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Review of Battlefield Earth
- A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time. L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader--and man is an endangered species. From the handful of surviving humans a courageous leader emerges--Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, who challenges the invincible might of the alien Psychlo empire in a battle of epic scale, danger and intrigue with the fate of the Earth and of the universe in the tenouos balance.
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- Posted on 2008-07-09
Could not put it down
I have read many fictional novels before, but this one tops them all. After I read this book I was left thinking that i could never find a book that was as well written as this one. So far I haven't.
I never found a trace of his religion in it, partly because I wasn't looking. Battlefield Earth never got boring and it always had something interseting going on.
I highly recomend this book if you are looking for a fun read!!!!
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-05-01
Battlefield Earth
I was hesitant many years back to read L. Ron Hubbard's SciFi books since I wasn't a fan of his sciendtology. However; I am glad I didn't let that stop me reading his other books. I was impressed with the science fiction he wrote and read all books in that genre. It really is sad what they did with this one when they transferred it to the screen. By far the worst movie John Travolta was ever associated with. The book is worth the read though. Perhaps someday they will make another of his books into a movie and do a better job of it. Be sure to read his "Mission Earth Series" if you like plenty of low brow action.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-03-18
A good read
I found the book hard to put down. Last time I read it I was a fairly young adult, and missed the influences in the material. When I read it most recently, I enjoyed it as entertainment as well. No, its not the most technically proficient book I've ever read.
I found the introduction and "biography" fascinating; they really helped me get a sense for LRH through his own words and the way he describes his life. The text itself should be read for insights into his "psychology"
My great regret about owning this book, and unfortunately it is really water under the bridge, is that by purchasing I was effectively donating money to the church of scientology. I wish that I could undo that.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2008-03-14
Forget the movie, forget scientology, but read this book!
The movie was unbelievably bad. Scientology - dunno. I've never read anything about the topic. L. Ron Hubbard seems to be a fantastically accomplished person, explorer, adventurer, author, renaissance man. I expect he started a religion for the tax free status and decided to come up with a belief system that would appeal to uneducated, weak minded hollywood actors and actresses who are not prone to critical thinking and would give generously from their star studded bank accounts. Sharp people have been getting wealthy off of fools for millenia. Nothing new here.
But, on to the book. It's good. It's long, but you'll be hooked and stay up all night reading it. In between Shakespeare and Jane Austen I love to pull out Battlefield Earth and read it again and again.
It's a rollicking good time, a classic "valiant but outnumbered humans battle impossible odds and take back the earth from the alien conquerors" book. It's an epic saga in every sense of the word.
Anyone interested in:
Piloting
Aerospace
Electronics
Economics
Banking/Finance
Geopolitics
Gold
Scotland
Bagpipes
Survival
Post-apocalyptic living
Spaceships
Colorado
Mining
Diplomacy
Art
Culture
Weapons technology
Rocky Mountains
Medicine
Literacy
Peppermint
Buddhism
Ming Dynasty
Education
Endangered species
Horses
Teleportation technology
Uranium
Risk taking
Adventure
should read this book. It is storytelling at its most pure and one of the finest examples ever produced.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-02-14
I Had to Bathe my Eyes in Fire
I read this in high school as I was curious about many different ideas, philosophies, religions, and had a vague notion that it was attached to the founder of the Dianetics thing and more importantly, I loved reading just about anything. I finished the book and spent a few relaxing minutes with coals in my eye sockets to get the awful plot loopholes, the Deus Ex Machina every five pages, and the painfully awkward rhythm and flow of the story to leech out of my brain.
After college, I came back to this fond old chestnut as it somehow kept reappearing on bestseller lists and incredible reviews. Maybe I had judged it too harshly; maybe I had been going through my Ayn Rand phase and just didn't read it the right way.
About halfway through it book I enjoyed a brief soak in a tub of acid to wash away where it had touched me. This book is just inexcusably, unmitigatedly, painfully awful. Every chapter should be titled "Then Yet Another Unexplained Miracles Happens, While the Antagonists Trip Over Themselves." "Ha-ha!" This wasn't about the triumph of the Hero or Man, or The Human Spirit, it was about aliens are so ridiculously incompetent they can't even take a bath.
Ahhhh yes, sweet skin just beginning to grow back. It itches a little.
Score: 1