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Summary: Good story line, exellent action, and plenty of suprises.
Review: This book was a real thriller to me. The descriptions in the battle scenes took me completely into the book itself. It was like I was there with them. The story line is great, and by that I mean that is has more than just military blood and gore. It goes into the lives of the characters as well as the battle parts. In my opinion I could never put this book down, and I got a great deal of suprise, humor, and sorrow out of it. I think it's a real winner!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book was awesome! I like how the authors carried the story over from the first book and continued developing the characters in the second book. I can't wait to read the third book!
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Summary: WOW!!!
Review: This book was better then the first one. When I find a good book, I might read it again. When I find a great book, I do read it again. I have read "First to Fight" four times, and "School of Fire" twice (only because I read the first one twice before the second came out, and you have to read them one after the other). They are both excellant books, the second one continues to develope the main characters in the series. I can hardly wait for the third one to come out. When is it do to be released (I know it mentions a realese date in the book, but things can change)?
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Summary: WOW!!!
Review: This book was better then the first one. When I find a good book, I might read it again. When I find a great book, I do read it again. I have read "First to Fight" four times, and "School of Fire" twice (only because I read the first one twice before the second came out, and you have to read them one after the other). They are both excellant books, the second one continues to develope the main characters in the series. I can hardly wait for the third one to come out. When is it do to be released (I know it mentions a realese date in the book, but things can change)?
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Summary: Good story line, exellent action, and plenty of suprises.
Review: This is some of the best military science-fiction I have ever read, from guys who know their stuff, because they have been there. If you compare their stuff with Heinlein (one of my favorite authors), you will notice a better quality of realism as far as military matters are concerned, especially from the point of view of the ground-pounder. This is because Heinlein never served in combat (through no fault of his own).Some speakers of German might not like the use of German words in this book. I had a problem with it, as I do speak and read German. I couldn't help laughing at some of the names, and they can detract from the enjoyment to a certain extent, for a German speaker. The country of Arschland, for example, translates somewhat vulgarly since "Arsch" is, not to put too fine a point on it, the part of the anatomy that one sits on. I ended up busting up in laughter at Ambassador Misthaufen (manure pile). Other names, such as for vegetation, "grospalm" (big palm) and "hochbaum" (tall tree) are not genuine words in German, but on a planet with really big palm trees and very tall trees maybe the words might get invented: German is, after all, an agglutinative language. Here is a legitimate German word: "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen". Means "Danube Steamship Company Captain." Dave Sherman told me that they were deliberately playing with German words when they made up some of the character and place names, it was no mistake. I would have preferred it if they had confined their cleverness to the plot and action, but I didn't REALLY mind all that much. There is a lot of subtle (and not-so-subtle) political commentary in this book (and Starfist 1, as well), and the astute reader will pick it up and gain something from it. The superficial reader will see only the action. But that is OK, too. I highly recommend the entire series!
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Summary: Lots of fun and action.
Review: This is some of the best military science-fiction I have ever read, from guys who know their stuff, because they have been there. If you compare their stuff with Heinlein (one of my favorite authors), you will notice a better quality of realism as far as military matters are concerned, especially from the point of view of the ground-pounder. This is because Heinlein never served in combat (through no fault of his own). Some speakers of German might not like the use of German words in this book. I had a problem with it, as I do speak and read German. I couldn't help laughing at some of the names, and they can detract from the enjoyment to a certain extent, for a German speaker. The country of Arschland, for example, translates somewhat vulgarly since "Arsch" is, not to put too fine a point on it, the part of the anatomy that one sits on. I ended up busting up in laughter at Ambassador Misthaufen (manure pile). Other names, such as for vegetation, "grospalm" (big palm) and "hochbaum" (tall tree) are not genuine words in German, but on a planet with really big palm trees and very tall trees maybe the words might get invented: German is, after all, an agglutinative language. Here is a legitimate German word: "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen". Means "Danube Steamship Company Captain." Dave Sherman told me that they were deliberately playing with German words when they made up some of the character and place names, it was no mistake. I would have preferred it if they had confined their cleverness to the plot and action, but I didn't REALLY mind all that much. There is a lot of subtle (and not-so-subtle) political commentary in this book (and Starfist 1, as well), and the astute reader will pick it up and gain something from it. The superficial reader will see only the action. But that is OK, too. I highly recommend the entire series!
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Summary: Hoo-Haa!
Review: Why did I buy this book? Again the same arguements. I don't really care for Marines, the cover was stupid, too much hoo-haa. I think these books lace their pages with some kind of narcotic. They're really not that good but I keep going down the series. Who knows, maybe sometimes I just want a cheap stupid read? I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. Same problems as the first.
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Summary: Great action packed book!
Review: WOW! This book is a pager turner. I ended up reading this one in one night. This book is much better than the first book. There is alot more to the charactors. The only problem I had with it was that they didn't but much attention to many of the charactors in the first book.
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