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Atvar, the fleetlord of the Race's conquest fleet, and Reffet, the fleetlord of the colonization fleet, were having a disagreement. Read the first page
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Atvar, the fleetlord of the Race's conquest fleet, and Reffet, the fleetlord of the colonization fleet, were having a disagreement. Read the first page
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
OK, I'm going to assume that anybody reading this has read the 4 books in the World War series and also Vol 1 of the Colonisation series.
How does this measure up? Well, we get some new developments, such as the introduction of the Race's pets and Farm animals to Earth with some unsettling possibilities mentioned. Rabbits in Australia being one. More info on who fired at the Race's fleet is unearthed though the culprit isn't named yet. A suspect is dragged in front of your eyes - but is it a red herring? And the international situation deteriorates. Ominously considering the Race's often said mantra (repeated here to a few World Leaders) that if necessary they will destroy the World to prevent Humanity from becoming a danger. Harry Turtledove has got a habit of killing off his characters... surely he wouldn't go that far. Would he?
There are a number of personal developments with Liu Mei and Liu Han and also with Johannes Drucker and Kassquit. These are very significant and seem to be going somewhere, though we'll have to wait till volume 3 to find out.
I think this series is really about whether Humanity will be able to survive or not, ie whether the Race will decide we're too dangerous to live or whether people such as Kassquit and the Yeagers can "build a bridge" between the two cultures. Given the attack on the Races colonisation fleet and events in this book (which I'm not going to give away because it would spoil the book) the latter possibility seems unlikely. Would Turtledove do that? I'm anxiously waiting for volume 3 to find out.
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Turtledove does it again!
5 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover
Well, it's another Turtledove book... which is to say a big cast of interesting, well-realized characters (some with scales and eye-turrets, here), well-developed background, and a dry sense of humor.
Check out the alien pets, for instance! And the grazing animals, whose motto is: "We make a desert and call it Home!"
A generation after the Lizards land in 1942, expecting to fight the Crusaders, we find out that there's more to American policy than meets the eye; that a sane tyrant like Molotov has some disadvantages compared to a mad one like Stalin; and that some humans can make imperialist invaders from the stars look like good guys.
Speaking of which, Turtledove keeps firmly in mind a fact that a writer should never forget -- everyone is the hero in their own story. His characters have _reasons_ for what they do, reasons that make sense from the character's own p.o.v. They're never cardboard cutouts, manipulated for plot purposes. They breathe, and many of them become like old friends.
Buy the book!
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
REDUNDANT, REDUNDANT, REDUNDANT
22 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover
Ok folks, lets get real. I can appreciate the desire to weave a story and build characters. I have read all the Worldwar and Colonization books and I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Turtledove is either stretched too thin over writing projects or just trying-for sheer economic gain-to pump out as many books at $ as possible. The plot is less a plot and more of a rehash of the SAME THINGS from the first book in the Worldwar series! I don't know what the approach is for Mr. Turtledove. If you are a new reader of his, you really don't need to read the other books in the series to know whats going on. If you're not, like me, then you're getting a little sick of reading the SAME THINGS (anybody getting this?), and waiting until the last 30 pages for the one and only substantial plot mover. And then that plot line with huge implications gets wrapped up at the end of the book! Really now. I'm starting to think this could all have been done in 1 large volume each for the Worldwar and Colonization series each. Its like reading the newspaper. Same garbage, day in and day out. Skip it. Make Mr. Turtledove work for his $.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Another disappointment.
18 May 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I thought I wrote a review of this book...where did go?
Anyway, I must join in with the people who just can't stand the constant repetition of really simple ideas. There seemed to be alittle bit less of that in this book, but there was alot of side commentary of really obvious or trival things by the characters which really didn't do anything for the book. This is called filler. There was way too much filler in this book. This book could be condensed to 1/3 of its page count and not lose anything.
I did enjoy the scene between Sam Yeager, Jonathon and Kasquit on the Lizard ship. That was the only entertaining bit of writing in the whole book. At least Turtledove moved the plot forward some in the last sections of the book.
I think some of the story lines could be dropped, especially Rance and Penny. I'm hoping the lizards will catch and execute them so I don't have to read any more about them.
And what's with these really sleezy sex scenes? There not even sleezy in an interesting way, but more like 'a guy in a raincoat looking through your window while you're undressing' sleezy. Very disturbing.
I've given up hope that Turtledove will write the 3rd book of Colonization any better and it sure looks like there will be another trilogy after this one. I don't know how or why, I am hooked on the idea of the series and I probably will get the 3rd book, but I will buy it used or borrow it.
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