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Anvil of Stars (Paperback)

by Greg Bear (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (18 Feb 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857237056
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857237054
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 420,539 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Forget Star Wars crap, grab this instead!, 19 Dec 1999
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If you like space-operas with macho technologies, politically not-so-correct attitudes, claustrophobic atmospheres, slower-than-light ships, evil alien bastards, hints at New Physics and a galaxy that looks like a desert with everyone who has his whits about him in hiding and armed to the teeth, get this book. As a bonus, you get to think about the morals of blowing away a few billions of potentially innocent aliens whose forebears might or might not have committed xenocide on your forebears.
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An astonishing book., 12 Dec 1999
By Mr. Nicholas Tulett (Garden of England) - See all my reviews
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The presence of younger characters does not make this a "kid's book" anymore than the presence of food makes it a cookery book. You cannot hold onto any easy assumptions reading this. Greg's characters never fall back on flat cliches and his aliens are creatures of immense power, described with a breathtaking scope. No bug-eyed monsters, these!
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5.0 out of 5 stars unsung classic, 14 Jun 2006
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This review is from: Anvil of Stars (Paperback)
This little-appreciated book is Greg Bear's best, in my opinion. Science Fiction it may be, but its themes are as adult and rigorous as any book in any genre. It is also very well written.

An air of melancholy and despair - as well as barely suppressed terror - carries right through from start to finish, as befits the situation set up in its predecessor, The Forge of God. Bear does not shirk the philosophical implications of the story he is telling. The humans and aliens caught up in the story are overwhelmed by the mysterious technology that surrounds them, and never fully understand what is happening.

The climactic battle is very exciting, and the ambiguous outcome a satisfying, well-rounded one.

The technological explanations make enough sense to be convincing, but Bear also makes economical use of little suggestions and implications to give texture to the weird, merciless galaxy in which the story takes place. The Braid aliens, too, are a superb invention. They seem completely ahuman, unlike most alien races in sci fi.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Teen angst in space
I had read "Forge of God" a number of years ago and i could not put it down-it is a great Sci Fi novel. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jaz Milligan

5.0 out of 5 stars New Idea
This is one of my favourite books of all. I love the new ideas such as "noach" etc. I will read it again and again
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerising
The reviewer before me has already done a very good job and I agree with him entirely. However, this book is so good and so unusual in its themes that it is worth reiterating... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, Bear has done it again
Greg Bear has to be one of the most imaginative writers around. How he comes up with some of his ideas are beyond me.

This book has it all. Destruction, Revenge, genocide.

Published on 27 Jan 2000 by paul@sucs.swan.ac.uk

1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere for a good read
Didn't like the concept or the characters. Couldn't work out whether this was supposed to be a kids book masquerading as Sci-Fi or Sci-Fi trying to appeal to kids. Read more
Published on 23 Jul 1999

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