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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9781932806779
ISBN number: 1932806776
Label: Nostalgia Ventures
Manufacturer: Nostalgia Ventures
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Page Count: 128
Printing Date: September 15, 2007
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This "restored" edition of Dust of Death does, as another reviewer stated, go a long way towards making this a better adventure. It is more detailed, nuanced, and comprehensible. Of course it is most famous for introducing Chemistry, Ham's pet foil, so it wouldn't have mattered in the canon if it were writ on a bar napkin. But this truly does help. Also proves that there is such a thing as a bad edit.
Let's not forget The Stone Man. This is, I believe, the only "lost race" adventure set in America. Usually Doc finds these cities and civilizations tucked away in remote deserts or jungles, far from the prying eyes of mankind. This was an interesting way to locate one inside the United States. Also, the classic "all white" ancient race where none should exist had a plausible scientific explanation here, unlike some other old pulps of that era.
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Dust of Death was never on my list of favorite Doc Savage novels for a number of reasons, mostly because of the villain revelation and remnants of ghost writer Harold A. Davis' plotting. But this version, with nearly 5000 words of Lester Dent text restored after an overzealous editor hacked it out of the original pulp version, goes a long ways towards making this a much better Doc adventure. The villain problem is not corrected and doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense, but otherwise most of the plot has been smoothed out and it's an enjoyable romp. Even the introduciton of Ham's pet whatisit, Chemistry, didn't seem as annoying this time around. Much improved, though still not one to land on my favorite list. The second novel, however, The Stone Man, is a personal favorite and worth the price of admission. A bit of chopped prose has been restore to this one too, makign a great novel even better.
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