- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; First Edition edition (1 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671318446
- ISBN-13: 978-0671318444
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,202,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book - made up of two more or less separate stories - is strongly reminiscant of Leslie Charteris' Original Saint stories. Just as Simon Templer's initials ST gave him the nickname 'saint' the principal character here has the initials KT - hence the knight.
The Knight is a do-gooder, a tough man who 'somehow' always gets involved in trouble - he rights wrongs and supports the underdogs (again like ST) he is someone that you would very much like to be friends with (and be very foolish to become an enemy of!).
OK, so we have a character that we can 'relate' to. Doing interesting things - on Mars. It should 'work' but somehow for me it didn't. Perhaps the plot moved a bit too slowly, perhaps all the characters were a little too two dimensional. Perhaps it was too similar (despite mars) to the original saint books (and not done so well); whatever the reason I didn't really feel that I'd got my 'money's worth' out of this book.
If I found this book in a second hand shop for a pound or two, I'd probably feel that I'd got a good deal. But at the full price, I don't feel that I'd got value for money.
I don't so much have a negative atttitude to this book - as a neutral one. Not a bad book - but not a particularly good one either.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Cute but lightweight
15 Dec 2001
Format:Hardcover
Kieran Thane, alias the Knight, is in the business or sorting things out. On Mars, he has plenty of opportunities. A research company has discovered a way of transporting living organisms--a method that involves creating an exact duplicate at the receiving end. What happens to the original is somewhat arbitrary. Complications ensue--complications that only the Knight can deal with. Resolving this problem, however, only leads to escalating issues. The syndicate is anxious to get their money back, and the Knight heads off with a group that is exploring Martian archeology--and discovering ancient structures that could have only been built by the earthly pyramid builders.
MARTIAN KNIGHTLIFE combines tongue-in-cheek adventure with mystical mysteries. Veteran science fiction author James P. Hogan keeps up a steady stream of adventure while hinting at a fascinating new society developing in Mars. Kieran Thane is something of a science fiction version of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee, the thinking man's Robin Hood. Although Hogan doesn't dwell on the gritty philosophy of life the way McDonald does, it is certainly there in this novel with its combination of future dystopia and hope.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A plot which is lively and fun
11 Nov 2001
Format:Hardcover
Blend a detective story with a science fiction plot set in the future and you have Martian Knightlife, a fine mix which pairs strong characterization, mystery, and hard science. A gallant 'knight' is called upon to save relics and a man's credit alike. Add a touch of humor and a dose of romance and you have a plot which is lively and fun.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not Free SF Reader
26 Mar 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Actually, the Knight is no Saint.
I will disagree there with the blurb on the inside of the hardcover.
This insouciant adventure isn't a patch on Leslie Charteris' creation.
This is supposed to be rather lighthearted, it would seem, but I didn't find it that amusing. There are several bad jokes and puns to be found here, so your mileage may very.
The most interesting character was the supposedly telepathic mongrel doberman-labrador cross Guinness. Not enough book time for him. :)
I will disagree there with the blurb on the inside of the hardcover.
This insouciant adventure isn't a patch on Leslie Charteris' creation.
This is supposed to be rather lighthearted, it would seem, but I didn't find it that amusing. There are several bad jokes and puns to be found here, so your mileage may very.
The most interesting character was the supposedly telepathic mongrel doberman-labrador cross Guinness. Not enough book time for him. :)
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