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Worldshifter Paperback – April 14, 2021

by Paul Di Filippo (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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A high-octane tale of sweeping scope and and imagination packed into the pages of a breathless novella. Reminiscent of Jack Vance at his best in its sweep and imagination, but wholly Di Filippo in its execution.


Klom is a big, simple man who works in the salvage yards on the planet Asperna as a shipbreaker. One day, while deep in the bowels of an antique ship, Klom discovers an active organic stasis pod. He splits it open and out tumbles a large quadruped that seems friendly, harmless, but non-sapient. Klom adopts it as a pet and names it Tugger. Little does he imagine the deadly danger Tugger represents.


Klom is forced into a desperate chase across the stars, encountering many colourful worlds and cultures, as the most powerful beings in the galaxy hunt him down and vie for the secrets he has unwittingly discovered.

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    NP Novella
  2. Print length
    132 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Newcon Press
  5. Publication date
    April 14, 2021
  6. Dimensions
    5.83 x 0.31 x 8.27 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1912950871
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1912950874
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Newcon Press (April 14, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912950871
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912950874
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.83 x 0.31 x 8.27 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Pablo Rodriguez
3.0 out of 5 stars The Kindle sample did its job!
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2022
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I bought this based on the strength of the Kindle sample, which opened with a scene unlike anything I had seen before. It held lots of promise, and since DiFilippo and NewCon had done well in the past, I clicked Buy Now. For me the story petered out, and ultimately didn't know what kind of story it was. It read simply, moves right along where another author may have fleshed out its scenes, and the feeling that it was for younger readers abruptly ended when two or three sex scenes were introduced near the end.

The story itself is (1) great opening scene to set the premise, (2) hero gathers his crew for the adventure, (3) cookie-cutter "adventure" ensues, and (4) story ends when the expected outcome occurs. No big deal, I'm afraid.

Bottom line: read the sample and buy the book if you want to see the rest.
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Alison S. Coad
4.0 out of 5 stars Novella Packs A Lot in Short Space
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2021
Klom is a big, slow, big-hearted man whose work as a ship-wrecker is dirty, dangerous and very poorly paid. In spite of that, Klom is a happy man, no more so than when he discovers a long-neglected lifepod in a decommissioned ship; he inadvertently activates it and discovers a new creature, sort of dog-like, that he promptly adopts and names Tugger. But Tugger is far more than a pet, and there are forces in the universe that would do anything to use it for their own purposes, and before he knows it Klom is on a mission throughout the known worlds, if he can stay ahead of the law…. This is a lovely novella, full of inventive worlds-building work that reminded me, obliquely, of Bester’s “The Stars My Destination” - not because Klom is a vicious man-thing who learns through space and time to become human, but because he is an innocent, almost an idiot savant, who learns and grows on a journey across worlds. In the fast pace required of a novella that has a lot to say in a short span of pages, Mr. Di Filippo doesn’t have time to explain all the super-sf-y high tech, but for one thing the reader doesn’t need it and for another, thank goodness the tech talk is kept to a minimum! It’s the relationships that Klom forms, most importantly with Tugger but also with the various beings that come into his orbit and become his friends and helpers, that are the stand-out to me. That said, I’d love for the author to explore his very expansive universe in future works, especially with Klom and his companions as our guide; recommended!
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Bookie5
4.0 out of 5 stars Different and great!
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021
really enjoyed the heck out of this book, started it...put it down then picked it back up.. Glad I did, it was a well put together story of an underdog who finally came out of trouble and his continual hair raising adventures. It was a lot of fun and quite different from anything I had read before. I would certainly recommend this.
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