This book hasn't stayed with me. I believe it's about the revolt caused by the arrival on a planet of explorers who are eager to mess with Star Trek's prime directive in order to free the slaves. ( )

The World Menders is loosely linked to one of my old favourite SF novels, The Still Small Voice of Trumpets. Unfortunately, I was not as impressed with this book, or even with any others I’ve tried by the same author. The similar theme in the two books mentioned is that of a cultural survey team being called in to a planetary frontier to help solve an apparently culturally anomalous first contact situation. The World Menders takes what is trite from The Still Small Voice and reproduces it, while leaving out the intriguing originality I had hoped to find. ( )