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I bought _Dragon’s Island_ on kindle, back in 2021.

https://walkitout.dreamwidth.org/1907573.html

I had read Jasmine Silvera’s _Binding Shadows_ and there was a great book conversation that included a mention of this Williamson novel that I’d never even heard of before. And it was available as an e-book, soooo…

Also, I note that _Binding Shadows_ has a sequel that came out about a year ago that I haven’t bought, much less read. Mmmmm.

Anyway.

_Dragon’s Island_ is bonkers. There’s a bunch of stuff in there about creating a Better Human, and a bunch of stuff about racial prejudice. For all that Williamson refers to a grown-ass woman persistently as a “girl”, Nan Sanderson is presented as relentlessly capable, and there are numerous other women characters in the book who are similarly presented as intelligent and capable.

Our hero is a geneticist trying to figure out how to direct mutations in a useful way. He’s trying to track down the old friend of his deceased father, who may or may not have figured out a way to do exactly that. There’s also a pervasive bunch of ESP / paranormal ability going on in this book — the hero’s mum had some kind of ability, and another woman was a parapsychologist.

Oh, and I haven’t mentioned the whole cure for cancer thing, have I? Or the tree growing a space ship, or . . .

It is a _bonkers_ book. I’m glad I read it, altho I will note that I generally say that about Jack Williamson books. I can’t recommend it — it is dated and problematic, and still. I did enjoy it.
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