Sleeping Planet

I first read this book long ago, perhaps at the end of the 1960s, and remembered it long enough that I was pleased to find a second-hand paperback copy in 1990. In 2023, I bought the Kindle version and reread it.

It's basically a corny old sf story in the style of the 1950s, very like one of Eric Frank Russell's stories, in which hostile but not very intelligent aliens are outwitted by humans. However, I really enjoyed rereading it, because it's an above-average tale of its kind. Burkett turns out to be a good storyteller.

Being a corny old sf story with corny old sf characters sets it back a bit, and I don't think it's quite good enough for four stars, but this is a three-plus. I don't think I'll reread it often, but I can reread it occasionally with pleasure.