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Through Struggle, the Stars: new science fiction space combat novel
http://www.thehumanreach.net/index.htm
The novel is written by John Lumpkin, who is a former military affairs and national security reporter. The geopolitics is quite believable, and the spaceships are scientifically accurate. But mostly it is a great yarn with lots of starship battles, interspersed with undercover intelligence operations on dangerous planets. |
08-06-2011, 02:19 AM | #2 |
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Yikes, I hope the novel isn't green text on a black background.
Looks like a lot of effort into it, at least... |
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For $3, it's certainly worth a try.
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Or, for those ancient Romans here at MR, "ad astra per aspera"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_aspera_ad_astra That phrase was used as the intro for an Asimov story (I don't remember which one). It is also on a plaque at the site of the Apollo 1 fire. |
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Book review by William McHale
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/78199 |
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Looks a very good read. The website is very informative.
Will purchase this shortly. |
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and purchased!
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Let us know what you think about it.
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08-12-2011, 10:35 PM | #9 |
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Read the first 70 pages last night and enjoying the story very much.
Reminds me of an RPG game I played in the mid eighties called Traveller 2300AD. Hopefully there will be more in the series as I firmly believe that, given the richness of this near future, there can be many stories told. |
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Yes, it is Traveller flavored. I'm glad you are enjoying it.
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Bought it.
It's in my evergrowing TBR-list. |
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Stayed up late to finish this ebook last night as I could not put my reader down.
I really enjoyed the Aussie involvement as well. Recommended. |
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I'm glad you liked it!
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The next logical question would be, is when the sequel is due?
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I heard he is working on it, but it will be a while. Right now he is busy trying to find reviewers to send copies to and otherwise promote the book. Unfortunately his agent retired a few months back so he has to do everything himself.
I did find the crew of the Australian ship to be enjoyable, but I'm sure you found it even more so. It was a nice touch. |
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