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Forbidden World
FOR UNTOLD CENTURIES HUMANITY DREAMED 0F REALITIES LIKE THESE...
—an ideal agrarian community, run by women and ruled by love and harmony,
—a city-state that mirrored history’s most famous utopian vision,
—a society aglow with the wit and style that only Regency England had briefly achieved.
All were real. All were flourishing. All were waiting to astound and entrap four space voyagers from Earth who had violated all odds by landing on this unknown planet, and who now broke all its laws to learn the terrifying secret of the FORBIDDEN WORLD
—an ideal agrarian community, run by women and ruled by love and harmony,
—a city-state that mirrored history’s most famous utopian vision,
—a society aglow with the wit and style that only Regency England had briefly achieved.
All were real. All were flourishing. All were waiting to astound and entrap four space voyagers from Earth who had violated all odds by landing on this unknown planet, and who now broke all its laws to learn the terrifying secret of the FORBIDDEN WORLD
- GenresScience Fiction
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1985
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Ted White
215 books13 followersTheodore Edwin ("Ted") White is a Hugo Award-winning American writer, known as a science fiction author and editor as well as a music critic. In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with Dave van Arnam as Ron Archer, and with Terry Carr as Norman Edwards.
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April 13, 2021
Lots of fun. Maybe not great Literature, and lots of typos, and the blurb & cover a bit overly enthusiastic. But, interesting characters, thought-provoking premise, Sense of Wonder, and What If. I will consider more by the authors.
September 15, 2013
Co-author David Bischoff. Actually Bischoff wrote most of this based on an old Ted White outline, according White.
1983 Grade A-.
2013 Grade B+.
The story kind of drags in the third era (London) but stick with it. The worst prose was page long paragraphs of "lectures" near the end which also repeat earlier information. I had to speed read those.
1983 Grade A-.
2013 Grade B+.
The story kind of drags in the third era (London) but stick with it. The worst prose was page long paragraphs of "lectures" near the end which also repeat earlier information. I had to speed read those.
May 24, 2025
Better than1960s Ted White books. Ted White continues his focus on different realities but this one is on a planet vs altnernative deminsions. I found the story follows a similar pattern of the group of main characters jumping between different isolated communities on the planet. I enjoyed the story as a light read and happy that no women were mistreated.
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