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Summary: Standard Space Opera
Review: Eagle Against the Stars is standard space opera. Which means that you shouldn't read it to try to find trenchant commentary about important social issues or intellectual musings about the nature of man and society. What you should expect is solid writing, an interesting, fast-paced story line, and a modicum of tension. Oh, yeah, and expect the good guys (us) to beat the bad guys (aliens). Steve White is a fine writer, and his books are generally entertaining, and fun to read. In this book, White has penned an engaging and entertaining bit of sci-fi, that accomplishes exactly what it's designed to do, which is to entertain you with a fast-paced adventure story. IF you like combat sci-fi, you will enjoy Eagle Against the Stars. Steve White has, by the way, coauthored with David Weber, some of the best military Sci-Fi ever written: Insurrection, Crusade, and In Death Ground. This book doesn't quite measure up to those, but it is an engaging read.
Rating:
Summary: Standard Space Opera
Review: Eagle Against the Stars is standard space opera. Which means that you shouldn't read it to try to find trenchant commentary about important social issues or intellectual musings about the nature of man and society. What you should expect is solid writing, an interesting, fast-paced story line, and a modicum of tension. Oh, yeah, and expect the good guys (us) to beat the bad guys (aliens). Steve White is a fine writer, and his books are generally entertaining, and fun to read. In this book, White has penned an engaging and entertaining bit of sci-fi, that accomplishes exactly what it's designed to do, which is to entertain you with a fast-paced adventure story. IF you like combat sci-fi, you will enjoy Eagle Against the Stars. Steve White has, by the way, coauthored with David Weber, some of the best military Sci-Fi ever written: Insurrection, Crusade, and In Death Ground. This book doesn't quite measure up to those, but it is an engaging read.
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Summary: Good space opera
Review: I disagree with some of the earlier comments. I found "Eagle Against the Stars" a pretty fair space opera, reminiscent of Raymond Jones' classic "This Island, Earth" (the book, not the movie, although the movie wasn't bad) with its alien contact theme and the role the humans end up playing in it. So what if the author has an agenda? So do novels ranging from Patricia Cornwell's police stories to "The Destroyer" series. The question is: are they engaging enough to entertain or enlighten? I enjoy White's political incorrectness, even if I disagree with bits of it. As for the woman being the lesser character because she is identified by a perky nickname, she seemed to me more dominant and sensible than the male lead. This book was fun.
Rating:
Summary: Good space opera
Review: I disagree with some of the earlier comments. I found "Eagle Against the Stars" a pretty fair space opera, reminiscent of Raymond Jones' classic "This Island, Earth" (the book, not the movie, although the movie wasn't bad) with its alien contact theme and the role the humans end up playing in it. So what if the author has an agenda? So do novels ranging from Patricia Cornwell's police stories to "The Destroyer" series. The question is: are they engaging enough to entertain or enlighten? I enjoy White's political incorrectness, even if I disagree with bits of it. As for the woman being the lesser character because she is identified by a perky nickname, she seemed to me more dominant and sensible than the male lead. This book was fun.
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Summary: Forget negative Leftie reviews and have a good read.
Review: I enjoyed this book with NO apologies. Comments about it being slowly paced have me wondering whether other reviewers even read the same book. What I read was something like Tom Clancy meets "Earth: Final Conflict," with some great, slam-bang space opera riffs thrown in toward the end. I found some of the tone of "Eagle Against the Stars" reminiscent of 40s & 50s Heinlein, which I consider a strong compliment since most of what Heinlein wrote from "Stranger In A Strange Land" on isn't much worth reading anyway. The political commentary is a bit heavy handed at times, but that doesn't mean it's off target by any means. Political satire always exaggerates the essential truths about a candidate, a movement or an institution, which is probably why those on the Left will find endless reasons for hating this book, couched of course in criticisms about pacing, character, action, etc. Don't believe it. This is an entertaining, fast-paced SF action/intrigue story for those of us who still believe that turning this nation into a politically correct, Green-dominated, social-democratic paradise would pretty much suck what's left of the American spirit out of our society. Thank God the Lokaron arrived when they did.
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Summary: Forget negative Leftie reviews and have a good read.
