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The Puppies of Terra (Paperback)

by Thomas M. Disch (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (Jan 1980)
  • ISBN-10: 0671828398
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671828394
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fun Disch novel, 22 Mar 2009
This review is from: Puppies of Terra (Paperback)
50 years after all-powerful aliens take over the Earth, Mankind makes a last desperate attempt to rid the world of their masters...

This is Disch in more playful mood. Some of his books such as 334 and Camp Concentration are very serious. They are good reads but still somewhat intense. As an introduction to his fiction this book would be a good start.

It's not as much fun as the brilliant title suggests it will be, but there's still much to enjoy. And it's short, which in these days of bloated sf epics is good news as the idea doesn't outstay its welcome.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Still fresh!, 28 Jan 2009
By James Hutton (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I've just read this book for the second time (with a ten year gap). Personally this is not great Thomas M. Disch; I've loved his short stories in the past. It starts as straight SF before veering all over the place. That said its short, imaginative and a perfect distraction. To quote the book it's self "It's got a little of everything: satire, polemic, melodrama, farce."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mankind Under the Leash, 23 Mar 2006
By S. C. Gurney "Rillaith" (UK) - See all my reviews
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When the alien energy-creatures came to Earth in 1970, mankind tried every weapon it knew against their attack - but how can you battle beings with enormous power and no solidity? Within a few short years, all of Earth was controlled by the Masters, who reared men as their pets and playthings.

Then, suddenly, during a period of unusual sunspot activity, a huge solar prominence erupted, and the energy from that awesome explosion short-circuited the Masters. Temporarily, humanity was free to throw off its Leash and mount one last frantic attack on its overlords...

'The Puppies of Terra' is Thomas M Disch's brilliantly haunting vision of Man's mental bondage. It could already have begun...

Marion Zimmer Bradley, writing about another Disch book, once said:
"I note on the jacket of this new novel by Thomas M. Disch that while there is mention of his long record of 'poetry, children's books, short story collections and . . . notable novels,' there is no mention of his finest science fiction novel, the admirable and intelligent 'Puppies of Terra,' which was certainly the best of many explorations of the 'We are property' theme in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, one must understand, is a literary way of referring to futuristic science fiction in academic circles when distinguishing it from rocket-bustin' space fiction of the 'Star Wars' variety."

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