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Summary: Not worth the hefty price
Review: It was a good read but the price vs the meat didn't seem worth it. I read Asimovs Foundation series for less and enjoyed it just as much. You can finish this book in less than a few hours and for $15 it didn't seem worth the investment.
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Summary: Remo Williams is The Destroyer! Great series....
Review: The Destroyer is a series of books ( over 130 ) total. Why so many? Because Destroyer Fans can't get enough. Well written, highly ingenuitive, The Destroyer is the type of series and ideas everyone wishes they had come up with. You will be entrapped by the humor and intrigue of Remo Williams and his side-kick, Chiun, the Master of Sinanju, who would kill me for calling him Remo's sidekick. These two will crack you up, and keep you on your toes as they do the United State's dirty work at home and abroad, as the enforcement arm of the secret agency that keeps America free. Do yourself a favor, join us Destroyer Fans, I think you'll be glad you did. One hint, start with Volume 1. It is titled, Created:The Destroyer.
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Summary: False Start For the Series
Review: The Destroyer, particularly in its first incarnation with the original authors, was a surface-level "men's adventure" series of short novels with satirical undertones that rose above other entries in the genre, such as the Executioner.
The original novel is something of a false start, in that it was conceived as a standalone novel, not the paperback equivalent of a 1930s/40s character pulp that it turned out to be (conceding that its wit rises above the genre). The series is such that you can really pick up any installment and start going. Indeed, prior to the Internet age, its unclear how many people were able to quickly lay hands on the first book. It's best to stick with the books _written_ by Murphy and Sapir, not those listed as _created_ by Murphy and Sapir. The later ghost authors have not fared as well as the originals.
This book is really simply the original of Remo Williams, assasain for an agency that does not exist, and his teacher Chiun, the last master of a martial art that makes ninjas look like Tai Chi in the park. Yes, there's a hit and some tests, but it's really about establishing characters.
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Summary: Actually, start with #3 in the series first.
Review: This novel was Sapir and Murphy's first stab at fiction, and it shows in the roughness of the character development. However, they had a wealth of good ideas to mine, and the writing skills were definitely in evidence. This, and #2, are the ones you should read after about ten others, if you have the time and patience to collect and read them serially.Overall, essential for a collector and a decent read, but the series doesn't really get rolling until #3.
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Summary: Actually, start with #3 in the series first.
Review: This novel was Sapir and Murphy's first stab at fiction, and it shows in the roughness of the character development. However, they had a wealth of good ideas to mine, and the writing skills were definitely in evidence. This, and #2, are the ones you should read after about ten others, if you have the time and patience to collect and read them serially. Overall, essential for a collector and a decent read, but the series doesn't really get rolling until #3.
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