Refugee (Anthony novel)

First US edition (publ. Avon Books)
Cover artist: Jim Burns

Refugee is a novel by Piers Anthony published in 1983.

Plot summary

Refugee is a novel in which Hope Hubris is raided by space pirates during an interplanetary journey.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Refugee for White Dwarf #65, and stated that "There are exciting bits, but Anthony desperately needs editing: his verbosity stretches scenes which should be quick and brutal into reams of increasingly gratuitous violence, which ultimately put me to sleep."

Reviews

  • Review by John Silbersack (1984) in Heavy Metal, February 1984
  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 5