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Summary: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman ROCKS!!
Review: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, to describe him there is just no easy way, and that is only after meeting him once!! I've never had such an uplifting experience, being one experience I will cherish always!! Col. Grossman has written true life fact books which are used in many aspects of training, not just our military or law enforcement, but all over the world. I, although, can only speak from the law enforcement side. His seminars are pretty much geared for the officers that are out on the street, as well as specialized units. I had the opportunity and was invited to go to see Col. Grossman in action, to which I speak in literal terms as he NEVER stood still!
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Being a police control operator I wasn't sure what, if anything in his seminar, would deal with me since I was a control operator, but I was wrong, it puts in perspective what my officer's go through on the street, and helps me understand the mindsets on certain things.
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`The Two-Space War' is his 1st Science Fiction book, and it is a great one. When you read it just think of `true life'. This book deals with science fiction, however, it is infused with true life aspects!! Having read the book and also gone to one of his seminars you get a grasp of where he is coming from in certain parts of the book, but you don't have to go to his seminar to read or enjoy it!! He does go into detail, but he explains it and the book flows well. And looking forward to the 2nd book, which I hope will be coming out as soon.
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Colonel, on a personal note, thanks for such a wonderful experience and look forward to getting to meet you again in the future!! Keep Safe and hope to talk to you again soon!!
From a "Sister Warrior"
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Summary: Science Fiction- Combat Facts
Review: Wow! Just put it down after a cover-to-cover reading. Col. Grossman succeeded in writing a factual account of combat and it's effects on warriors in the framework of fiction. As a former Marine and current Federal Agent I can vouch for his writings personally.
The story moves along at a brisk clip. The action starts from the first page and character development parallels the plot nicely. The authors don't spend the first part of the book explaining the world they created like so many other S.F. books (boring!). They dive right into the story and explain as they go. The warrior science in this story is more credible than any other author I can think of. Col. Grossman's excellent research and application into this field speaks for itself.
If you enjoyed this story as much as I, pick up "On Killing" by Col. Grossman for a more in-depth, factual treatise on warrior science. You won't regret it!
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Summary: Perfectly blended entertainment
Review: "The Two-Space War" has something for a wide variety of readers. Grossman and Frankowski have blended two unique subjects into a delightful tale that is both compelling and easy to read. I could not put it down! I'm a student of sci-fi and killogy, and I was surprised to find the two fit so perfectly together. It was like finding a dessert made from two of your favorite sweets that you never considered mixing, each enjoyable on it's own, but together they provide a wonderous experience.
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Summary: Gritty Reality of War Clashes with Wacky Premise
Review: (...)This is a book of the "Horatio Hornblower in outer space" variety. In fact, characters in the book explicitly state that Captain Aubrey books wereone of the things that their civilization was founded on. It also, oddly, borrows a great deal from Heinlan, particularly _Staship Troopers_. In this book the only way to travel faster than light is by taking shortcuts through the second dimension, or "Two Space". Sort of ."Two Space" is a kind of "hyperspace" where the native life and landscape are two-dimensional, although human ships can bring a bubble of three dimensional space with them. The other interesting feature of "two space" is that any technology as advanced as a pulley which you try to transport through it is destroyed. Humans and other species deal with this by using sailing ships to travel through Two-Space. Since no technology can be transported through two-space, interstellar powers carefully limit the technology to a Victorian/Edwardian level. The other races that humanity discovers resemble those decsribed in Tolkien. I was a little dissapointed in this book. I am a sucker for odd takes on FTL. My attitude tends to be that, since FTL is a made yp technology, it is up to the author to describe it limitations and effects on societies. I rather like the wackiness of the "sailing ships in space" concept. For a long time I loved Leo Frankowski. I loved _Copernick's Rebellion_ and all but the last two of the _Cross-Time Engineer_ series. In his more recent writing, the blatant wish-fullfillment exceeded even my tolerances. I