Three to Conquer started out as something that appeared to be a pretty typical and mundane mystery with a paranormal twist, but quickly took a sharp left turn and was off and running from there. Three to Conquer was a lot of fun! Obviously, telepathy was a popular idea in this time period of science fiction, as several of the Hugo nominees I've read have focused on this idea. Reminds me of Mark Phillips and Lawrence M. This a work that shares more from the Pulp age than the Golden one. There's no style here - no noir or literary tricks - and no big ideas. The book, too, has a lot of faults, but has an earnestness to it that makes it likeable as well. Wade Harper had his faults, but he was a generally likeable guy. With his main street, common sense outlook, he'll show those white collar, college educated boys from the nation's capital how things ought to be done. The reader gets to meet the character of Wade Harper, "a squat man with immense breadth of shoulder, hairy hands and bushy eyebrows." Wade Harper is ready for whatever the combined genres of murder mystery and science fiction can throw at him. Firearm enthusiasts, amateur-detective aspiring, federal government-hating, readers of crime novels - and science fiction novels. Gun-toting, do-it-yourselfers with dreams of aiding the local police. Libertarians who everyday hope for an opportunity to exercise their right to self-defense. This 1956 Hugo finalist is a ready read for libertarians.
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