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166:, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian AAnn empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias. 27: 186:
summarized this novel as "a Cold War-style superpower confrontation-by-proxy, tricked out in weird-alien garb: no prizes for style, but satisfyingly substantial." Peter Cannon gave this book a mixed review
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saying "the human characters are notably less developed than the aliens, and the AAn Empire is something of a straw foe these days, but the author's mastery of his exotic setting cannot be denied."
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Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in the remote and deadliest place on Fluva; the Viisiiviisii. The only crew available to search for him is the
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Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the human bio-
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said "Driven by political intrigue and wilderness adventure, this is SF of noble vintage."
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Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the immigrant Deyzara trader and experienced
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Schroeder, Regina (December 1, 2002). "Drowning World (Book)".
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Cannon, Peter (December 9, 2002). "DROWNING WORLD (Book)".
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Alan Dean Foster
Science fiction
Del Rey Books
ISBN
0-345-45036-1
OCLC
53378699
Alan Dean Foster
planet
prospector
warrior
pilot
Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
ISSN
0042-6598
ISSN
0000-0019
Drowning World
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Alan Dean Foster homepage
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Foster's
Humanx Commonwealth
Midworld
Cachalot

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