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Summary: A Good Satire
Review: The Main Character is to confident for his own good. The person whose mission he is supposed to be trying to ruin is doing a great job, while he is observing from a distance interested in nothing but his life and personal wealth. Makes for great satire.
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Summary: A real enjoyable read; satire at its best!
Review: This is one of a ten book series written about an alien confederacy and how an evil but powerful man from that confederacy is ruining earth from afar. Another man, the protagonist, is sent to earth to try and right matters. What I most enjoyed was that this book, and 6-7 others in the series were written from the sickly demented viewpoint of one of the antagonists. The books are fast-paced, informative (good satire on this planet of ours) and an easy read
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Summary: Not as good as The Invader's Plan
Review: Well, I really liked The Invader's Plan, but Black Genesis just isn't as good as the first book. I know it is a work of fiction, but the way Heller is treated by the mafia is too unbelievable even for a sci-fi book. The funniest part of the book was Soltan blowing away a canary with a shotgun. Well, on to The Enemy Within...I hope it's better than Black Genesis.
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Summary: Can't Stop!
Review: While reading this volume, I was struck by the thought that Hubbard's so-called 'epic satire' isn't satire at all. See, in order for satire to work, it has to be grounded in truth. Otherwise it's just an absurd claim that makes one scratch one's head rather than laugh. This volume is filled with these head-scratchers.Apparently Hubbard's idea of satire is saying things like, 'All Turks have 'Bey' following their name.' That borders on racism. Or take Hubbard's assertion that all government officers are corrupt and that the IRS is evil. Sure there are some segments of society that believe these two things, but they're idiots. Truth dictates that neither of the above precepts are true, ruining Hubbard's attempt at satire. It's a fairly interesting story. Nothing to write home about.
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Summary: Satire or Cruelty?
Review: While reading this volume, I was struck by the thought that Hubbard's so-called 'epic satire' isn't satire at all. See, in order for satire to work, it has to be grounded in truth. Otherwise it's just an absurd claim that makes one scratch one's head rather than laugh. This volume is filled with these head-scratchers. Apparently Hubbard's idea of satire is saying things like, 'All Turks have 'Bey' following their name.' That borders on racism. Or take Hubbard's assertion that all government officers are corrupt and that the IRS is evil. Sure there are some segments of society that believe these two things, but they're idiots. Truth dictates that neither of the above precepts are true, ruining Hubbard's attempt at satire. It's a fairly interesting story. Nothing to write home about.
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