Previous SFF Author: Kelly Meding
Sterner St. Paul Meek was born in Chicago in 1894. After serving as an Army chemist during WW1, Capt. Meek wrote around two dozen sci-fi stories and novels, many in his Dr. Bird and Operative Carnes series. He was made an Army colonel in 1947 and passed away in 1972, at the age of 78.
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The Drums of Tapajos by S. P. Meek
As you may have noticed, over the past six months I have been dipping into Armchair Fiction’s current Lost World/Lost Race series of 24 novels, and with mixed results. One thing I have observed is that the best of this bunch — such as Frank Aubrey’s The King of the Dead (1903), Rex Stout’s Under the Andes (1914), John Taine’s The Purple Sapphire (1924) and A.
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 3 | S.P. Meek | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
A short while back, in my review of S.P. Meek’s 1930 offering The Drums of Tapajos, I mentioned that this was a lost-race novel that was fatally done in by both a paucity of descriptive detail and a lack of memorable dramatic incidents. And indeed, of the 23 books that this reader has so far experienced in Armchair Fiction’s ongoing Lost World/Lost Race series, which currently stands at 30 volumes, The Drums of Tapajos might very well have been the weakest of the bunch.
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 2 | S.P. Meek | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Kelly Meding
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.