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Summary: Best book in the trilogy
Review: A very good book, one of my all time favorites. Although, I somewhat disagree with Fosters recurrent theme of humanity's violent tendencies (presented a bit simplistic or naive in a way) it didn't keep me from enjoying this book. It is a great start to the series, and by far the best of the trilogy. There is also a little twist in the first contact theory. Humans carry some advantages that aren't often represented in most scifi stories. I also enjoyed the switching between POVs during the initial encounters, judgments that are made about each side.
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Summary: W O W !!! T O T A L L Y E X C E L L E N T !!!
Review: An excellent series by Foster wherein he explores Humanity's penchant for violence. Earth is discovered by a race of beings involved in an inter-galactic war. This race, once thought to be one of the most violent, finds that Humans are not only more violent, but also extremely capable of waging war. The surprise at the end of the third volume will knock you out of your seat.
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Summary: Greatest sci-fi book out there
Review: I must have read this book six times and I never tire of it, Alan dean Foster's best book by far and I still haven't read a book by him that I did not like. His way of showing humanity from alien point of view is great and the design of the culters of these aliens and mental make-up is wonderfull.
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Summary: Good despite its flaws
Review: I'll be honest. Some of the ideas in this book are silly, such as Earth being tectonically active alone among thousands of inhabited planets, like one reviewer already pointed out. Never mind how the aliens are completely ignorant of tectonics despite all of their other wonderful science.
The main reason I like the book is because it panders to biased view of humanity as princes among carbon-based lifeforms. I like the vision of humans being the strongest, fastest and most vicious species in the stars, and Foster did a good job of portraying the shock of the other races at this.
I see more and more flaws in the plot as the years go by, but I gave it four stars because it's kept me thinking about the subject for such a long time.
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Summary: Good despite its flaws
Review: I'll be honest. Some of the ideas in this book are silly, such as Earth being tectonically active alone among thousands of inhabited planets, like one reviewer already pointed out. Never mind how the aliens are completely ignorant of tectonics despite all of their other wonderful science.
The main reason I like the book is because it panders to biased view of humanity as princes among carbon-based lifeforms. I like the vision of humans being the strongest, fastest and most vicious species in the stars, and Foster did a good job of portraying the shock of the other races at this.
I see more and more flaws in the plot as the years go by, but I gave it four stars because it's kept me thinking about the subject for such a long time.
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Summary: Excellent twist on a 'first contact' story
Review: I'm truly surprised someone hasn't made a movie on this story. It's got everything an epic adventure needs.
It was a page turner from beginning to end. Suffice it to say that by the end of the novel, neither the Weave, the Amplitur, nor the Earth, will ever be quite the same again.
I'm off to pick up the second volume to see what happens next. I must say I loved the heavies, the Amplitur. Surrender to them is a fate worse than death as you'll find out in the novel. I think they were definately used as a model for future villain races in Star Trek and Bab5.
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Summary: Humanity ascendant in interplanetary conflict
Review: The idea that Earth's humanity is an inferior life form (physically and/or mentally) to other intelligent or aggressive types pervades science fiction and fantasy, yet there is no reason to presume that this would be the case. It is equally possible that humanity would be superior in many ways to other forms and this attitude has seldom been explored. Foster explores it in this book. Although exactly what is "superior" and what is "inferior" in moral terms is left open to question, the author leaves no doubt that humans are definitely unique to all other known forms in making war successfully. In addition, they appear to be stronger, more versatile and faster than the other intelligent types that are present. It's an interesting idea that should have come to maturity many years ago and finally has
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Summary: A fun read.
Review: This was the first of Foster's books that I have read. I enjoyed it very much. Foster does a great job of illustrating the hypocrisy of modern man through the eyes of aliens. I was really surprised to see the change that Will undergoes after Caldaq leaves Earth, this was certainly an interesting twist. One word of caution I would offer to those that are thinking of reading this book is that it does not really end. It just sort of stops. It is part of a three part series and it seems that in order to find any resolution, the whole series is required reading. However, I found the book entertaining enough to warrant the reading of the next book, and would have no problem recommending it to any science fiction fan.
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Summary: A fun read.
Review: This was the first of Foster's books that I have read. I enjoyed it very much. Foster does a great job of illustrating the hypocrisy of modern man through the eyes of aliens. I was really surprised to see the change that Will undergoes after Caldaq leaves Earth, this was certainly an interesting twist. One word of caution I would offer to those that are thinking of reading this book is that it does not really end. It just sort of stops. It is part of a three part series and it seems that in order to find any resolution, the whole series is required reading. However, I found the book entertaining enough to warrant the reading of the next book, and would have no problem recommending it to any science fiction fan.
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