/lit/ - Literature

I read Jack Vance's short novel The Miracle Workers which is set on a world 1600 years after being settled by refugees from an intergalactic war. Much knowledge has been lost, and so the current rulers are a mixture of feudal/medieval and ancient tech; castles with crossbowmen on ramparts and mounted salvaged spaceship artillery.

The story follows a warlord's campaign to subjugate a rival warlord, and the reemergence of the planets' cunning and grudge-bearing autochthons. There is an interesting contrast of magical and scientific apparitions which thrash it out in several action set pieces. Overall it's a good genre bending entertainment that deserves a strong four out of five of your preferred units of measurement.