Tritcheon Hash

By Sue Lange

Book Overview

Tritcheon Hash froze in place. She'd seen air, vacuum, wild strange planets during the course of her training. She'd lived at times in atmospheres devoid of oxygen, in acidic wastelands, in highly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 095805438X
• ISBN13: 9780958054386
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Metropolis Ink
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

War of the Worlds & the Sexes: A Comedy

This is inventive feminist sci-fi that goes for laughs, not lectures, while still supplying the jolt and provocation good speculative work requires. Perhaps the most illuminating of its many running jokes -- and I do mean running; our heroine here is a naturalborn speed demon -- are the many nightmare exaggerations of how we males can seem to the so-called fairer sex. Those chuckles, too, are all the richer because they're placed in the context of an potential intergalatic rapprochement. The question zooms across the stars: Can this marriage be saved?

Sharp satire on men and women

Set approximately 1000 years from now, Tritcheon Hash is a hot-shot female pilot on the planet Coney Island (named for a famous Earth penal colony). Several hundred years previously, all the women from Earth packed up and moved to Coney Island, leaving the men on their own. Now, the only contact between them happens once a year in a neutral part of the galaxy. At that meeting, all male babies born on Coney Island are exchanged for a ton of frozen sperm. For the past 50 years or so, secret contacts have been taking place between both planets concerning Reunification, a very touchy subject for both sides. The leaders of Coney Island need to know what's happening on Earth. All their probes and long-distance readings can't get past the Dispro Haze. It's a mile-high layer of dust, chemicals and debris that surrounds Earth and blocks out the sun; giant xenon lamps are used to simulate the sun. Tritch is chosen as a one-person mission to Earth, but specialized training is needed, first. At the local military academy, she meets Bangut Walht, a sensitive young man (it's the only place on Coney Island where men are allowed), to which Tritch is immediately attracted. She also meets Slab Ricknoy, a loudmouthed, arrogant jerk. The program ends, and the men are sent back to Earth, the day that Hash and Ricknoy get into a fight. Tritch arrives on Earth, near Lake Michigan, and her cover is blown almost immediately. Earth is a place of extreme dirtiness. The air is dirty, the people are dirty and much of the planet is either full of radiation, or officially dead. She runs into Bangut Walht, who shows her the few bright spots. She also meets Slab Ricknoy, now a General, who is convinced that Hash is there to spy on him. He is also a paranoid person, who believes in endless war. Ricknoy has also impounded Hash's ship, looking for its faster-than-light drive, called a lighterator. By galactic law, Earth is confined to the solar system. Should people like Ricknoy get an FTL drive, it would not bode well for anyone, especially the inhabitants of Coney Island. This is a really sharp satire about men and women about which I'm sure some people will complain. I enjoyed it. It's very easy to read, it has things to say, and it's quite a perceptive story. Well worth checking out.

Savoring space

I am not what anyone would call a devoted science fiction fan. I am, however, a devoted Tritcheon Hash fan. After getting so caught up in reading the beginning of this book that I went past my bus stop and wound up at the end of the line (okay, so that's only four stops), I dished out the rest of the book to myself in small portions, wanting the reading of it to never end. Alas, like all good things ... Sue Lange's insights into our present society, so sharply and humorously reflected in her vision of an all too possible future of the human race, are insightful and cause in the reader (well, this reader at least) thinking on a plane above and beyond any of the usual comfort zones. I think this book is an absolute must read for all who savor dry humor and intelligent, provocative fiction.

My new hero!

This book is fast-paced, action packed! Left me wondering "what's going to happen next?" Waiting for the sequel!

You Go Girl!

This scifi is so tart, it makes you laugh out loud. Lange has given us a new hero in Tritch. Her attitude combined with her heart make you want to blast forward a thousand years to help her make the universe a better place. The book's characters grow on you as you follow Tritch back to an Earth devastated by wars and the absence of women. A good read for feminists of all ages and genders.