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Last Starship from Earth, The 2 reviews
John Boyd
Weybright and Talley, 1968
SF ahead of its time
This is a truly fantastic book. I can't imagine how I went all these years without knowing about John Boyd but now that I've read this I'll be looking for more.
This book was written in 1968 and the thing that jumped out at me right from page one was how ahead of his time John Boyd was. He added words to his dialogue which gave the book a futuristic feel. That is common these days but in the ...
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Starship4 reviews
Kevin D. Randle
Ace, 2003
Slow Boat to the Stars
Starship is the second novel in the Exploration Chronicles, following Signals. In the previous volume, astronomers determined that signals coming from space were being emitted by an FTL spacecraft. The Earth alliance sent out a newly developed long-range spaceship to meet the incoming starship, but the alien vessel veered off after detecting it and headed back out to deep space. The visit of ...
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Starship Castaways2 reviews
Nina M Osier
AuthorHouse, 2001
Hey, Star Trek: Next Gen fans, heads up!
The spaceship Archangel had been escorting a freighter through Clan space when they were attacked. Only a few of its crew survived. Refuge was found on board an alien-built space station deep within enemy territory. Each surviving sole wondered if they would ever be rescued. Most dreamed of returning home to loved ones. A few found life on the space station to their liking and hoped no one would ...
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Starship Troopers2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Berkley, 1982
A classic!
Maligned by a movie with which it shares a title and some character names but little else, Starship Trooper remains one of the classic works of a giant of the sci-fi genre. Like most of the great titans who turned it from a pulp genre to serious literature, Heinlein used his work to develop complex and often thought provoking critiques on society. Starship Trooper is no exception. Like many of ...
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Mercenary (Starship, Book 3)6 reviews
Mike Resnick
Pyr, 2007
sneaks up on you
You have to have read the first two books to read this one. This is an on going chess game between Resnick, the author, and you, the reader. The first tdwo set up the story line of a wandering Navy hero without a country with a ship and crew of dedicated followers roaming the edges of space looking for a purpose. You had the story of them getting kicked out of the navy and then the story of ...
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Starship Troopers11 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Ace Trade, 2006
Paying for the Right to Vote
When Heinlein first penned this work in response to a call by some politicians to unilaterally disarm the United States, I doubt if he thought it would become one of his best known and most controversial works, a work which continues to have steady sales and whose influence on the science-fiction field has been enormous.
It's a simple story, one of the growth of Juan Rico from boy to man, as ...
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Scooter and the Galactic Starship2 reviews
Douglas R. Robinson
Topeka Bindery, 2002
Scooter should be here to stay
Scooter is a 10 year old with a problem. The latest greatest video game is about to burst on the scene and he just has to have it. One big thing is stopping Scooter from achieving his goal... money. The game costs an astonishing amount of money and his allowance doesn't cover the cost, further compounded by the horror of horrors to all children. His mom and dad have decided at this critical ...
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Starship Moonhawk: Inside Outsider3 reviews
Michael Prokop
Stonegarden.Net Publishing, 2002
A Great beginning and an easy read.
The story of the Moonhawk's launch is peppered with intrigue as a sabotuer slips aboard. It moves along fairly quickly, the only parts that might trip up a casual sci-fi reader is the military jargon. It touches on many different reactions within a populace when a diaster occurs and a member of a specific organization, or social group might be the culprit. The author conveys his distaste of ...
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Have You Seen The Stars Tonite: The Jefferson Starship Flight Manual 1974-1978 & J.S. The Next Generation ...3 reviews
Craig Fenton
CreateSpace, 2008
I've Seen The Stars Tonite thanks to Craig Fenton's new Jefferson Starship book
Approximately two years ago Craig Fenton gave us the Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual with Take Me To A Circus Tent. He returns with Have You Seen The Stars Tonite (Jefferson Stsrship Flight Manual) 74-78 as well as 1992-2007.
Once again the level of expertise reaches the heart of not only the reader but an original Jefferson Airplane member. Marty Balin gave Craig some accolades on the back ...
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Starship Troopers5 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Blackstone Audio Inc., 2007
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that these ...
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Starship Troopers1 review
Berkley, 1968
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that ...
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Ketchup Power and the Starship Meatloaf1 review
Jerry Piasecki
Bt Bound, 1999
Funny and Clever!
Ketchup Power and the Starship Meatloaf is a very funny, witty, intelligently-written story comparable to Captain Underpants in its humor, although it is considerably longer and has no illustrations.
In the far future, ketchup has become the primary fuel source, leading to the invention of synchochup, a syntethic ketchup fuel that eventually destroys the devices using it for power. People ...
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Starship Troopers1 review
Robert A. Heinlein
Ace Trade, 2006
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that ...
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Starship Troopers1 review
Robert A. Heinlein
Berkley, 1980
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that ...
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Sex and Your Heart Health: A Cardiologist Tells All1 review
Henry G. Stratmann; M.D.; F.A.C.C.; F.A.C.P. and Maryellen Stratmann; M.D.
Starship Press, LLC, 2007
Review
Finally a book on heart health that can be understood by the consumer. Fun to read, easy to understand, excellent explanations of medical terminology and diagnostic procedures used to obtain accurate diagnosis. Concise information on prescription medications and their effects. Easy-to-read tables describe symptoms, names of drugs commonly prescribed, and procedures used to correct cardiac ...
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Star Trek the Next Generation Innerspace Playset - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D1 review
Playmates
Playmates
My toddler is now a Trekkie
Before we got this please note that my three year old son has already watched TOS and a bit of STNG. He falls in love with any toy I improvise that has to do with Star Trek and of course he loves his ships. His favorite is a Corgi Enterprise he actually goes to bed with (we take it away quietly as it's rather sharp and heavy metal) and now he has this Enterprise-D. I let him get 'into' ST as he ...
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Star Trek Blueprints: The Complete Set of 12 Authentic Blueprints of the Fabulous Starship Enterprise1 review
Ballantine, 1973
Great vintage Trek set
I first saw these in high school in the early 70's. Several years later I was able to get a re-issue of them. Wonderful for fans of the Classic Trek series. Each sheet unfolds into a long rectangular sheet, showing the layout of each deck from top to bottom. Franz Joseph has had to interpolate many areas, as the show as not always consistent in how it portrayed the layout of the ship. For ...
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Starship Troopers1 review
Robert A. Heinlein
Berkley, 1977
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that these ...
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STARSHIP TROOPERS1 review
Berkley Books, 1968
Interesting experiment (look up Rodger W. Young) on the net.
As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that ...
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Starship Troopers1 review
Robert M. Heinlein
Gustav Lubbe Verlag GmbH, 1959
Starship Trooper: a essay on citizenship
Lately it has become fashionable to subscribe to the theory that Robert Heinlein was a fascist. Certainly, many aspects of the movie based on his classic novel "Starship Troopers" reflected that fashion. Nothing could be further from the truth. Starship troopers was nothing more, or less, than a treatise on citizenship. Himself having served in the US Navy, Heinlein knew firsthand the subject ...
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