it to novels faster than most?

I recently picked up "Eye", a collection of short stories by Frank Herbert. "Dragon in the Sea" is included. I'm guessing "Under Pressure" is longer? "Dragon in the Sea" ends abruptly, seems like a beginning without an end.

Distrans is right on this, I think. I believe it was serialized first then published as a novel, there probably was some additional editing at that point too.

Yep, that's right. I think later printings of Eye may have had the whole work though.

Herbert's written style in Under Pressure was an affectation. He was trying to add to the tension by being a bit frenetic. Pretty sure that Harlan Ellison wrote a review of Under Pressure that spent some time on this issue.

I really enjoyed that book, actually. I would rate it higher than any in the Pandora series other than D:V.

perspective is a difficult thing

im not finding myself enamored in this story

ive just the last couple pages to go
the debriefing it seems

this was good
an interesting extrapolation of the angst of the day
submarine warfare was still quite primative

what other of his works are set such nearly comtempary present earth time?

distrans wrote:what other of his works are set such nearly comtempary present earth time?

The White Plague

Santaroga Barrier

and my favorite 'hellstroms hive'

im working my way through the list in the other forum id only skimmed before...