Deathworld

7 hrs. 11 min.

Language Russian

Author Harry Harrison

Narrator Dmitry Orgin

By definition, some planet in a galaxy has to be the harshest, the most merciless, and the most formidable. And if Pirr wasn’t exactly that, then at least a little less than completely.

Jason DinAlte is a special character who still stands apart from the representatives of the genre. On the Unconquerable planet, each resident has a mountain of muscles, a steel jaw, and iron fists with abilities an order of magnitude greater than those of the protagonist—who turns out to be the weakest link in a society of real heroes.

Meanwhile, Pirr’s flora and fauna are steadily—and with rare efficiency—getting rid of the aliens.

Social, anti-war, humanistic, and planetary science fiction—everything is equally applicable to this exciting, surprisingly simple, and outstanding work.

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