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Summary: Marvelously well done!!!!
Review: I was thirteen when I read this novel and it was fantastic! I am a science fiction freak and this book has to be read by sci-fi fans all over the globe. There are people who complained about it being too long and having so many characters. So? If it is too much for you (probably because you're use to Berenstein Bear books) stop reading it and find some other book to read that is less challenging for you. This book is great and is one of the the best, probably THE best, books in the world. For the people who said that it was too long and had too many characters, you never mentione on how well the plot was done and formed. You just *#??!*@*% about it's length. L. Ron Hubbard is the best sci-fi writer around.
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Summary: Mind numbing dummy test
Review: This book could have been condensed by Reader's Digest down from 1000+ pages to about 200 easily. People who are leery of it because of its Scientology connection are right. The book is like an initiation test: if you are dull enough to have your mind rewired into mush by this long book, you're ready for your first session! The book perverts your thinking, slowly, subtly, to believe that the Earth is, basically, expendable, and that all that matters in the universe is organizational power and money! True! It takes 900+ pages of reading to realize this. The prose level of the book is 'dumbed down', and there are even [] brackets around 'variables' like place names, as if it was filled in later by a computer! The book does teach the theory of organizations, Scientology for instance, and how they're all based on money and power. Maybe it is an attempt of somebody in Scientology to cry out, like those horror movies of a person trapped on the wrong side of a TV screen (grin). Sadly, if it had been far shorter, and more lively, there was an amusing sci-fi story in here, the Psychlos being a good idea, and characters like Terl quite memorable. The people are less memorable than the aliens. I can see why they couldn't make it into a movie.
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Summary: DON'T BELIEVE THE REVIEWS!!!
Review: Unless the majority of these 5 star reviews are coming from teenage adolescents, there is something alarmingly wrong with the reading level of the general public. Battlefield Earth is the posterboy for the perverbial trash novel. The narration is the stuff of a cripled writer's self indulgent wanderings, the characters so shallow they drown in their own mediocrity, and the plot so tiresome, you need a bottle of no-doze to stay awake. Put this one on your "In Another Lifetime" reading list. You will thank me unless you pass on to the next plateua in iliiteracy hell.
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Summary: Stay Away!!!
Review: I am curious if Hubbard can write about Scientology, because he sure cannot write interesting science fiction. This book is one of the all time worst novels I have ever read. All the characters are boring, the plot (after the first hundred pages) goes nowhere, and the prose is like that of a ten year old having seen Star Wars for the hundreth time. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.
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Summary: FOR THE TRUE SCI-FI FANS
Review: THIS BOOK IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN GET IN THE BOOK NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO JUST READ BOOKS. THE VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RACES IS GREAT AND THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ARE EVEN BETTER.I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST BECAUSE I ONLY HEARD ABOUT HUBBARD IN DIANETICS, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HIS SCI-FI BOOKS UNTIL LATER,AND KICKED MYSELF FOR NOT FINDING THEM EARLIER.THIS IS A GREAT ADVENTURE IN READING. I LOVED IT!!!!!!
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Summary: Best hard science fiction book I ever read
Review: After finishing this book, i just sat there for a little while dreaming. My first thought was "Wow what a book !". It was quickly followed by "I wish I could write like this". Although I can conceive at an intellectual level that some people did not like this book, one part of me is bewildered by that fact. How can you not like this book ? I have been reading for as long as I can remember and have gone through every author that you can think of and although I have to say that I did not like many of the other books written by Hubbard, this one is at the very top of my very short list of masterpieces. It is a huge book but it is nevertheless fast-paced. If you want to get a good night's rest, stay away from this book. It will glue itself to your hands and will not let go.
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Summary: An enjoyable read, maybe not for everyone, but unique.
Review: BE is unique, a product of a unique writer. Hubbard is certainly not Asimov, nor is Asimov Hemingway or Gogol. Each author and story must be considered individually and taken as nothing more.BE's plot, prose and characters captivated me. I read the book in one week. The development of the alien characters is the book's single greatest strength. BE is rife with amusing, quirky alien personas that kept me picking up the book. In fact the human characters are almost secondary in terms of entertainment value. If you like technically oriented, scientifically sound sci-fi this book might not be for you. At least check out the first 100 pages. Don't confuse BE with Scientology. You wouldn't even know they are by the same author.
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Summary: Apacolyptic Child's Play
Review: A friend of mine recommended this book to me, saying it was a classic. While the begining was mildly interesting, the overall story just didn't jell for me. There were so many inconsistencies...eg. A gigantic alien war plane that could withstand a nuclear assault, but was blown up by the hero with a simple wrench? I might have suspended belief had the characters been even the slightest bit interesting, but Hubbard's hero, Jonnie, has all the depth of a pizza pan. The story dragged on after about page 200, and the narrative was reminiscent of a Hardy Boys novel. So, while I might recommend this book to a young reader, I would advise others to steer clear. There are simply too many other good books to read.
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Summary: DULLSVILLE!!!
Review: I just couldn't finish this book. The story falls apart after the first hundred pages, and the characters and plot are so dull I kept falling asleep. I kept hoping it would get better, but after page 500, I gave up. I felt like I was watching a never ending b-movie. Overall--a very unpleasant reading experience.
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Summary: One of the best science fiction sagas written!
Review: True, this book starts out a little bit slow, but once you start getting into the story it won't let you go until the bitter end. The plot is well written, believable, and offers social commentary that very much applies to what is going on in today's world. Even if you find it boring at first, just stick with it, it does get much better!
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