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Spy Killer (Stories From The Golden Age) (2008)

by L. Ron Hubbard(Favorite Author)

2.97 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1592123023 (ISBN13: 9781592123025)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Galaxy Press

review 1: Well, L. Ron Hubbard is at it again. This time with some Oriental spy adventures! What can I say about this "book"...First of all, "Galaxy Press" is asking a cool $9.95 for this book. Lucky for me, not only did I receive this (along with several others from the same "Stories from the Golden Age" collection) as a gift, but I was also informed they were purchased at the local Job Lot for about $2 each. That being said, several of the other books contain 3 to 4 stories under one theme, such as science fiction or western. This one, "Spy Killer", unfortunately contains only one story of the same title. There are 121 pages in the book, not counting the forward, and this story makes up barely 89 pages of that! Now ask yourself, is that worth the asking price of ten dollars?Regard... moreless, the story just isn't that good. The main character is a drag with mysterious motives, often times I found myself wondering what his motivation was to do anything. Without spoiling too much, the twist was the saving grace of this one, and of course like all early Hubbard works, it is very easy-reading pulp material. I would recommend picking up a different book from the series, one with a few stories packed into the pages, or honestly a different author all together. Hubbard was sort of a jack of all trades, master of none guy, he claims to have written in all these different genres, but with his style it all sort of blurs together. Nice try ronnie boy.
review 2: First, I listened to this novel on Audible. It was my first fiction novel so I'll address those aspects first. The narrator was very clear but had a tendency to rush during the "action" scenes. There were multiple actors doing the dialogue of the various characters, which I'm not sure how I feel about. However, there are good long pauses between chapters making for easy stopping points.as for the novel itself, it's fairly cliche. A man on the run accused of a crime he didn't commit, a beautiful but mysterious foreign woman, plot twists and a surprise ending. It may just have been the time it was written, but there seemed to be a bit of racism in it.All in all, it makes a nice mindless diversion for a long trip or a lazy afternoon. less

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