In Far Rainbow, a calamity is spreading across the planet Rainbow, caused by a science experiment that's gotten out of control. The science doesn't really matter; it's important only insofar as any disruption in human affairs that threatens to destroy lives will be important. What matters is how everyone reacts; they've taken their characters to a point of extremity to see what they do, and the results are as recognizable as any real-life disaster story you'll read or see, reported with compassion but with no trace of the excess sentiment, attempt at uplift, or glossing over of selfishness and desperation that often mars such accounts.
The Second Invasion from Mars, providing you remember from Wells that the first invasion from Mars didn't turn out well for the Martians. Though the tone here is brightly mordant and ironic, the focus again is on the characters. There aren't more weapons in the second invasion; there is more wit, and unwitting humor in the characters. This story is deliciously funny.
- ISBN13 9781365418594
- Publish Date 24 September 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English