- Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books; 5th THUS edition (2 Jan 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671465147
- ISBN-13: 978-0671465148
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,438,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the Future, Everything is Different.
But Nothing Has Changed.
But Nothing Has Changed.
"The Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is threatened by landless revolutionaries and global anarchy seems imminent.
Yet a single ray of hope remains. . ."
Island One is a celestial utopia, and David Adams is its most perfect creation - a man with a brain as advanced as any computer and a body free of human frailties. But David is a prisoner -- a captive of the colony that created him -- destined to spend the days of his life in an island-sized cylinder that circles a doomed and desperate home planet. Thousands of miles below him, a world trembles; its people cringe in terror and despair in anticipation of an impending apocalypse. And as Earth's boundaries, fate has cast one extraordinary human in the role of savior. For David Adams has a plan -- one that will ultimately ensure the salvation of his species . . . or its annihilation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Better than I expected
5 April 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was desparate for something to read, and this was the best looking thing that I could find lying around at the time, so I really didn't expect much. However, this book pleasantly surprised me, it was very well written with a lot of interesting characters and events.
I was surprised about a hundred pages into the book when I read something that didn't fit very well historically, to find out that this book is actually about twenty-five years old. I should have realized it sooner because the dates in the story are very close to the present, but I just didn't notice that until I checked the copyright date. Despite the abundance of picture phones, I thought the author did a really good job of writing a future world that doesn't seem to far fetched even after all this time. I was somewhat disappointed in the ending, not that it was bad, but just a little abrupt and anticlimactic. There was also a plot point that I thought was silly and unnecessary, it took one of the best parts of the book, a part that really made you see the protaganist's growth and just made it look like a really poor job of parenting by his gaurdian.
I wasn't expecting much from this book when I picked it up, but I will be looking to read more of Bova in the future.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
loved it
25 Dec 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I loved this book. The characters and story are great, but what really made me like this book is the incredible background and locales Ben Bova creates. The intricacies of world government and corporate power are ultimately the main focus of this book. He unfolds things with good timing. The locales we see are awesome. A huge paradise inside a cylinder in outer space to a decrepit New York run by gangs and avoided by the military, dangerous streets of the middle east, a South American jungle. It was a fun journey, and I'm glad I decided to pick this book up.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Interesting story...
11 April 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The story is a little out of date now (it was originally written in 1978), but it is still good.
The beginning of the book is a little slow. Probably the first 100 pages or so. Bova takes quite a bit of time introducing the characters and the environment. But, once through that, it move along.
It not an exciting book, rather an interesting book.
The main character, David, is very interesting. His life and how he perceives his future and destiny.
Worth reading.
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