Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth
Age Range
12+
Release Date
January 01, 1984
ISBN
0884046818
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A New York Times and perennial international bestseller in both hardcover and paperback -- voted one of the best science fiction novels of all time in a poll of half a million science fiction readers.Containing nearly 450,000 words, and over 1,000 pages in length -- the biggest single-volume science fiction novel ever published -- Battlefield Earth continues to engage and enrich the imaginations of millions of readers throughout the world and to garner both wide critical acclaim and such literary accolades as the Saturn, Gutenburg and Tetradramas D'Oro awards.

From the novel's menacing opening moments when Terl, the alien Psychlo security guard warns that "Man is an endangered species", Battlefield Earth unfolds against a vast canvas of intergalactic conflict and intrigue, adventure and danger, defeat and victory.

Earth has been dominated for one thousand years by the giant, gas-breathing invaders from the aggressor planet Psychlo. Now, at the bleak dawn of the third millennium, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, one of the handful of human beings that have survived ten centuries of conquest and annihilation, decides to boldly venture out of his dwindling, stricken community in the Rocky Mountains.

Although initially captured and enslaved by Terl, he pits courage and resourcefulness against the Pychlo's naked force. With the aid of a band of tough Scots, Jonnie mounts a final challenge to the apparently invincible Psychlo power that is systematically plundering and destroying Earth.

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Reader reviewed by starjammer

Saddly, many ppl watched the movie version of this and never picked up the book. They have no clue what they missed.

A great story of love and human survival. Even witha bit of a slow start this book will suck you in all the way to the last page (which is much later in things than the movie). The characters are well written and strong in thier own right with a brilliant storyline. Tons of twists and turns help this book stay a classic among SF lovers.
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Very clever book
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Reader reviewed by Heidi

Very clever! If you saw the movie, forget everything you saw, because it has little to do with the book. It has a very interesting plot, and the many problems that occur require fine tuned solutions, and they are done in a most clever way. Even when I was not reading this book it was going on inside my head. It is my favourite book (next to TLoTR). I highly recomend it to any SF fan. It is long, but you'll find you just can't get enough!
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