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This Day All Gods Die (Mass Market Paperback)

by Stephen R. Donaldson (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 688 pages
Publisher: Spectra; Reissue edition (Jan 1 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553573284
ISBN-13: 978-0553573282
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.6 x 3.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 327 g

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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Tough-as-nails Morn Hyland, pirate-turned-cyborg Angus Thermopyle, and the whole crew from the United Mining Company Police are back in the final book of the Gap series, This Day All Gods Die. The Gap plot has raced through the galaxy at breakneck speeds, and the conclusion is no exception.

Morn, her alien-grown son Davies, geneticist/engineer Vector Sheed, competent Mikka, and her cabin-boy brother Ciro wait aboard Trumpet. Angus lies unconscious, possibly in permanent stasis. Ciro plots to destroy the ship, driven insane by the knowledge that alien mutagens have been shot into him by Nick Succorso's sworn enemy, Sorus Chatelaine. Following nearby, Min Donner, faithful head of the UMCP Executive Division, watches the action and grits her teeth aboard Captain Dolph's battle-fatigued Punisher. Will Morn trust her? Will her voice commands over Angus's programming prevail? Who has survived the strange journey and battles since leaving the Lab? Back at United Mining headquarters, the Dragon and UMCP Chief Warden Dios's strange, twisted duel of manipulation, assassination, and corruption comes to a head when an Amnion warship sets course for Earth... and that's just the first few pages.

Get set for more of the action, betrayal, characterizataion, intrigue, corruption, and adventure you've enjoyed in the previous Gap books. If it has been a few years since you read the last installment, you may have trouble remembering some names and particularly insidious points of plot and government intrigue; you may even be tempted to reread the preceding books. Also troubling is Angus's continual rumination of a couple phrases, including "We've committed a crime against your soul" and "It's got to stop." However, you may be reading so fast you won't notice. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Drawing on a rich vein of science fiction, Donaldson brings to a resounding, though not triumphant, conclusion his Gap series, begun with The Gap into Conflict (1992) and continued through The Gap into Madness (1994). The struggle between Warden Dios, director of the United Mining Companies Police, and Horst Fasner, CEO of United Mining Companies itself, reaches a climax here. So does the tension between the human race and the alien Amnion, exacerbated by human development of a drug that prevents people from being mutated into the aliens. Meanwhile, much-victimized Morn Hyland and her motley crew are heading for Earth and arrive at the same time as an Amnion warship. The first third of the novel wins no marks for pacing, but later portions pick up speed, with the final battles near Earth satisfying all requirements for logic, excitement and catharsis. Donaldson's usual weaknesses are in evidence: substitution of scenery-chewing and angst for characterization, and an abundance of prolix passages. Too, this volume may confound those new to the series. But it's a crowd-pleasing story told on a grand scale, SF adventure with a genuinely galactic feel.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing captstone to the Gap series, Nov 13 2003

By	Omar Siddique (Ellicott City, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This volume caps Donaldson's amazing Gap series. Those familiar with my reviews know that I don't lightly describe something as amazing. This is easily the most captivating SF series I have read in years, and unlike many series, it does not peter out or become predictable in later volumes.

As you would expect of Donaldson's work, the real story is about the characters and their flaws and struggles -- he takes us deep into the well developed personalities of each major character, and how they persevere, or fail, despite their weaknesses.

The series is pretty cleanly wrapped up in this volume, with few unanswered questions left at the end. If you've come this far in the series, of course you want to read this one too!

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Finale!, Nov 4 2003

By	Maru (LI!) - See all my reviews

In 'The Real Story', Donaldson ruminates on how he permuted Wagner's 'Ring' into what would become this series. All through the books I was anxiosuly awaiting to see how it would wind up. I was considerably worried in the in-betweener books (if I see another analysis of what the hell happened on the illegal station again, I'll barf.) However, in this book, we are not bored to tears, and the intrigue is actually exciting and interesting. My doubts were turned to admiration as i closed the last page, after reading extracts from Hashi's diaries, I could appreciate the title even more. Now, I think I'm going to curl up wiht my bilingual copy of the ring and the elder edda.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the trouble of getting through the series, Jan 18 2001

By	J. D. Edwards (Grapevine, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I started reading the series, I was wary. Various people warned me of the brutality I would encounter. Thus, I read out of curiosity. After finishing book one, I decided that I had encountered neither the brutality nor the intricate characters or plot I had expected.

However, I plowed forward. As the books went on, the characters gained depth, the plot twisted and grew more precarious, and I started taking sides.

By the time I reached this final book of the saga, I was fully hooked, and rightly so. Donaldson ties it all together in the final volume. The intrigue unwinds with a domino effect and plays itself out quite nicely. Further, although many plots and subplots reach fruition, he does not insult the reader by leaving us with a happy world with carefree characters. This is as it should be - a series about a period in time, not a novel claiming to encompass all relavant times.

I would recommend that readers not stop with the first book of the series, or even the second. Keep reading and you will understand the politics at work, which makes this final book all the more satisfying.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked too often -- One of the best books I've ever read
I feel this series is truly one of the best I have ever read, and the most overlooked by serious science fiction readers. Read more

Published on April 1 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars What a finish!
A superb ending to an excellent series. The Gap Cycle has "super-light proton cannon"-ed its way into the class of the greatest science-fiction works of all time. Read more

Published on Dec 24 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars One Thomas Covenant is enough already!
I was a big fan of Donaldson's previous fantasy novels, but he has almost lost me with this tedious series. Read more

Published on Nov 2 1999 by Craig Mc

4.0 out of 5 stars Climactic and conclusive. Warden Dios' gambit succeeds.
Sadism and back-stabbing wind down as the fifth and last book in the Gap Series closes in on the final showdown between humanity and the Amnion. Read more

Published on Aug 11 1999 by Loren Rosson III