was hoping that co-authoring with a Pulitzer Prize winning author would add an elent of discipline, and balance that tendency. Indeed, it did. There is no excessive wish fullfillment in this book. I had other objections to this book. For one thing, the extent to wich it mimicked the "Horatio Hornblowe/captain Aubrey" style books. I am not a fan of this genre. Perhaps someone who liked those kinds off books would enjoy the novel more. For another thing, like _Starship Troopers_, (and PLEASE let's not restart the Starship Troopers thread now) the book features a very unpleasant society that is portrayed positively. The society has deliberately chosen to abandon most technology and life-extension treatments and modeled itself after Victorian England. Those society is contemptuouse of any culture that made a different decision, and characters who oppose this decision are condemned. The society is also very millitaristic. This despite the fact that they have never fought an interstellar war, it is implied none of the older civilizations they met ever have, and the set up of the universe should make invasion almost impossible. The characters obviously possess the knowledge necessary for technology more advanced than we have, but no one can transport a wepon much more advanced than a flintlock rifle to another system. It thus should be possible to fortify your system with machine guns, bombers, and lazers, and easily fry any would be invaders. Perhaps the biggest problem was that the book was clearly supposed to be a grity, hard boiled portrayal of war, but had Victorian sailing ships traveling through the second dimension. I found the attempt at being gritty clashed with the wackiness of the premise. On a lesser note, the persistent use of quoted poetry and science fiction references were a little obtrusive. On the whole, the book was not to my taste. If you love both Hoartio Hornblower, war stories, and _Starship Troopers_, you might enjoy it.
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Summary: Everyone needs to read this book!
Review: A terrific combination of science fiction, military reality, and hope. Leo Frankowski's science fiction format creates a great setting for Dave Grossman's tell-it-like-it-is approach to the effects of combat trauma. The important and valuable information is skillfully woven throughout the story, making for a good read that teaches while it entertains. A good -- and powerful -- read.
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Summary: Combat Reality with Science Fiction
Review: An excellent book that mingles combat facts with science fiction. As a military and law enforcement veteran of more than twenty years, I consider Dave Grossman's factual books "On Killing," "The Bullet Proof Mind," and "Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill" mandatory reading and I had very high expectations for this work of fiction, I was not disappointed! Grossman and Frankowski have done a fantastic job of blending tactical reality with an extraordinary job of sci-fi story telling. The book reads so well and I would certainly put it on par with any Heinlein I've read. If you're looking for an adventure sci-fi with a military lean, filled with combat facts, this is the book to read!
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Summary: GREAT READ!!!
Review: As a lover of great science fiction, history, and heroic action, I absolutely loved this book! I'm a 30-year law enforcement officer who has trained hundreds of officers in survival tactics. Dave Grossman, whose outstanding book ON KILLING covered the realities of combat so effectively, has combined his vivid imagination and knowledge of the combat science to produce a book that should be in every warrior's library.
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Summary: Exciting must read
Review: As a police officer and a science fiction fan, this book far exceeds any expectations I could've have imagined. If you can image blending fact from Mr. Grossman's previous books into a fictional setting. Exciting is one word. If you are in law enforcement, the military, or even a civilian who enjoys such subjects, you will enjoy this one.
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Summary: A fantastic story with lessons for all
Review: Dave Grossman has delivered a story that not only provides entertainment, but also delivers a lesson on the need for warriors to deal psychologically with killing. This is an outstanding first novel, and the start of what I hope is a long running series. Like Hornblower, Rico, or Harrington, the story covers the developing leadership of a truly interesting character. I look forward to anything and everything Mr. Grossman cares to write.
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Summary: SCI FI survival skills
Review: Dave Grossman has done a fantastic job of combining SCI FI and the true warrior way. There are so many great learning points that it ought to be required reading at the Police Academy. The story its self was so interesting that I had a hard time putting it down. What a novel idea and a excellent twist to war and SCI FI. Keep up the great work Dave, WAHOO
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