given VERY dated tech, the story was still interesting to the end... ( )

Norton, Andre. Plague Ship. 1956. Solar Queen No. 2. Open Road Media, 2017.
There is nothing strikingly original about Andre Norton’s Plague Ship, the second in the Solar Queen series, but it is one of the more competent and readable examples of 1950s pulp science fiction. Unlike many planetary romances and space operas, Plague Ship does not resort to super-competent heroes or deus-ex-whatever endings. Instead, we have an interstellar trading future with believably corrupt human villains and well-sketched aliens. The crew of the Solar Queen works together to rationally solve their problems—in this case a disease that is incapacitating them one after the other, making them a ship no one wants landing in their backyard. The solution the plot provides is amusing and believable. It is surprising that this book has been allowed to slip into public domain. 4 stars. ( )

Again I was astonished how well these 70 year old "classics" (is it allowed to call a pulp a classic) hold up. Nowadays this novel would be probably marketed as YA SF, but all in all it's still an entertaining, solid adventure with interesting, though exclusively male (even the cat!) characters.Of course, some more alien-ness from the aliens, some more nuances especially in the side characters and perhaps a real antagonist would've been nice,but that's not what a fast-paced story like this can and wants to deliver. ( )

More adventures of the Solar Queen crew. Engaging and entertaining, even if pretty simplistic by today's standards.

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