GELEN (SF)
By Colleen Drippe
ISBN #978-0991195817
Rafka Press http://rafkapress.com
Price $12.54
400 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Steeped In Dialogue And Description.”
Humans have ventured into space, settling on other
habitable planets, soon becoming the lost races. Many have reverted to idol and
sun/moon worship. One such lost colony is the gelens on Fen. The Star Brothers
send missionaries to attempt to convert them back to God once more. Father Ruiz
is one of the priests. They must also deal with the planet’s politics and
social problems.
This is their story of trials and hardships on
strange worlds, among alien people with loves, fears, and hatreds that can be
found in any community. The author’s Catholic background and beliefs come to
the forefront in this well-written science fiction story. I had to smile at the
priests’ living conditions in this lost colony. Outhouses and well water
reminded me of my own childhood, not on some far distant world.
Colleen Drippe builds her
universe with a fine touch of the brush, steeped in dialogue and description,
and just the right amount of action that pulls the reader into her world, and
sets them among her people in the play. Setting the stage for what may chance
befall them. These are real people and communities on alien worlds, in
primitive surroundings, with racial hatreds for people who are different. There
are space ships, air cars, and pychic power, as well as alien fauna and flora.
It’s all here for the reader; so don’t be afraid to venture into the author’s
world for a few hours of reading pleasure. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of PANGAEA: EDEN’S PLANET
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