- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Cosmos Books (Oct 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1930997795
- ISBN-13: 978-1930997790
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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DEATH WILL NOT RELEASE YOU Ken Jacklin is a soldier who has died many times. Rossa Corman has a communications talent that depends on pain. Together they must make an excruciating journey via makeshift matter transmitter and persuade a distrustful, war-torn planetary colony to halt research into Anomalous Physics -- the maverick science whose side effects include continent-busting nullbombs, exploding suns, and a mysterious final weapon called the Devourer. Gradually Jacklin and Corman realize that what Earth has told them about their own mission is a labyrinth of bluff and lies.... A high-tension hard SF thriller.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard SF at its Best!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Space Eater (Paperback)
Langford had a long career as a professional physicist, and this shows in the convincing physics he puts on display in this fast-moving, thought-provoking tale. At the same time, he wears his expertise lightly: the reader is never stifled by the science, nor struggling to comprehend it. Very few authors get this balance right, but Langford does it perfectly ... and tells a rollicking good tale into the bargain. Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly good easy readin' scifi,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Space Eater (Paperback)
A surprisngly good read. I bought this as one of perhaps fifty scifi paperbacks at a used bookstore; it was good enough to make me go and look up what else he's written. (Rather a lot, it turns out.) Just good scifi.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly good easy readin' scifi,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Space Eater (Paperback)
A surprisngly good read. I bought this as one of perhaps fifty scifi paperbacks at a used bookstore; it was good enough to make me go and look up what else he's written. (Rather a lot, it turns out.) Just good scifi.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard SF at its Best!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Space Eater (Paperback)
Langford had a long career as a professional physicist, and this shows in the convincing physics he puts on display in this fast-moving, thought-provoking tale. At the same time, he wears his expertise lightly: the reader is never stifled by the science, nor struggling to comprehend it. Very few authors get this balance right, but Langford does it perfectly ... and tells a rollicking good tale into the bargain. Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome "Pandoras Box" Sci-Fi!,
By citizenVern "citizenVern" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Space Eater (Paperback)
Excellent writing with great details, from gruesome first-person deaths to tricky situations that reminded me of the great dilemmas Asimov would set up in the Foundation series (which constitutes about 1/3 of the sci-fi i've read ;) I'm not sure if certain small, insignificant parts were confusing, or if i was just sleep-deprived. Either way, i couldn't stop reading and finished it in 2 days.
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