Shadow Footprints

Wanderings in Virtu and Verity.

Friday, February 06, 2004

Recent read: Drowning World

Drowning World coverI have just finished Drowning World, by Alan Dean Foster.

It is set in the Humanx Commonwealth, on the distant planet Fluva, where torrential rain that leave it barely habitable also make the planet a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. As one of the reviewers at Amazon says, it is an interesting world but simplistic solutions.