Finally the book that ties it all together!!

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	• T2: The Future War (T2) S.m. Stirling Eos, 2004 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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Finally the book that ties it all together!!

I have read every Terminator book written and all of them are pretty but this book connects all the movies and all the other books together.

I don't want to give away anything in this review, but if you were ever wondering what happened just before Judgement day, during, and after, this is the book for you.

It does NOT just jump around and leave alot for you to guess at. It goes into all the things you wondered about.

How did Skynet build and progress after J-Day without human help....or did it?

How did Kyle Reese grow up to be the man that he is?

What were his parents like?

What happen to many of the military personal that were NOT near major cities during the first wave of the attack?

How did the resistance start? Who was for and against it?

It ties into the movies RIGHT till the very start of T-1.

The only bad thing about the book is that it is only 375 pages!! I wish it was longer.

Now that they filled in ALL the gaps, I am wondering where it will go next.....

I just hope where ever it goes that S.M. Stirling will write the book!

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Good, but very rushed.

This final entry into Stirling's great T2 series is overall a good read, telling the tale of John Connor's rise to leadership over the remnants of mankind in the war against the machines and their human followers. My major complaint is that the book feels rushed, as it covers about twenty years of war in one volume. Characters vital to the other two books, namely Snog's college buddies, are dropped here, with no explanation of what happened to them. Other characters come in for the first part of the book, but are killed off or disappear before the second half.

This gets insane near the end, as Kyle Reese's entire 20+ year life is covered in about 80 pages of what are basically vignettes interspersed with the main story of John's fight. This main story is also rushed, with two years or more flying by at a time. This is seriously what's crammed in the last ten pages:

-Skynet's defense grid is smashed.
-The time machine facility is captured in a huge battle.
-The Terminators go back in time.
-Kyle Reese and the good T-800 go back.
-The book ends.

And no, there weren't spoilers there, if you've seen the movies, which you should have if you're reading this series.

In conclusion, while the book is well-written, it feels like Stirling tried to cram what should have been two, or even more, books into a single novel. By all means, buy this if you've read the other two books and want to see the end of the series, because it's a good book. But this novel won't make anyone a new fan of the series, and even veterans of the Terminator saga like myself might get confused at the insane pace of the last hundred or so pages.

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Best of the trilogy

I've read all three books and while the first two were interesting and fun, they didn't really connect for me with the "universe" that is the Terminator concept.

This third book, however, really felt like it might happen, and was an extension of the existing movie-created story.

Yes, the story jumps through the future, but those jumps skip over periods of time that would require a book (or multiple books) in themselves.

Best part of this book? No cyber seals. Hated that foolishness about the 2nd book.

While reading the previous two books would be helpful, it's not required. Check this book out, assuming you can find it!

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Good book.

My 40 year old husband really enjoys these book. As a fan of Terminator, he likes to read all of the various spin off books and he has really enjoyed these.

The "Real" Story Revealed! Outstanding

T2: The Future War is the finest of the three T2 novels by S.M. Stirling. I fully concur with Mr. M. Billman's review of this book (see his review below on Amazon). This whole series expertly "tells" the story of the events leading up to Judgment Day and all the details of the war with the machines and the main characters of the T1 and T2 movies. Unlike other authors, Stirling doesn't go off the original storyline by inventing "new" ideas and events. This trilogy simply tells the tale that Kyle Reese told Sarah Connor in T-1 in fascinating detail. Of the 3 novels, this one stands out by providing most of the "missing" information from the movies; however, to get the full effect you MUST read all three (T2: Infiltrator, T2: Rising Storm). I must warn you though that Infiltrator and Rising Storm can be a bit boring with a lot of filler, but well worth the time and effort. Combined with The Future War, this series gives the Terminator fans EVERYTHING they need to know about the series. Be forewarned, forget about the disaster that was T3 and the coming disaster called T4 (unless they let James Cameron do the movie). You won't be disappointed!

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