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Liked It “This book, part 6 in the series, takes place in the far future, after a brutal galactic war. Klikiss robots pretended to be humanity’s friend, building soldier compies (battle computers) for the Earth Defense Forces in their war against the hydrogues. The compies were all programmed to turn...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Nice try Mr. Anderson. You thought I could be convinced to stop by random plot elements and unconvincing resolutions. ***Spoiler Alert***
mak52 wrote this review Wednesday, October 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Angry?!? You just have to make them angry?!?
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Still sort of a page turner and I will finish the series, I will!”“This book, part 6 in the series, takes place in the far future, after a brutal galactic war. Klikiss robots pretended to be humanity’s friend, building soldier compies (battle computers) for the Earth Defense Forces in their war against the hydrogues. The compies were all programmed to turn against their human hosts at a particular moment, killing thousands and stealing many Earth battleships. Sirix, the leader of the robots, uses these Earth battleships to attack undefended Earth colonies. The leader of Earth, Chairman Basil Wenceslas, is forced to abandon all of Earth’s colonies, to concentrate whatever forces he has left on Earth’s defense. The figurehead monarchy, King Peter and Queen Estarra, escape to a forest world called Theroc, to set up a rival confederation, which the former Earth colonies gladly join. Now that the war is over, Chairman Wenceslas wants those former colonies back under his leadership. He makes an example of an average, undefended farming colony, by sending a fleet with orders to flatten and destroy everything. The whole event is filmed, and is to be shown to all other former Earth colonies. Meantime, the original Klikiss are a black, insectoid race that live in colonies (like a bee hive). They have an overwhelming desire to fight and destroy all other colonies, called breedexes. They attack breedexes on other planets through transportals, teleportation portals spread all over the galaxy. When there is only one breedex left, it grows until critical mass is reached, and that breedex spreads to other planets via the transportals, when the fighting resumes. The original Klikiss were thought to have been extinct thousands of years ago, leaving their mark on many, now inhabited, planets. They’re back, and they want their planets back. The Klikiss have no problem at all with annihilating anyone, or anything, that gets in their way. When reading a series, I am one of those who must do it in order, so the summary in the front of this book is a big help. It also helps because there is a lot going on in this book, perhaps too much. Having said that, if the rest of the series is as good as this volume, it is very much worth checking out. It is a very interesting story that will certainly keep the attention of the reader. ”
plappen wrote this review Sunday, February 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Kevin J. Anderson's epic space saga is the most gripping sci-fi I've ever read. Far from a Rodenberryesque utopian view of the future, The Saga of Seven Suns shows an earth government that has never learned from it's tainted past. The repercussions of corrupt and delusional leadership on a galactic playing field are devastingly plausible and very entertaining. A huge cast of characters whose fates are inextricably linked makes this a memorable epic. I will be eagerly awaiting the last book, but sad to see it come to an end.”
Tim G wrote this review Monday, January 28 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a well-done sci-fi series. The characters and groups of people and planets are well-developed. The only drawback, to me, is that there are so many characters and story-lines going that sometimes it's hard to keep up with. An entertaining read, though.”
AUkat wrote this review Thursday, January 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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