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5.0 out of 5 stars All time favourite, May 5 2004

By	"fifthelement" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starhammer (Mass Market Paperback)

I first read this book many years ago after purchasing it along with a bunch of others at a secondhand book stall. I've read it many times since and never get tired of doing so. Just a sensational story that deserves to be made into a blockbuster of a film. If you love sci fi and haven't read this book yet then do so without any delay. It doesn't matter if you have to beg, borrow or steal the money to buy the book - just do so. You'll be all the richer for having done so!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Old but still exciting, Mar 25 2004

By	Craig "hole_west_of_town" (Rensselaer, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starhammer (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is one of my dumpster diving finds from almost 15 years ago. It has no cover and is about the most damaged book I own.

But, I treat it as best I can, considering I have read it at least twice every year since I found it. It is a detailed trip into a bleak future, where mankind is saved long before it ever reached the stars.

The book has some technical flaws, and the pacing changes through the story, but for all that it presents ideas and visions with clarity and imagination. I would love a story about the long past heros of the novel.

The plusses of the book significantly outweigh the minuses. The heros are thinking, feeling beings, the villans obviously think a different way, and the true villan turns out to be much scarier than expected. Plus, its smart.

In all this is a very exciting and fast paced (mostly) book that is a vision of redemption.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Sci-Fi Tales, May 16 2002

By	Steven Crawford (Greenville, SC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Starhammer (Mass Market Paperback)

This is my favorite sci-fi story of them all (and I've read quite a few). I know the phrase is overused, but this book truly is must-reading for the serious sci-fi fan. It essentially takes the classic quest motif and recasts it within a futuristic setting. The result is a book that I've had to read several times -- so good and entertaining is its story-telling. If there are any Hollywood types reading this, you should give serious consideration to making Starhammer into a feature film. I think, if professionally done, it would rival Star Wars as the greatest sci-fi epic adventure. Christopher Rowley blows away the pathetic futuristic junk we're all too accustomed too. Oh, and don't miss reading the follow-up book The Vang: The Military Form. That's a great one.

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Published on Feb 8 2001 by Graham

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