Climbing Olympus [Paperback]

Kevin J. Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994

A group of exiles, surgically altered so that they can survive in Mars's atmosphere but no longer tolerate Earth's, plot to destroy the corrupt project to colonize the fourth planet. From the author of The Jedi Academy Trilogy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446601586
• ISBN-13: 978-0446601580
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,007,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kevin J. Anderson has written 46 national bestsellers and has over 20 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers' Choice Award. Find out more about Kevin Anderson at www.wordfire.com.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Neither Good, nor Bad, March 15, 2008

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Michel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climbing Olympus (Paperback)

CO could have been much much better since the plot line is brilliant and the setting is sumptuous. It would have been enough to make Adins and Dvas genetically modified so that they were able to pass down their genes to their children to get a magnificent environment with three races, Adins, Dvas, and Humans, vying for controlling Mars. All those ingredients well blended could have made a prodigious epic, the magnitude of Dune, indeed. Alas KJA is not F. Herbert and a large part of the story is about the past of the protagonists, past spent on Earth. Remembrance poisons the story and ends up in weakening the plot. KJA had gold in his hands and changed it into... aluminium.

1.0 out of 5 stars The Benchmark for One Star, January 19, 2012

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dp - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climbing Olympus (Paperback)

While I read this book a long time ago, I never forgot how much I disliked it. Were it not for the fact that I had little else to do at the time I would never have finished it. Melodramatic, implausible, characters so cliche that they could've come straight from Casablanca, this book really ranks among the worst I have ever read. As a fan of the orginal "Dune" books, I was glad I found that this author had co-written the new series with Frank Herbert's son... It saved me from having to read that series.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Huston, we have some problems., May 22, 2009

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Prester Dilly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climbing Olympus (Paperback)

As a kid, I always wondered what it would be like on Mars. This book gave me a good idea.

The storyline of a possible community on the red planet made me wonder again if it could happen in my lifetime.

This story moves quite well and deals with some human emotion as well as science. It even gives a miracle or two. I hope that Kevin J. Anderson revisits this story in the future.

I would recommend this one for all Sci-Fi fans.