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Summary: The best in the series?
Review: At the time I was convinced this was the best in the series. And at the time I was right, however, after waiting nearly four years (!) for A Season for Slaughter I had to revise my opinion!
For fans of military SF this book and no.4 are absolute gems, I'd even go so far as to say on a par with Starship Troopers and Forever War.
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Summary: Just wait, and stop badgering Gerrold
Review: Good things come to those who wait.In response to jdthorn007's diatribe, which he seems to have posted as a "review" with each of David Gerrold's "Chtorr" novels, I present the author's own words. I hope David doesn't mind my reproducing them here; the original link to his posting of September 2002 is at Here's David: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: In the past ten years, I have 1) adopted a little boy 2) survived a rather harrowing earthquake (we were litterally at the epicenter)
3) had a house fire
4) had a near-fatal case of bilateral pneumonia
5) dealt with the worse-than-usual problems of adolescence in my teenage son
6) dealt with the emotional traumas connected to all of these events.
7) a somewhat milder recurrence of pneumonia this year.
8) and several minor legal matters which necessitated my killing a couple of lawyers.... Several years ago, Bantam Books shut down their science fiction line, which meant that all of my backlist books, including all four of the Chtorr books and The Man Who Folded Himself and When Harlie Was One, went out of print. This also meant that two other completed novels have not yet seen publication. I am now publishing with Tor Books who have a sizable commitment to science fiction. Before they were willing to invest in the Chtorr series, they wanted something original for their own line of books, hence JUMPING OFF THE PLANET, BOUNCING OFF THE MOON, LEAPING TO THE STARS. (And the story of my son's adoption, THE MARTIAN CHILD.) (I will immodestly mention that THE MARTIAN CHILD and JUMPING OFF THE PLANET are both award winners, and BOUNCING OFF THE MOON is a multiple award nominee. Now that those books are finding an audience, Tor Books has committed themselves to publishing The War Against The Chtorr -- they will reprint the first four books when book five is finished. The War Against The Chtorr is my life's work, magnum opus, call it what you will. It is the series that I have invested the most energy in. It is the one that I want to do right, more than any other project I have ever worked on. And in that regard, there is no one more impatient and more frustrated than I am. I have nearly a million words of notes on where the series must go. Plus I have dictated over a dozen hours of additional notes that need to be reviewed. I want to show as much of the Chtorran ecology as I can. The first four books have only been the setup for several MAJOR surprises planned for the fifth book. Much of what we thought was so we now discover that we had it wrong. There are realizations and discoveries that must be carefully and patiently worked out so that they are not inconsistent with what has already been established and at the same time, opens up the series for what is to come next. At this point in time, there are over 180,000 words finished of the narrative and another 30,000 words of interstitials, the stuff that goes between the chapters. And the book isn't even half done. It will be at least 300,000 words, maybe longer. During the month of August, I wrote 30,000 new words and I have blocked out 30,000 more. Because of several interesting suggestions made over the past year, I have realized that there are additional places I need to go to make this novel work. Where I had planned only to do one chapter on the infestation of New York city, I now need to expand that to 20 chapters. That takes enormous time and energy. I remain enormously enthusiastic and committed to the series. And I am equally grateful to the readers who have waited so patiently for so long. I remember my frustration waiting for Jack Vance to finish the Star King series and Roger Zelazny to finish the Amber series. And I do apologize for the length of time this has taken. Certainly I had no idea that there would be so many obstacles thrown in my path. I honestly wish I could write as fast as fans can read, but I move my lips when I write, so we all have to be patient. Thanks for the opportunity to answer some of these questions. David Gerrold
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Summary: A very good series. But he didn't end the story in book 4.
Review: I have read all four books and found them to be a very good series. I like the fact that our hero is not a superman. Gerrold did not end the story in book 4. I have been looking for book 5, but have yet to find it. I do not thick he has written it yet or has chosen to do so.
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Summary: WHERE'S THE NEXT BOOK!
Review: I love the series. Best sci-fi books I've ever read, BUT.....Where is the next one? I read the first one in high school, I couldn't put it down...Will Mankind survive? It wasn't looking good in the last book....It's been so long since the last book came out, I'll have to read them over again....my wife's gonna hate me for this....ehehehehe
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Summary: It's end of July 2004 and 5th book is not out yet...
Review: I love the whole series and I possibly agree that one should be careful with work of his life, but this more than ten years waiting should make David Gerrold ashamed nonetheless... One would think that any other authors have no problems whatsoever...(no fires, no kids, no divorces, nothing...) Poor David, but you really betrayng your readers!!!
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Summary: Re: Sexual Orientation 101 stinks
Review: I personally loved this book and, in fact, the entire series up to and including Book 4. Developping the sexual orientation of the lead character was not intended for shock value. It was necessary to show his misunderstanding of what love is and his worthiness of love. The limericks served no literary purpose; however, they did serve a purpose in regards to the plot. Very simply, they kept the protagonist sane (relatively anyway). I think virtually anyone who read and enjoyed the previous two books will love this one.
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Summary: Sexual Orientation 101 stinks
Review: I read the first two books and loved them. Looked for books 3 and 4 at a Book Sale and found them. How exciting! I regret,however, to report (at least in my view) that A Rage for Revenge is a real BUMMER. The limmericks,although clever,serve no useful purpose and the attempt to develop(?) the sexual orientation of our hero was pointless. With the command Gerrold has for exceptional writing, why did he stoop to this level? Was it for shock value or what?I hope book 4 is better or I will be extremely disappointed.
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Summary: Another great one
Review: I've passed this series onto at least 15 people. All of them very different, some never have read SF before and all still loved it. One of the best series I've ever read, but the one question everyone keeps asking me is.... ....When is DG going to finish the series? Not at all fair to those of us that have read every word ever published by DG. Please, finish the series.
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Summary: Great, but let's have book 5 already
Review: I've passed this series onto at least 15 people. All of them very different, some never have read SF before and all still loved it. One of the best series I've ever read, but the one question everyone keeps asking me is.... ....When is DG going to finish the series? Not at all fair to those of us that have read every word ever published by DG. Please, finish the series.
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Summary: One of the best series ever, but le get on with it already!
Review: In the 30 years that I've been reading Science Fiction, This series has been one of the most intersting, exciting, and riveting of anything by any author, ever. It has also been one of the most disapointing reads of all. I don't understand why the author appears to have lost all interest in finishing it -- or at least continuing it. Is it ego, sadism, or just plain boredom? Come on Dave! You got me, I'm a fan already, but I'm a little tired of searching for your work. It's wasting our time. If you aren't thrilled about working on the series, finish it...,then get on with -- whatever. It's not really fair to leave your readers waiting for so long. Perhaps, it not as lucrative as another Star Trek script, but at least the idea is all yours! Give us a break! How would you have felt if Asimov did this with the third book of the Foundation Trilogy? You are the only one who can write this thing. You are really good at it. I doubt anyone could follow your lead, and do it so well, but if I have to wait much longer, I'll have to consider writing it myself. After all that, if you haven't read this series, you don't know what you've missed. If you can stand the frustration of waiting for the author to get around to finishing it...well, you really should read it, regardless.
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