- Hardcover: 446 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press (31 Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312861362
- ISBN-13: 978-0312861360
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,848,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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""Firestar "was a mighty hard act to follow, but Michael Flynn has done so, and brilliantly. "Rogue Star" continues the story, with the same imaginative realism, suspenseful narration, and vivid humanness, plus all sorts of new ideas and insights." -Poul Anderson
"Hard SF is often authentic but rarely this well written and Flynn's history looks on course for enlivening the genre with intelligence and subtlety." -"Vector "
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"Hard SF is often authentic but rarely this well written and Flynn's history looks on course for enlivening the genre with intelligence and subtlety." -"Vector "
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Michael Flynn opened his saga of near-future technology and space exploration with Firestar. In it, he introduced a multi-stranded plot and a set of characters - all in orbit around a powerful and determined woman, Mariesa Van Huyten, who is obsessed with the need to get humanity back into space and to save the Earth from disaster. Now, in "Rogue Star," Van Huyten's struggles continue. Three astronauts are headed out beyond Mars on the first human trip to the asteroid belt. In orbit around the Earth a construction crew is building the first permanent space station, owned by Van Huyten's consortium. And the president of the United States is trying to force her to make a secret deal to put weapons in orbit so he can intervene in the ongoing wars.
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Format:Paperback
Good follow up to Firestar. The Sci-Fi in this book could well become reality and makes one understand the need for a different route to space other than the one we are on. Science Fiction might be the wrong moniker for this book, perhaps adventure...Can't wait for Lodestar...
Format:Paperback
Boring. Very little science in this science fiction book. The reviewers on the back cover must not have read the same version of this book that I did.
Format:Paperback
One word: dull. As I read, it always seemed like something was about to happen, but nothing ever did. The Flaco character was the only good thing in this book, and his sections are the only ones I enjoyed. Everything else was too long, drawn out, and there were too many characters, many of which had very little to say. Save yourself some time and skip this one.
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Too long, boring, too much irrelevance
Too long, boring, too much irrelevance, not enough resolutions
It is not often that I search out a location in order to critique a "publication"; however, having just... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 1999
Only the liberal have the answer.
I really wanted to like this book. The heft and subject promised a long exciting read. The story kept me for a long time, but I eventually decided enough was enough. Read more
Published on 11 May 1999
Too wordy and boring.
It is difficult to believe that the author of this book also wrote In the Country of the Blind. This book meanders around for what seems like forever and never seems to be going... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 1998
A future so real it seems destined to come true.
Sequel to FIRESTAR, Flynn has pulled of one the most difficult tasks a science fiction writer can take on , the writing of a plausible near future novel. Read more
Published on 13 July 1998
Tales of obsession and a vision for mankind's future.
Continuing the storylines begun in FIRESTAR, Michael F. Flynn once again wraps the reader in multiple storylines revolving around one woman's obsessive desire to protect Earth from... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 1998
Better than the first book in the series
With Rogue Star, even more than with his previous works, Michael Flynn has joined the forefront of the ranks of practitioners of hardward science fiction. Read more
Published on 7 April 1998
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