Voyage to the City of the Dead

by Alan Dean Foster

Book Overview

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a research expedition to an alien planet takes a treacherous turn for married scientists in this sci-fi fantasy. As the first humans granted permission to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345350618
• ISBN13: 9780345350619
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent culture building exercise and a fascinating side road in the Humanx system...

This is a very interesting tale of two scientists who take a boat journey up a giant river in an interestingly populated world. There are actually three sentient species in the world, and they all occupy different ecological niches. ADF crams in a lot of culture and world building in to a rather small book, and at times the novel can read like an ethnographical study. I didn't mind this at all, as I found the species quite interesting. The main tale itself if pretty good, and the ending comes out of nowhere, catching you quite off guard. I believe the book is out of print, but is well worth picking up if you are an Alan Dean Foster fan. I've read it 3-4 times over the last 25 years, and each time enjoyed it a little more. I felt that the book was a set up for a sequel, but if it was, I never found the sequel or he never wrote it. Anyway, very fun, and worth seeking out.

About Vayage...

Voyage to the City of the Dead is the tale of 2 scientist on a world with 3 sentient species. They encounter personally all three species and the reader meets and learns about each's culture. In the end there is a further clue to ADF's side story of the evil blackness and the race that knew about it. A very good book, but not neccassarily one of his best. I recommend it.