When I went to the Green Hand, I was looking for a light read that had good enough writing to get me through. My expectations were delightfully exceeded in this book! What I did;t realize when I bought it was that it was part of a 33-book sf series by Tubb. Despite this, the book does a good job introducing each character, even if they had been a part of the series for a while, so it was easy to enjoy standalone. The novel is about Dumarest et al. finding themselves on a conscious planet as they attempt to repair a broken space liner, where they are put through trials by the planet as the planet seeks to understand love. The novel, as the cover suggests, has a smutty part or two that is tasteful enough to recommend the book to a family member without it being weird. My favorite parts of the book were the action scenes, the fight choreography is concisely described and it held my attention throughout. A pretty short read too, coming in at just under 160 pages for a book with about a third the footprint of a piece of printer paper.