Early science fiction novel with people traversing a rectangular planet/satellite with lava fields and lava...
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I think this was a story bundled in a single book with "War of the Wing Men" and that it had the same three characters as "War of the Wing Men" but my memory may be misleading me.
I only remember people arrive on a rectangular planet/moon and have to traverse it. There is lava and lava monsters, maybe centaur like with hard lava resistant hooves. When they change faces the gravity also changes greatly and lava is replaced by a different terrain.
That is about all I remember except for greatly enjoying the book. I think it is early maybe 50s but could easily be decades later. I want to get a copy for my son.
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I think this was a story bundled in a single book with "War of the Wing Men" and that it had the same three characters as "War of the Wing Men" but my memory may be misleading me.
I only remember people arrive on a rectangular planet/moon and have to traverse it. There is lava and lava monsters, maybe centaur like with hard lava resistant hooves. When they change faces the gravity also changes greatly and lava is replaced by a different terrain.
That is about all I remember except for greatly enjoying the book. I think it is early maybe 50s but could easily be decades later. I want to get a copy for my son.
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"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
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What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
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"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
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I think this was a story bundled in a single book with "War of the Wing Men" and that it had the same three characters as "War of the Wing Men" but my memory may be misleading me.
I only remember people arrive on a rectangular planet/moon and have to traverse it. There is lava and lava monsters, maybe centaur like with hard lava resistant hooves. When they change faces the gravity also changes greatly and lava is replaced by a different terrain.
That is about all I remember except for greatly enjoying the book. I think it is early maybe 50s but could easily be decades later. I want to get a copy for my son.
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I think this was a story bundled in a single book with "War of the Wing Men" and that it had the same three characters as "War of the Wing Men" but my memory may be misleading me.
I only remember people arrive on a rectangular planet/moon and have to traverse it. There is lava and lava monsters, maybe centaur like with hard lava resistant hooves. When they change faces the gravity also changes greatly and lava is replaced by a different terrain.
That is about all I remember except for greatly enjoying the book. I think it is early maybe 50s but could easily be decades later. I want to get a copy for my son.
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"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
yesterday
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What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
– chuck
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"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
yesterday
1
What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
– chuck
yesterday
"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
yesterday
"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
yesterday
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What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
– chuck
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
– chuck
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"War of the Wing Men" is part of a series of 5 or 6 books by Poul Anderson, called the "Polesotechnic League" series. I won't try to give a definitive answer, since I haven't read any of them, but from reading synopses, the one that seems to match the best is [Mirkheim].
– Spencer
yesterday
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What does "when they change faces" mean?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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"War of the Wing Men" appeared in an Ace Double with "The Snows of Ganymede". The latter work is available online here archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v32n03_1955-Winter/page/… but a quick browse makes me think it isn't the answer.
– Organic Marble
yesterday
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I don't recall any rectangular planets in the Polesotechnic League series, which I've read several times, but not for many years. Are you sure it was the same characters as War of the Wing-Men?
– Mike Scott
yesterday
Thank you all very much for responding unfortunately it is not Mirkeim that has a too involved storyline. the story I read is limited to travelling across the planetoid?/moon/large lump of rock. Its rectangular nature is the key ingredient of the story It may have been in a short story collection, the other thing I thought I remembered was that maybe it was written by Frederick pohl but it think that is another red herring as I couldn't find anything that matched in his novels.
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