- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (Dec 6 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 044102095X
- ISBN-13: 978-0441020959
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #168,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
"One of science fiction's most reliable practitioners" (San Francisco Chronicle) continues his saga of space exploration.
The mysterious alien Others have prohibited humans from space travel-destroying Earth's fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power. Now Carmen Dula, the first human to encounter Martians and then the mysterious Others, and her colleagues struggle to find a way, using nineteenthcentury technology, to reclaim the future that has been stolen from them.
About the Author
Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has served twice as president of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Massachusetts.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
TGIO (Thank God Its Over), Dec 18 2011
By James Tepper - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Earthbound (Hardcover)
After a brilliant start with "Marsbound", which left room for, but did not demand, a sequel, Haldeman's 3 book series headed straight downhill. The wonderful new ideas in the opener included not one but two first contacts, great SF tech and wonderful characters with witty banter. All this just crashed and burned in the sequel, "Starsbound", for which I ended my review as follows: "I am a huge fan of Joe Haldeman and this is the first of his novels that I didn't think was great. Certainly do not read this one without first reading Marsbound - this one is not stand-alone - and don't read this as your introduction to the great SF of Joe Haldeman. Try "The Accidental Time Machine" instead. Perhaps the final entry in the series will pull everything together. I sure hope so."Well, nope. The third one, "Earthbound" does tie everything up, but not in a very satisfying way. From a great outer space/alien romp, the series devolves into a third-rate post-apocalyptic bore that picks up right after the end of "Starsbound", on an Earth where all electrical power has been (somewhat magically) abolished by the Others. And there you have it. So far I've given away nothing, but there is really nothing to give away. Everything that made "Marsbound" so much fun is absent, and everything that made "Starsbound" so disappointing is here, and less. It was a chore to get through. In retrospect, I guess I wish I had given "Starsbound" 3 stars instead of 2 just so I could rate "Earthbound" lower. But in my scale, 1 star reviews are reserved for works that are so bad that they are unreadable, and as disappointing as it is, "Earthbound" does not qualify.
Major disappointment from an extremely talented author whom I respect very much.
Not recommended.
JM Tepper
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hope there's more..., Dec 12 2011
By dennisw61832 - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Earthbound (Hardcover)
Having really enjoyed the first two books in the Marsbound series, I was eagerly anticipating the arrival of Earthbound. I just finished it and all I can say is - hmmmm.....Haldeman stays true to the story line, the characters, the interplay between them and has very convincing scenarios for the "what if Earth was suddenly plunged back into 1800's technology". But, as I got closer and closer to the end, I kept wondering how he was going to end this. The end (which I won't spoil), came in just a few pages and felt like it was rushed and not thoroughly thought out. I sincerely hope this was not the finale to this wonderful series, since if it is, it's weak and not up to Haldeman's normal brilliant writing. I'm seriously hoping that this is an interlude between the terrific beginning of a great series and the tumultuous ending of the saga of Carmen Dula, the Martians and the Others. (Joe - if you read this, please let us know that more is in the works! Thanks.).
As a standalone book, Earthbound will make little sense to readers who are not aware of the two previous volumes. As a conclusion to the Marsbound series, it makes even less sense to the avid Haldeman fan. It only makes sense as a transitional novel between the Marsbound past and the Marsbound future.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Weak finish to a strong series..., Dec 18 2011
By B. Hubbard - Published on Amazon.com
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For a series that really felt like it was going somewhere in the first two books, this one never really had direction. Might be worth reading if you liked the first two books, but overall a disappointment.
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