Readathon: Like nothing on Earth

Like Nothing on Earth

by Eric Frank Russell

I love sci-fi and I love sci-fi short novels above all. I honestly think the sci-fi genre is better suited for short things if it wants to be really original. 

Like Nothing on Earts is a collection of very short novels that I'm going to reviews separately.

The mechanical mice is... a nice story. Nothing great, but it's interesting because there's the theme about time travel and what happens when you time travel. But, I repeat, nothing great.

Into your tent I'll creep is waaay better! It was shorter, 10 pages against 30 of the first one, but it was a jewel, really. There's nothing I can say that wouldn't ruin it, really.

Nothing New is one of those sci-fi stories which are just a long(ish) introduction with a shocking(ish) plot-twist in the end. Those are the ones I love the most, to be honest. This one wasn't great but it was nice.

Exposure like Nothing New is a simple story with a twist. In this case it wasn't a shocking twist, it was a funny twist. It reminded me of The Twilight Zone (the very old one). It was short and funny and I liked it.

Ultima Thule was... perfect. Really. I loved it. It was pure sci-fi, really, that kind of sci-fi that's philosphy and humanity and all of that. I was a little bit upset when I started the 'epilogue' but then it was perfect that, too. So yeah. Loved it.

All in all, the collection was... good. Russell knows how to write sci-fi, that's for sure!

Quotes: "Him who serves humanity is part of humanity, and the children of the man are his children." - from Ultima Thale.

Ssele P.