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Summary: Highlander anyone?
Review: Although the book is at times slightly confusing, the tale that's being told will grab you and won't let go. The story of two immortals stranded on earth and battling one another through the ages must certainly have inspired the writers of the first Highlander film. Inspiring book, highly recommended.
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Summary: Supermen with real humanity
Review: For thousands of years, Grayle and Falconer have battled--and their superhuman struggle has turned into legend (they are also known as Thor and Loki). Now, human technology has enabled them to accomplish their mission--the destruction of Earth. Falconer knows he must go forward with the mission despite Grayle and despite the death of billions. Laumer writes great superhumans, but he does an especially good job humanizing them. Through each character's interaction with ordinary humans, we learn to sympathize and empathize with them, to care about them as people. Written in 1969 at the height of Laumer's power, the novel employs that quick-paced style that made Laumer so popular with his Retief series, but in a far darker and more profound novel. You'll want to read the entire novel in a sitting, then flip it and start over. A great book.
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Summary: Really good, I wish I had the rest
Review: This book tells the tale of a civilization that has been taken over by machines, where humans and other biological constructs are grown by machine and programmed with memories from the past. One man learns the truth and disobeys the "orders" he receives from his superiors that would result in the destruction of an inhabited planet (Earth). In order to keep his ship from carrying out the orders he crashes it on the planet. His friend comes to rescue him only to discover that he doesn't desire rescue.
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