I should also mention that Dixon was mindful of other things, such as the language barriers between the two species. But it is apparent that Dixon did make an attempt to expand on this new world. In the first book of the IPB series, not much can be said about the layout of the planet. Although the story is propelled by the erotic content, Dixon put more thought behind the creatures that reside on the ice planet. The more interesting development of the story has to be Dixon’s world-building. However, Dixon focuses on the women’s eventual romantic interest in the blue alien males, the Sa-khui, that save them. The idea of being abducted by grotesque humanoid creatures and be subjected to their torture is scary. I think that the plot of the story is interesting. The story is quite simple: a group of women are kidnapped by aliens the spaceship they are in crash lands on a different planet that is inhabited by dangerous creatures and a humanoid species the women have no way to get back home and have no choice but to surrender to the mercy of the harsh environment and the aliens that welcome them. It is an easy read and I do not mean that because of its length. I was able to finish reading it in about an hour after starting it. And here I am, sharing this journey with you.ĭixon’s book is quite short.

Because BookTok has been relentlessly reminding me that Dixon’s books exist, I decided that I will start my rereading journey with Ice Planet Barbarians. This year is the year that I am rereading books that I have not thought about in a long time.

And all I have to say is that it is the most entertained that I have been in a while. I am no stranger to weird, but Dixon’s work is my introduction to the so-called monster-f_cking side of the literary world. I hardly remembered the story itself, but I did remember a couple of important details: the snow, the color blue, and the humming symbiont. When I woke up later that morning, everything I had read seemed like a fever dream. It was 12 AM when I started it and close to 2 AM when I finished it. It was probably the weirdest story that I read that year. Now, I read this infamous book back in 2021 when I first heard of the series and of Ruby Dixon. Another round of Ruby Dixon book recommendations hit my For You Page without warning, and of course, the title Ice Planet Barbarians was frequently thrown my way. I found myself scrolling through TikTok last Sunday night and I found myself ensnared by the BookTok community.

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