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Summary: Girl power sci-fi
Review: Firebird and Fusion Fire are very well-written. They appealed deeply to me as a woman, and that's something you don't often get in sci-fi. It was fast-paced, exotic, and chilling. Written with a strong evangelistic sense, but not in a preachy manner, it is entertaining, but thought-provoking as well. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Girl power sci-fi
Review: Firebird and Fusion Fire are very well-written. They appealed deeply to me as a woman, and that's something you don't often get in sci-fi. It was fast-paced, exotic, and chilling. Written with a strong evangelistic sense, but not in a preachy manner, it is entertaining, but thought-provoking as well. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Simpy Fantastic!
Review: Firebird and Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers are the two best science fiction novels I have ever read. I love them both so much that I'm reading them for the 2nd time in 6 months. I am never bored when I read these books and contrary to a few reviews that some people gave, I LOVE THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE NOVELS! Before I am a science fiction fan, I am a born again Christian. Its about time that quality Christian science fiction be written. I thank God for Kathy Tyers and her writing. Her books have been and continue to be an inspiration for me. I can't wait until the next one!
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Summary: Simpy Fantastic!
Review: Firebird and Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers are the two best science fiction novels I have ever read. I love them both so much that I'm reading them for the 2nd time in 6 months. I am never bored when I read these books and contrary to a few reviews that some people gave, I LOVE THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE NOVELS! Before I am a science fiction fan, I am a born again Christian. Its about time that quality Christian science fiction be written. I thank God for Kathy Tyers and her writing. Her books have been and continue to be an inspiration for me. I can't wait until the next one!
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Summary: Great Book! Great Rewrite!
Review: Firebird, Brennen, et al, are like old friends and I always enjoy spending time with them. Thyrica, Hesed House and Three Zed are so wonderfully rendered they seem like real places. I'd love to visit the first two! The action scenes - especially the air/space battles are loads of fun, and I also enjoyed the spiritual developments that have emerged in this version. The prophecies for Brennen's family add a lot to the story's tension and depth, and Firebird's ongoing attempts to find answers to the question of why God allows evil were thought provoking without being preachy. I recommend this book and its predecessor Firebird, as some of the best Christian fiction I have read. I can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: Fusion Fire is excellent science fiction in a new genre
Review: Fusion Fire is an excellent novel in a relatively new genre: Christian science fiction. Actually, Kathy Tyers has written a book that is excellent science fiction written within a Judeo-Christian, messianic worldview. From the very first page, you are gripped by the exciting events that effect the lives of Firebird and Brennen Caldwell, the main characters of the book. There were times when I finished a particularly exciting section and felt breathless as if I had been holding my breath for a long time! Fusion Fire is a wonderful sequel to Firebird. I highly recommend this book to all lovers of science fiction and to Christians who are willing to check out this new genre of Christian fiction. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Christian Science Fiction is definately not an oxymoron!
Review: Great sequel! Looking forward to more! Kathy Tyers does an excellent job of composing a wonderful story, complete with heros, bad guys, suspense and unconditional love. I like what she says in the author's notes in the back of the book. Don't read this to analyze it in compairson to the Bible, just sit back, buckle in and enjoy!
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Summary: Fusion Fire is an excellent sequel to Firebird
Review: I loved reading Fusion Fire. I'm giving this book five stars, because from the moment I started reading it, I was kept on the edge of my seat. New York Times bestselling author Kathy Tyers (Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura) has written another masterpiece. I was spellbound by Firebird's adventures and I want to read another sequel.
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Summary: A very good read, but needs to be taken in parts
Review: I must say I was very excited to read Fusion Fire after having read the 1988 version of Firebird. I was aware that Firebird was redone and that its sequals were writen to follow the new format aswell, but I was unprepared for the differences in the book. I had been warned that Tyres preaches, and that this book is better left to those who wish to read such, but as one who respects but does not choose to folow that doctrine, I found that at times I felt alienated or better yet, uncomfortable. Getting past that, the book is a good science fiction read that presents moral dilemas and philosophical problems that can, if you don't technically follow the christian doctrine, make one ponder human nature and cultural formation. The reason I say this book should be taken in parts is that the characters are placed in terrible emotional situations that either don't end till a disappointing few pages before the end, or do end only to begin another, even worse dilema, ten pages away.
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Summary: Double Take
Review: I read the orignal Firebird, a nice space opera-ish romantic tale with detailed and fulfilling characters and a well constituted plot. I read the "new" version, and while I didn't like it as much as the original, I found enough of the familiar elements that endeared me to the original book to be reasonably satisfied. This sequel tho - wow. Its a different story with different motivations behind it. I kept looking at the cover to make sure I was reading the right book. All of a sudden the continuity that had made the original so wonderful had been ripped apart by a series of improbable plot twists and characters that acted, well, out of character. Read the original. Read the new one if you are looking for psedo christian literature, but the new one, whew.... don't recommend it.UPDATE: I finally found the original Firebird at the used book store a couple months ago -- wow. Every bit as good as I remembered. This is one that's worth hunting down. Just make sure it's the "normal" sized paper back you're picking up, not the slightly larger, although thinner, "updated" version!
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