Book Summary: a captive circus monster from the swamps of Venus escapes.
Sci Fi Categories: Aliens and Monsters, Horror
Book Description: Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian swamp-town-to find that death stalked it from the jungle in a tiny ball of flame.
Authors Bio: Leigh Douglass Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978. She was also a screenwriter known for The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, and The Long Goodbye
Narrators Rating: ★★★☆