Review: I enjoyed this book with NO apologies. Comments about it being slowly paced have me wondering whether other reviewers even read the same book. What I read was something like Tom Clancy meets "Earth: Final Conflict," with some great, slam-bang space opera riffs thrown in toward the end. I found some of the tone of "Eagle Against the Stars" reminiscent of 40s & 50s Heinlein, which I consider a strong compliment since most of what Heinlein wrote from "Stranger In A Strange Land" on isn't much worth reading anyway. The political commentary is a bit heavy handed at times, but that doesn't mean it's off target by any means. Political satire always exaggerates the essential truths about a candidate, a movement or an institution, which is probably why those on the Left will find endless reasons for hating this book, couched of course in criticisms about pacing, character, action, etc. Don't believe it. This is an entertaining, fast-paced SF action/intrigue story for those of us who still believe that turning this nation into a politically correct, Green-dominated, social-democratic paradise would pretty much suck what's left of the American spirit out of our society. Thank God the Lokaron arrived when they did.
Rating:
Summary: Forget negative Leftie reviews and have a good read.
Review: I enjoyed this book with NO apologies. Comments about it being slowly paced have me wondering whether other reviewers even read the same book. What I read was something like Tom Clancy meets "Earth: Final Conflict," with some great, slam-bang space opera riffs thrown in toward the end. I found some of the tone of "Eagle Against the Stars" reminiscent of 40s & 50s Heinlein, which I consider a strong compliment since most of what Heinlein wrote from "Stranger In A Strange Land" on isn't much worth reading anyway. The political commentary is a bit heavy handed at times, but that doesn't mean it's off target by any means. Political satire always exaggerates the essential truths about a candidate, a movement or an institution, which is probably why those on the Left will find endless reasons for hating this book, couched of course in criticisms about pacing, character, action, etc. Don't believe it. This is an entertaining, fast-paced SF action/intrigue story for those of us who still believe that turning this nation into a politically correct, Green-dominated, social-democratic paradise would pretty much suck what's left of the American spirit out of our society. Thank God the Lokaron arrived when they did.
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Summary: What a stinker!
Review: I was willing to give the author a chance based on some of his earlier work. Big mistake. He took a promising setup, and turned it into a boring pseudo-techno-thriller, filled with political messages that have the subtlety of a raging bull. Starting with the dreadfully hackneyed hero drinking himself into oblivion in the Caribbean, going on to the villain who lacks only a twirled mustache to be Snidely Whiplash, and finishing with some of the most implausible characters ever, I hated this book from start to finish. I kept thinking, "It has to get better. It just *has* to...", but I was wrong. It only gets worse. There are so many things about this book that are just *annoying*... the constant slaps at Clinton and the Kennedys and anything non-right-wing; the patronizing tone used toward any woman mentioned (all the characters are referred to by last names, except for the female lead, who is known by the perky "Katy", despite her years of covert ops work); the "Eaglemen" who abandon lifelong ambitions of throwing the aliens off the planet based on being told that, hey, some of these aliens are our *friends*!; the blithe dismissal of the entire rest of the world as less important (I'm sure the Europeans were happy to hear that); "good" aliens are *blue*, while "bad" aliens are *green*, get it? GREEN!;... the list could go on for pages. I believe it was Samuel Clemens who said, "This is not a book to be put down lightly. It should be thrown with great force." Amen to that, brother.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: I went into this book with relatively low expectations -- I was just hoping for some light, action-oriented science fiction adventure -- but even those low expectations weren't met. The other reviewers here have largely covered the book's (thin) plot, so I won't rehash that here. Suffice it to say, the characters are wooden cut-outs and/or stereotypes and the plot is trite and banal. The pacing was slow and extremely predictable. I was badly disappointed in Mr. White's work here, and I probably won't be giving him a second chance. The author's political views are presented in a very heavy-handed fashion that jar you out of the narrative every time one of his mouthpiece characters begins a new diatribe. Don't get me wrong, I think Clinton and the Kennedys are despicable (as Mr. White clearly does), but I don't need to be constantly reminded of this in a science fiction novel. Frankly, I'd advise you to take a pass on this one and read something else, even if you're just loking for a light read.
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Summary: First time this author has missed the mark!
Review: I'm late to this party, all the good points are taken. So, I didn't like this book very much. I did however finish it, thats something! This author has done some fine work, and I will still wait for his next work with interest. Some of his background for fleshing out this future was amusing but on the whole it seemed rushed to me.
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