This was my introduction to Bob Shaw, another science fiction writer who doesn't seem to be very well known.
This is the first in his "Land and Overland" trilogy, and I feel it is the strongest.
The scene is on "Land" where deadly creatures known as Ptertha are growing in number, they have become so numerous on Land that it seems the human population may soon be whipped out.
Land has a sister planet, Overland, these these twin planets orbit each other and are so close that they share a common atmosphere.
In an attempt to escape the destruction of Land at the Ptertha large ballon craft are built, huge numbers of them in order to carry as much of the population as possible to OverLand.
The plot follows the fight against the Ptertha and the escape toward Overland.
This is a very entertaining novel, worth reading if you can scour up a copy.
8.8/10
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