Aftermath [Import] [Paperback]

LeVar Burton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books; First Softcover Edition edition (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0575603712
• ISBN-13: 978-0575603714
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,525,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best book ever writtten, but OK, March 19, 2002

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Julia Walter (Cobleskill, NY United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Aftermath (Audio Cassette)

This isn't a great book, for a great book by a Trek author check out _A Stitch in Time_ by Andrew Robinson, but it is one I am glad I read. I hope Burton continues to write, he has some cool ideas in this book. I heard about this book in _Dark Matter_ an anthology of amazing sf by African-Americans.

So, this book is not racist as other reviewers say, though if you are, you may not like the book. It's not a book written only for Black folks as other reviewers also say. It's a quest book in a dystopian near-future. The dystopia Burton presents seems very real to me: there *will be* a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault which would mess up everything from New Orleans to Chicago. It may happen this year or it may happen in 100 years, but it's going to happen. I hope we're going to have an African-American president soon. If he were assassinated, I could imagine cities exploding in racial violence.

While the characters are somewhat flat and one is pretty non-existant, it's worth a few bucks or to borrow from the library. It definately adds to the body of African-Americans writing sf.
(And it's dedicated to his wife, children and mother, not Octavia Butler. Who writes her own near-future dystopias.)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A SO_SO BOOK THAT DOESN'T LIVE UP TO IT'S POTENTIAL, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Aftermath (Mass Market Paperback)

I read AFTERMATH by LEVAR BURTON and although he gives it a good try I found my mind wandering while I was reading the book and here's why. I felt that the charachters were just too uninteresting they didn't grab my attention like they should to make a good story although I was intrigued by some of the book's points such as the earthquake and the civil war I felt that it could'nt compensate for the above. So all in all I can not recommend AFTERMATH.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like it!, September 16, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Aftermath (Hardcover)

Let me preface by saying that I really like Levar Burton. His work on Star Trek and Reading Rainbow is great. I love to watch him act.

BUT! Levar should spend some more time practicing before he publishes any more books.

Levar has an *excellent* idea with this book. He is a very creative individual, but his writing is too choppy and plain. I was unable to relate to the characters, and topics were introduced to quickly.

If this book had been several hundred pages longer, I would have been able to read the whole thing, as it would have necessitated more descriptive language and more attention to detail.

Burton should not give up hope. His ideas are fascinating, just presented without enough detail and character development.

I will buy one of Burton's books in a few years, because I believe that writing experience will improve his style. Possibly you will see a rave review from me for a future Levar Burton novel.