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A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time. L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader--and man is an endangered species. From the... read more
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One of the undisputed epics of science fiction, this tome spans a period of several years in the life of Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Raised free in a village of humans descended from the survivors of an alien invasion which ended mankind's reign on earth, Tyler sets out to explore his world and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Jonnie Goodboy Tyler: Tall, handsome, smart. Likes to solve problems for people. A quick learner. Simple country lad who finds solutions to problems others haven't yet. Kicks some alien ass.
- Teri: Add a description of this character.
- Robert The Fox
- Ker
- Chrissie
- Terl
- Angus Mactavish
- Dwight
- Pattie
- Dunneldeen
- Mr. Tsung
- Schleim
- Brown Limper
- Lars
- Ivan
- Windsplitter
- Dr. Mac Kendrick
- Mac Adam
- Brigante
- Bittie Macleod
- Mark
- Soth
- Dr. Allen
- Numph
- Ionnie
- Stormalong
- Mac Tyler
- Ted
- Dom
- Jayed
- Allison
- Rogodeter Snowl
- Snith
- Glencannon
- Andrew
- Ellen
- Fowljopan
- Pierre
- Hockner
- Hitler
- Thompson
- Lonnie
- Blodgett
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“Wheeoo and whuff! We are free and clear and sailing like birds!”
Banker MacAdam
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Science fiction does NOT come after the fact of a scientific discovery or development. It is the herald of possibility. It is the plea that someone should work on the future. Yet it is not prophecy. It is the dream that precedes the dawn when the inventor or scientist awakens and goes to his books or his lab saying, “I wonder whether I could make that dream come true in the world of real science.”
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He was amazed what people could do if you let them just get at it, without a lot of government restricting them.
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just an enclosed housing in which space coordinates could be changed. As the coordinates changed, the housing was forced to go along, and this gave the motor power.
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And Intergalactic paid the Psychlo governors sixty trillion Galactic credits for the directions and the concession. One gas barrage and we were in business.”
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Teleportation over vast distances worked the same way. Matter and energy were pinned to the space, and when it was exchanged with another space, they simply changed too. Thus matter and energy would seem to disappear in one place and appear in another. They didn’t actually change. Only the space did.
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Applying the word “imaginative” to fantasy would be like calling an entire library “some words.”
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Space was dependent only upon three coordinates. When one dictated a set of space coordinates one shifted space itself. Any energy or mass contained in that space thereupon shifted with that space shift.
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governments might go through gestures of justice and perhaps even social work, but they remained cold, hard forces that could disrupt and shatter lives and people without conscience, without a second thought.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Psych Lo
- Scotland
- Chirk
- America
- Chamco
- Africa
- Edinburgh
- Hawvin
- Denver
- Russia
- Luxembourg
- Singapore
- Kariba
- Cornwall
- Tolnep
- Highlands
- China
- Asart
- Lake Victoria
- Zurich
- Fobia
- Earth
- Great Village
- Staffor
- Europe
- Bolbod
- Highpeak
- Snautch
- England
- Lord Voraz
- Sweden
- Colorado
- U.s. Mint
- Old Pork
Organizations edit
- The Intergalactic Bank: Run by Aliens with physical characteristics of sharks and insatiable appetites. Quite formal polite and conservative on the surface though. Um. don't turn your back.
First Sentence edit
"Man," said Terl, "Is an endangered species."
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Random Synapses: 100 Book Reading Challenge (2011). (community list)
This is book 3 of 98 in Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: Reader's List. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Fountainhead, and followed by The Lord of the Rings.
Authors & Contributors edit
- L. Ron Hubbard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: 9781592120536
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 9781592120536
Page Count: 1004
Publisher: 9781592120536
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 9781592120536
Page Count: 1004
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- Dewey: 813.52
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