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Sinister Barrier [Hardcover]

Eric Frank Russell (Author)

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Very impressive 21 Mar 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Sinister Barrier is one of those books you can't put down before you have finished it. The first part is really excellent, with a crescendo of anguish as the protagonists discover the terrible truth about human condition, mankind being cattle for higher forms of intelligence. Then the rythm slows the pace a bit, but there are still this nervous, sharp writing and some good ideas...A masterpiece of the early Sci-Fi.
Paranoid's delight - 4 & 1/2 stars 3 Jun 2012
By William Timothy Lukeman - Published on Amazon.com
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Compulsively readable & compelling, this Golden Age gem of suspense & paranoia is one of those stories that grabs you from the first & won't let go until you've finished the last page. Its theme has been used countless times, in countless variations -- but this the pure stuff, boiled down to its pulpish essence, pushing one of our primal buttons of fear & dread. And it all comes down to 4 little words by Charles Fort:

"I think we're property."

Just consider the full implications of that premise. What if everything we know about the world & ourselves is the ultimate wool pulled over our eyes, so that we can't & won't see what's really going on ... and who (or what) is really in charge? And what happens to anyone who gets too close to the truth, even without realizing it? How many tragic accidents are accidents at all? How many natural disasters are actually quite unnatural?

And if the truth somehow does begin to leak out, what will our owners do to us?

Eric Frank Russell tackles those questions in this wonderfully entertaining (if nail-biting) novel. Why it hasn't been filmed yet is a mystery ... unless THEY don't want it filmed, of course ...

Highly recommended -- but you'll hesitate before turning out the bedroom light once you're done!

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