- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: HarperEntertainment; 1 edition (July 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380977931
- ISBN-13: 978-0380977932
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 855,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The authorized novels to accompany one of SF's most exciting and intelligent film franchises.
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The machines are doing everything they can to snuff out the human threat to their future. The human resistance movement are fighting them at their own game, sending back agents to the present to safeguard their future leader. The vicious war slashes back and forth across time with ever more advanced Terminator units thrown into the fray.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Someone handed me this book at work and I have to say I was not expecting great things, but while I was waiting for the His Dark Materials trilogy to arrive for my birthday, I thought I'd give it a go.
I'll start by saying that I am a huge fan of T1 and T2, but I never saw T3, so I had no preconceived ideas baout what I was or wasn't getting myself into. I also haven't read either of the other books in this series. I came in blind.
I found this book incredibly easy to get into, and I immediately identified with the characters. I felt that John Connor had been developed well and was a hero that I could definitely root for.
Th first half of the book is gripping stuff. There's a real sense of panic and urgency, and despite the constant shifts between Skynet, Sarah, John, Mary etc, it never became confusing. It feels epic in its scope.
So I was somewhat disappointed by the last 100 pages or so where the author decided to keep skipping through time; seven years later; then another two or three until suddenly John's gone from his late teens to 42 years of age.
But while I was displeased with this aspect, the rest of the book was thoroughly enjoiyable and the ending one of those 'eureka' type moments. I was very impressed with the way the author managed to tie all of the threads together, to keep the story in the tradition of the first two movies, to break down the technical sections into manageable chunks (a bit like Michael Crichton), and to offer up enough suspense and surprise to keep me reading to the end.
If you're a fan of the films but disillusioned with the conclusion of the series then I'd definitely recommend this. I feel now that T3 will be a disappointment if I eventually get around to watching it. Maybe I'll see if I can blag the other books in the series.
I'll start by saying that I am a huge fan of T1 and T2, but I never saw T3, so I had no preconceived ideas baout what I was or wasn't getting myself into. I also haven't read either of the other books in this series. I came in blind.
I found this book incredibly easy to get into, and I immediately identified with the characters. I felt that John Connor had been developed well and was a hero that I could definitely root for.
Th first half of the book is gripping stuff. There's a real sense of panic and urgency, and despite the constant shifts between Skynet, Sarah, John, Mary etc, it never became confusing. It feels epic in its scope.
So I was somewhat disappointed by the last 100 pages or so where the author decided to keep skipping through time; seven years later; then another two or three until suddenly John's gone from his late teens to 42 years of age.
But while I was displeased with this aspect, the rest of the book was thoroughly enjoiyable and the ending one of those 'eureka' type moments. I was very impressed with the way the author managed to tie all of the threads together, to keep the story in the tradition of the first two movies, to break down the technical sections into manageable chunks (a bit like Michael Crichton), and to offer up enough suspense and surprise to keep me reading to the end.
If you're a fan of the films but disillusioned with the conclusion of the series then I'd definitely recommend this. I feel now that T3 will be a disappointment if I eventually get around to watching it. Maybe I'll see if I can blag the other books in the series.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Definatly the best book yet. Unfortunatly it seems to cover the next 24 years from john being 18 to 42 years old when he sends Kyle Reece into the past to save his mother Sarah.This makes me think that this is the last book in the T2 series and if it is I for one will be gutted. Dont bother with the book of T3 The rise of the machines - this series of 3 books is how I think James Cameron would have liked the T3 film based on.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I sort of agree with Ciaran with regard to a few dead-ends sub-stories and skipping of chunks in time, however I personally enjoyed the book and finished it in less than 1 week (very quick for me as I'm a slow reader).
I've now read all three of Stirlings Terminator books and enjoyed them all, it's probably best to read the others in sequence before reading this one as the characters and Sterlings interpretation of the ongoing Terminator story is built up in those.
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Published on 1 Mar 2008 by J. Bennett
Needed to be a series of books !
Third and final book in S.M Stirling's Terminator series.
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