Reviews

Captain Future and the Space Emperor by Edmond Hamilton

nwhyte's review against another edition

4.0

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2573352.html

This was the first of a couple of dozen stories featuring the eponymous Captain, who goes around the solar system righting wrongs - in this case, liberating the grateful natives of Jupiter from the evil Space Emperor - with his allies, a brain in a box formerly known as Simon Wright, a robot called Grag, and Android called Otho, and a spunky gal from the Planetary Police called Joan. It's pretty formulaic but done with great enthusiasm.

dangrous's review against another edition

3.0

I mean, this was very silly, but fun! I haven’t really read much full-pulp sci-fi before, mostly stuff that has at least a sheen of critical acclaim. But I have to say that some of the world building was very cool! I liked the descriptions of some of the creatures, and the overall plot with some modification could easily be made into an actual movie... I wonder how much the rights are...

hammard's review

2.0

This is such amazing cheese from a time when pulp was already well past its peak. A great heroic man feared by evil-doers throughout the galaxy, a talking brain, a robot and an android. Together they must go the Jungles of Jupiter to rescue a woman from the clutches of the evil self-styled space emperor. Even by matinee audience sensibilities it's so unashamedly cheesy and, as such a lot of fun. However, as with all cheese there is a stink. It also has a lot of the problems we associate with pulp, in particular the stupid native trope. If you can switch your brain off, however, you could probably enjoy it.