![]() ![]() The civilization of the future has spread across the stars without any contact with alien species. Also, a complete lack of character development makes us care little for the challenges faced and the plethora of world changing intellectual Eureka moments reached. ![]() The serious nature of the premise is weakened by a forced strain of unfunny “humor” that creeps in at the wrong moments. Although I wouldn’t classify Eight Keys to Eden as a masterpiece, the novel does contains an original premise, good plotting, and sufficiently thought out “pseudo-intellectual” content that is only overbearing at the work’s climax. Mark Clifton’s readable and thought-provoking Eight Keys to Eden (1960) has been unfortunately overshadowed by his dismal failure, They’d Rather Be Right (1955) (co-written with Frank Riley), which is generally considered the worst novel ever to win the Hugo Award. (Ralph Brillhart’s cover for the 1962 edition) ![]()
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