Customer Reviews

Black Genesis: Fortress of Evil

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I got sucked into the Mission Earth series after reading the spectacular "Battlefield Earth" (the best pulp scifi novel ever). Unfortunately, after buying in hardback all 10 of these bloated episodes, hoping that they would lead to a great ending, I was sorely disappointed.

While the stories do have some of Hubbard's humor and some interesting satire, they don't have the cohesion, pacing or the characters of Battlefield Earth. It's not worth your time.

(Note, those dust-jackets however have to be the most spectacular ever made.)

If you like science fiction then this is a very good book with tension and war relationships between the planets and their leaders with the earth included.
Deep down in spite of this book being fictional I suspect it is based on some truth like the war in heaven as an example.
A science fiction enthusiast probably would give this a 4 or 5 star rating.

A marvellous creation! Full of action and totally surprising. The most interesting thing I've ever read. It's also very witty: I couldn't stop laughing. You must definitely read it.

After being a horror fan for years, I took upon myself the task of reading this piece of work by L. Ron Hubbard. After finally being able to set down volume 10, I decided that it was in fact THE greatest set of books that I have ever read. The satire involved, the characters that you love and hate, Heller, Krak, Gris, Bury, Epstein, Vantagio, Babe and even Mr. Calico... some of the most brilliant writing that I have EVER seen. Sad there was no movie made after this, instead of Battlefield Earth

Hubbard's scientific imaginings are more fantastic than Clarke's, and better integrated into his stories. Cliffhanger after cliffhanger. The pace is so fast, boredom won't even come into your zip code.

The Main Character is to confident for his own good. The person whose mission he is supposed to be trying to ruin is doing a great job, while he is observing from a distance interested in nothing but his life and personal wealth. Makes for great satire.

The mission earth series is not for every sci-fi reader. The reader expecting intricately developed characters and a convoluted conflict with characters in shades of gray will be disappointed. The reader looking for a upbeat satire with a lot of wit and outrageous situations will enjoy Hubbard's lengthy work immensly. His type of upbeat humor and choice of narrator will keep this reader enthralled. After the first two books, one begins to feel sorry for Soltan Gris, and rightly so. Every plan of his is foiled by the charasmatic Jettero Heller. At times it is difficult to tell who to root for.

While i'm sure some wont understand hubbards style, I found it to be the epitome of sarcasim. What he has done both in the book and in the dekology itself is take us as a human being and shown us all of our fallicies.I feel I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to read this series twice without interuption and am looking foward to a third reading as soon as my order arrives. This series certainly deserves the 5 star rating I have given it and i'm sure that anyone else who enjoys the self depreciational wit of the human race will feel the same. P.S. Read battlefield earth. That's a six star book if i've ever read one.

This book may in fact be his most underrated literary attempts yet. While he hacks his way through this story you need to remember that this is in fact SCI-FI and not all things are required to be accurate to technology. The multiple threads of the plot will keep you going for hours on end until your whole way of thinking falls into the storyline.

Well, I really liked The Invader's Plan, but Black Genesis just isn't as good as the first book. I know it is a work of fiction, but the way Heller is treated by the mafia is too unbelievable even for a sci-fi book. The funniest part of the book was Soltan blowing away a canary with a shotgun. Well, on to The Enemy Within...I hope it's better than Black Genesis.