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Summary: It goes downhill from here, folks...
Review: Knee-Deep in the Dead and Hell on Earth were surprisingly great reads, but Infernal Sky marks the downfall of the Doom novel series.Taking the battle from Earth to somewhere in outer space, we discover that the 'Demon Invaders' are actually the product of an agressive alien species. A band of survivors on Earth get a transmission from an alien species claiming to be friendly, and the book steadily declines from there. The group of heroes are transported to the home of 'Sears and Roebuck'(don't ask), a pair of alien beings who seek to help the group fight off the menace. The author just seems to lose all grip he had on the concept of Doom. The scary thing about Doom is the concept of battling Demons from Hell. Revealing them to be simple creations of an alien species really doesn't sit well with me. Everything that made the first two books good, such as tension, atmosphere and mystery, just disappears. The story becomes convoluted and ridiculous, becoming more unbeleivable as it goes(as if that were possible) and just succeeds in dulling the senses. Had I not been such a big fan of Doom back when I first read it, I would've put the book down before I was half-way finished. I simply think the series could've been so much more. The first two books were so entertaining, but Infernal Sky and Endgame just completely ruin it. I'm sorry to say that a potentially good series was ruined before it really achieved its full potential.
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Summary: Pleased Reader
Review: Loved it. I moved from the video game to the books and I loved every single one and recommend getting all 4 in this great series
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Summary: I would like to buy this book!
Review: My son has books 1, 2, and 4. It would be fantastic if the publisher could get it together and print more of book 3 so children who have started reading the series, can finish reading all of the books.
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Summary: A very good book
Review: Okay, first of all, I'd like to say that some of the other guys who reviewed this book didn't get it. They were obviously confused about the (easy-to-follow) storyline. The monsters were refered to as aliens in the game as well as the books. I think the references to Einstein's Theory of Relativity may have thrown them off, to.
This book is very cool. It makes sense that it departs from the Doom game and enters it's own story-line, since the first two books in the series were about the first two Doom games.
In this book, Fly, Arlene, Albert, and Hidalgo (a new character) have to leave the Earth as they know it behind to travel through a Gate in an attempt to meet alien good-guys. They are successful. The aliens speak broken English and don't understand the concept of individuality. That is why they pick such wierd names for themselves (Sears and Roebuck). Now they must all go to an enemy alien military base and implant a virus in their computers.
I think this is a very fine set of books. They add so much to they story line of the game; I'd say you need to read these to understand Doom and Doom II. I must warn you, though, the 3rd book has a lot of really sad stuff, like when everyone has to leave Jill, or when they think of the effects of Relativity, when Arlene has to leave albert, when Captain Hidalgo dies, when Hidalgo thinks about his child,etc.
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Summary: Mind-numbingly awful
Review: The authors seemed to have their work cut out for them: take a simple storyline and expand it into a novel series. Doesn't seem so tough. Unfortunately, they completely rearranged the story and added things here and there that didn't belong. Eventually, all they were left with was one of the worst storylines I've come across in a while. Ab Hugh and Linaweaver finally finished the series's descent into garbage with this one. After I struggled through it, I found myself glad I hadn't bought the remaining book in the series. It just wasn't worth it after that.
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Summary: Good Fun
Review: The third book in the series is a nice read. But, instead of reviewing it, I am here to say i am selling the first 3 in the DOOM series. email me at it200013@hotmail.com for more info.
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Summary: The series begins to descend the slope
Review: The third in the Doom series, and easily the least. The first half of the book, which is clever and actually fairly well written, helps to flesh out relationships between the characters and adds speculation about the monsters. After a melodrama, the main characters embark on a long space odessey. It's about this point that it runs out of gas and becomes implausible, confusing, and loses most of the redeeming qualities of the first two. At this point, it doesn't even feel like Doom anymore. It doesn't manage to be frightening or humorous. This marks a complete departure, not only from the first two novels, but from the very foundation of Doom. In the first two, it was the idea of there being monsters that was the frightening part, not where they came from. It seems the authors are concerned with proving that they're aliens instead of demons (which ignores several elements in the game). I found it more interesting when we didn't know their origins. It made the situation scarrier, and didn't affect the monster's plausibility. Instead of focusing on action and a fast-moving plot, which made the first two books astounding, this one is mostly introspective, stolid dead weight. However, the ending was compelling enough to make me read the last in the series. And it does explain how Fly and Arlene escaped the tower at the end of the last novel, if you're interested. Go read the original.
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Summary: This Is Supposed to be DOOM?
Review: The third in the series of DOOM novels, this one is, by my standards, the worst. It's very slow, doesn't have much action, and really has nothing to do with DOOM. I wouldn't suggest you read this book, but, if you've read the second and third novels in the series, and you want to know what happens next, you might as well read it to get you up to speed for when you read #4. Otherwise, check out book #1 or #2 instead. That's my two cents.
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Summary: Infernal Sky takes an unexpected and favored turn in style
Review: The third installment of the DOOM series will unexpectantly take a sharp turn from the style of the previous two books. While the previous books were filled with suspense and action and the usual slash-and-shoot genre, the third installment takes an academic step up from the rest and focuses around the mentality of the characters. Subjects such as what the charater thinks and believes now in the after-math of the battle is focused, and you start to see the deeper side of the once before cool-as-ice Marine. Granted, the world cannot be torn apart by demons from hell and the characters be expected to have the same views as before. The novel mostly focuses now on the emotional value of the battle between good and evil. Thats not to say that Infernal Sky is not without its action sequences. But the previous readers buying this installment expecting the usual blow the hell outta anything that moves attitude are going to be surprised.
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Summary: I'd Give it more than 5 stars.
Review: This book has a big turn around. The game had almost no story line. It was like "This is what you do and then you kill bad guys." This book has opened a new light to the game. I thought the first book was going to be just the guy from the game and he's gona go to hell ,kill, and then go back to Earth. Then he blows away a bunch of bad guys on earth, then he celabrates. This was a big change. I'm glad that its not in hell. This book is also not focusing on just blowing things away. These guys have turned the simplest video game story line in history, into some of the best novels I've ever read.
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