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The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story
  

The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (Hardcover)

by Stephen R Donaldson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 229 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; First Printing edition (31 Dec 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553071734
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553071733
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 849,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The lives and fates of three individuals--Angus Thermopyle, pirate and murder Morn Hyland, a young woman with a terrifying secret; and legendary star capt Nick Succorso--unfold in a futuristic world of power politics, technological development, anda mysterious alien presence.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stick with it - the rest are worth the wait!, 28 Feb 2001
By Mr. RCS Young "rcsy" (Camberley, England) - See all my reviews
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Please don't be put off by the fact that this book is short, extremely dark and ultimately just the preview of what is to come.

It's a necessary step towards one of the best science fiction series that I've read. 'The Real Story' opens the curtain to a dangerous, dark world of the future and one woman's harrowing journey through it. If you've read the Thomas Covenant books then you'll know Donaldon's penchant for awkward, unloveable characters. This series is no different and though the first two books are more background than anything else, the momentum that they provide (used to amazing effect in the last three books) is quite something else.

I can't recommend this series highly enough - if I was marking 'The Real Story' as a stand alone novel I'd probably give it three stars. The series itself goes beyond five stars. Awesome.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awful... ly good, 8 Oct 2004
This is the worst brilliant book I have ever read. As a standalone novel it is sharply disappointing, rough, violent and distasteful. It intrigues and questions, but provides cold, dark, violent and disturbing resolutions.

This book should carry a warning label for adults.

Never the less, as the first book in a series of five, I must strongly recommend this book to others.

Everyone I know who has read this book struggles initially - but for the perceptive, persevering reader who continues with the set, a work of genius is revealed.

I have read reviews that slam this work. I can understand them, had I not continued on with the series I may have even sympathised with them. But anyone who thinks this book is gratuitous, un-imaginative or shallow are SERIOUSLY mistaken.

Read this book. Be disturbed. Be outraged. Be offended. Be persistent.
Read the rest of the series and be amazed. Be awed. Be rewarded.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex, compelling - excellent, 22 Feb 2001
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This review realy applies to the whole Gap series by Stephen Donaldson. I found his best yet (the Thomas Covenant series is good but takes far too much from Tolkien for my liking and the characterisation is a bit strained at times).

The characterisation in the Gap series is, on the other hand, excellent. The storyline initially appears quite simple but soon becomes quite bizzare in the turns in takes and all the way through you're never quite sure who's going to do what next.

Please ignore all the bad reviews, these books are well worth reading if you like intelligent science-fiction.

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Can't say I really understand the negative comments by other reviewers. I have read much more graphic, much more shocking and nasty accounts of the nastier side of humanity, (for... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good start to an underwhelming series...
My rating is for the series as a whole. I thought this book was a good introduction to the characters and the plot was suitably dark and twisted to get you hooked. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars OTT - rape and perversion do not a good plot make
the real story and forbidden knowledge seem on the surface to be written by a gifted writer and have an epic plot, take great sf conventions and make them new and exciting... Read more
Published 3 months ago by T. ANDERSEN

1.0 out of 5 stars Less exciting than the Thomas Covenant series...and that's saying something.
I must start out by admitting that I've never liked Stephen Donaldson's previous books. Every one I have tried to read (and some I have tried hard at more than once) has been... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Zak

1.0 out of 5 stars Too dark and gritty for its own good.
I'm all for dark and gritty books, in fact I bought this expecting it to be like the George R R Martin series 'A song of Ice and Fire' series, only in space. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Adult Warning Required
I have never considered sex and science fiction to be comfortable bed fellows but this is the first book that I have ever returned because I found the content offensive. Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Smart

5.0 out of 5 stars read or regret
I honestly have to admit that after the first book I was dubious about reading anymore. I was never a fan of his other books but once this series gets going it is impossible to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. P. Mckirdy

5.0 out of 5 stars Your first step on a stunning road.....
O.K I've read this series twice now & I know that I'll read them again.
I'm not entirely sure what I hope to achieve whit this review except to add my voice to the many that... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2007 by E. A. Mullen

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Torrid, Brilliant
As a set of 5 books the GAP series is a truely inspiried piece of work!Beware however, this first book is not for the faint hearted. Read more
Published on 23 April 2004 by B

1.0 out of 5 stars Unimaginative author pleasuring himself in public.
I read this after the Thomas Covenant series, which I had initially enjoyed, despite serious misgivings about the author's apparent fascination with rape, and the minor quibble... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2003 by Peter Groome

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