MOTHER OF DEMONS: Amazon.ca: ERIC FLINT: Books

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An outcast with a perversion (she liked males); a great battle mother with an impossible task; a paleobiologist with a terrible sense of humor -- they were all revolutionaries, but had never expected this. . .

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Five revolutionaries--including a mercenary outcast, a holy leader, a battle-mother, a historical secret-keeper, and a paleobiologist--face a terror that none of them could have ever anticipated. Original."

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3.0 out of 5 stars Finish What was Started, Oct 19 2001

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Ernst Schraeder "ES" (Hadleyburg, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MOTHER OF DEMONS (Mass Market Paperback)

Eric Flint is a very creative individual who, by all accounts is generous with his time and is not above helping young writers. My problem w/ everything that I've read of his thus far...(can't remember how many books that would be)....is I feel as though I've read half of a really great Science-Fiction story. In this particular novel, I am guessing that the author wants you to envision what is in store for the unsuspecting aliens a hundred or so years down the road when the human star-colonists and the friendly aliens (I am dumbing down/oversimplifying this explanation so that I'm not spoiling anything.) get their act together. I wanted to see that future. I felt cut off. Another beef I have with his writing style, (to be fair others disagree), is he puts you in every character's head. The reason I object to this is it slows the book down, to meet so many characters. I'm not denying that what you read won't be entertaining but to me reading Mother of Demons was a little like taking the girl of your dreams to the prom only to have her pass out on you before you get to dance. I'm not denying the skill and artistry of someone who excels at something that I can't do, but I want to fewer characters doing more and more action. Mr. Flint, if you do read this, I really do enjoy your books but the ones I have read, have left me wishing to see, what lies ahead.

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3.0 out of 5 stars It has problems, Jan 4 2001

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"wyrminarrd" - See all my reviews

This review is from: MOTHER OF DEMONS (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought that entire idea about was a bit screwd upp and her great "inner torment" was over played and over done, making the novel a bit hard to swollow. Further more I thought everything was colored by the authors own notions and belives and he keept throwing it at one all the time (is it just me or is Flint realy enamored of mongols?). I wouldn't recommand this book to anyone other then a fan of his (not a fan of is work on Belisarius wich I am).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-done military-political SF -- 4.5 stars, Dec 23 2000

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Peter D. Tillman (Taos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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A human starship has crash-landed on Ishtar, a planet inhabited by the gukuy, Bronze-age land squid. First contact is violent, and the humans (who are the titular demons) soon find themselves forced to take sides in a tribal war....

This sort of thing has been done, umm, once or twice before, but seldom as well as here. Flint's aliens are well thought-out and biologically plausible. The tiny human colony's predicament is nicely portrayed: one of the human leaders is a historian, and she is painfully aware of how good intentions can lead to monstrous evil.

There are some first-novel rough spots -- Flint's exposition is lumpy and sometimes preachy -- but he's an outstanding storyteller, which more than makes up for the (minor) problems. Recommended.

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2.0 out of 5 stars More of a Lesson in History than Anything
I bought this book originally because it was listed as "Fantasy" on the binding of the book and looked rather interesting. Read more

Published on Nov 15 2000 by AllieKat

4.0 out of 5 stars A first-rate first novel
A very enjoyable read. Flint's world is very interesting (and quite unusual). The action is a bit slow at the beginning, but picks up. Read more

Published on July 3 2000 by Glenn H. Reynolds