ERIC FRANK RUSSELL — THE MINDWARPERS

Description: ERIC FRANK RUSSELLTHE MINDWARPERSLancer Books (1965) Condition: old paperback with some shelfwear, pages tanned with age. I’m going to call it GOOD OR BETTER. No markings. The Brainstealers. Richard Bransome worked in the government's most vital scientific laboratory, under the ultimate security. Nothing - living of inanimate - could crack the security barriers that guarded Bransome and his fellow workers. Nothing known to man...But something was making key scientists give up their lives' careers, sometimes just to drift away, other times to die. Then Bransome began to remember a past in which he had been a cold-blooded murderer! To discover the truth about himself, he set out on a solitary mission that would lead him against the most incredible enemy ever known to the people of Earth! Commentaries on line: For his ninth novel out of what would ultimately run to 10, English sci-fi author Eric Frank Russell pulled a bit of a switcheroo on his readers. The book in question was initially released in the U.K. in 1964 in a hardcover edition by British publishing house Dennis Dobson, sporting the title "With a Strange Device." A year later, it was released here in the U.S. as a 50-cent Lancer paperback (the edition that I was fortunate enough to acquire at Brooklyn bookstore extraordinaire Singularity), as its author was turning 60, but with a new and perhaps catchier title: "The Mindwarpers.”This is a rather grim, straight-faced novel, in which the author seems to be trying his hand at the gritty espionage thrillers so in vogue back when. Still, as I say, despite the lack of humor, of aliens, of rocket ships and blasters, his book works splendidly. It is a short, compact affair that propels the reader from one nail-biting set piece to the next; a genuine page-turner. Not the book I was expecting. Clearly a science fiction book, and with the main character being a metallurgist, I thought it would be about the use of novel materials in an advanced engineering future. However it was a "thriller"about how the brain can be made to believe things that never happened. When I got used to what it was about I quite enjoyed it. Where Russell was renowned for humorous SF, this novel seems more in keeping with Cold War espionage stories (or within Russell’s spectrum, his early Fortean noir outings Sinister Barrier and Dreadful Sanctuary), and maintains its intrigue even upon second or third reading. A great dark sci-fi book with that centers around a complex and interesting main character. Awesome read! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Buy another book and add this paperback book to the package - - - and you will save some of the shipping charge for this book (especially if the other book is a hardcover book) - - - at least in the U.S.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^______________________ {I'll always combine shipping costs and refund any excess shipping charges for multiple-copy book orders.}For all "buy it now" items, please use ADD TO CART if you plan to order more than one item at the same time.______________ WOW! I wrote a book!!! — Come on! Take a look!! ———Just go here:http://www.ebay.com/itm/CTHULHU'S-COUSINS-and-Other-Weirdnesses-W-Paul-Ganley-Wildside-Press-2016-/255154711891?hash=item3ace43fc32 ___________________________________________________________Want to look at my other fantasy & mystery offerings (including Brian Lumley first editions)? CLICK HERE(and if you like what you see there, why not bookmark it for future visits!)

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