Science Fiction

I just loved this book. From start to finish it was flat out great. The characters were all interesting and deep (as opposed to superficial cliches), and the plot had some clever twists and neat puzzles. It was fun solving those puzzles along...
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The blurb in the front of this book doesn't quite cover the gist of the story, only describing the first two chapters. In a nutshell, four orphan children face the trials of becoming secret spies at a private school located on an island. It is...
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Billy Pilgram has come unstuck in time. That is the first line of one of the most powerful anti-war book I have ever read. Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgram, a POW in WWII, based on his own experience as the same. He approches this...
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Though this book had an intriguing premise and a fairly unique concept (becoming "unstuck" in time), the intrusion of the book's self-proclaimed author during the Billy Pilgrim story grew tiresome. As another reviewer said, this book is...
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This is a well written, engaging sort of book. The story, such as it is (there's not much here), is told in a bright, likable style. It's hard to imagine anyone actually hating this. Having said all that, though, it's also true that this is a...
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I borrowed a set from a friend and it was awsome. I couldn't find it anywhere else.
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A friend has this box set, so I borrowed the book "The Fall of Reach". Oh, dear God. I just thought the guy had no clue how to write, so he just slapped togeather a bunch of clich�s with WAY too much detail into stuff like how the guns are. Some...
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All three of the stories were written well and the plots unfolded in riviting fashion as one who had played the game would expect. However, with that said, I must state that one of my primary expectations weren't met, or even addressed.
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I always thought that Gibson's sci fi novels were too similar to each other for me to pick up each one, but after reading this book and Pattern Recognition I might just have to go back and read his backlist. This book reads like an intelligent...
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The people in the book are interesting and kept my attention throughout when reading it. Unfortunately, this author almost turns into a spaz when letting his own personal feelings seep into the story. When that happens it goes from being fun or...
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This would have been a much more interesting book had Gibson kept his anger about America and America in Iraq out of it. He derails the story about halfway through, unable to contain his opinions any longer and takes some interesting characters...
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Full of irony and humor, Kurt Vonnegut's Cats Cradle recognizes human potential, and mankind's ability to achieve mass destruction. At a period of scientific advancements, and a terrifying World War, Vonnegut uses the confusing character of Felix...
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Where is the contemplation in this "classic"?
This book, though an interesting insight into one man's thinking and life journey, certainly did not seem to merit the hype it has received.

It seemed very whiney and a little condescending,...
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Cat's Cradle started off well enough and flowed easily, then it took a turn for the silly and outlandish. I must admit that K.V.Jr is a very intelligent man, and behind his somewhat unremarkable dialogue there is a very large message here. This...
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Ender's Game is a story of a young tactical genius sent to fight earth's war. Very in-depth and exciting. A masterpiece.
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This was the first science fiction book I have read in a long time. And after reading "Ender's Lame" I am ready to go back to reading anything else BUT science fiction! I have never before read a more pretentious and shallow, not to mention...
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I'm writing this review simply because I feel this book hasbeen "hyped" by its fans as being better than it actuallyis. Card's book has a few interesting points to make, and ram them home effectively. However, although the story is exciting on a...
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EPIC. yes yes that's the word. This book is packed with action, packed so hard that you'll trip! Picked it up yesterday and could not stop reading it. For those of you who have read the first three books, you will not be disappointed. This book...
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Before you get cross with me for the 2 star rating - give me a chance to explain.
1.) I devoured the (3) previous HALO novels. I most liked First Strike, Fall of Reach was a close second, & Flood a distant third.
2.) Eric Nylund...
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All the Halo books are starting to read just the same. If you haven't read any of the others, you'll probably really like this one, but it basically plays out like a re-write of some of the others, with identical story development and individual...
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That's about all i can really say. (Awesome might work) I like space opera and this really was a full serving.

Space battles and battle stratagems based on the fact that what you see is only as fast as light. Meaning, you might see...
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Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) is 304 pages and the only thing that happens is that the main character and the fleet of ships under his command run away from the enemy through a jump gate.

The Alliance fleet is crippled and...
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It's been said that Arthur Conan Doyle created Watson because that was the only way he could make Holmes look like a genius. That is, by making Watson dull, plodding, and unimaginative he accentuated Sherlock Holmes' intellect, making him look...
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Great read to anybody that has any slight interest in this style of science fiction.
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A thought provoking story, but too scattered to bring any one idea into focus. The movie it inspired, "Blade Runner", was much better.
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