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Date Posted: 16:48:37 04/15/02 Mon
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
Subject: Re: ANHOW Review of Books: A classic sci-fi trilogy
In reply to: mvd 's message, "Re: ANHOW Review of Books: A classic sci-fi trilogy" on 11:30:33 04/15/02 Mon

Adilbrand said most of what I would have said and I'm sure said it better (tip o' the hat to you, sir) but, here's the rest of what my answer would have been:

When I review a book I strive not to give away details that would hurt another reader's enjoyment of the story. This is my reaction to all of the movie trailers that include every funny line and plot twist that the movie has. Unfortunately, that can leave my reader with only a vague sense of what happens in the story, and that is something that I can't figure out how to overcome short of writing two seperate reviews, one with detail and one without. That strikes me as impractical.

In defense of the book, it really is written to the young adult level, which is why I read it as a kid, which I mentioned. However, the plot moves along nicely and the aliens really are the unique thing for the series, especially the second novel. An alien culture is presented here from the perspective of, perhaps, a 16 year old. Unlike, in Star Trek, the culture is not like human culture and there are no easy answers to the behavior of the Alien culture (remember the Star Trek planet where everyone was just like American Indians? - not like that at all).

I enjoyed the book, would heartily recommend it to anyone and would fully expect it to spark further interest in the genre, as it did for me.

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I see. No biggie. -- mvd, 17:06:00 04/15/02 Mon
- Re: I see. No biggie. -- yarosev, 18:28:17 04/24/06 Mon