Earthblood [Import] [Paperback]

Keith Laumer (Author), Rosel George Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Baen Books,U.S.; New Ed edition (July 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555940552
• ISBN-13: 978-1555940553
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The archetypical Space Opera novel, October 26, 2001

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Bruce F. Webster "geek in a suit" (Parker, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthblood (Mass Market Paperback)

As with many other reviewers, I first read this book when it came out (I still have my SF Book Club edition) and re-read it every few years. It is as perfect an example of the 'space opera' genre as you could ask for: a tragic and somewhat flawed main character with a mysterious origin, driven to find what happened to the now-vanished Terran empire. One reviewer here (Steve Duff) criticized it as brutal and violent; I suggest he go read some biographies of Alexander the Great.

Again, as with others, echoes of this book stay with me. The child Roan growing up among aliens and Terran hybrids and struggling to hold his own. His joining, of all things, an interstellar circus, and then a crew of interstellar pirates. Searching for Terra, the homeworld, and what he finds there. And all along the way, making mistakes, hurting those who love him the most, and suffering bittersweet loss.

A great read, and one that will stay with you, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This story will STAY with you!, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Earthblood (Mass Market Paperback)

Although I read this book over 30 years ago, the story has not been forgotten. I actually did a report on this story in grade school (Now I'm 47!) A really great adventure of imagery in true exotic science fiction fashion. Our hero is Roan Cornay, a very rare "pure blood Terran". Although a test tube baby born from an alien woman, his genes originate from the now mythic planet once known as Terra (Earth), a planet that at one time in the ancient past, ruled the galaxy. In the present ultra-future time, Roan learns of his legendary home world and then proceeds to dedicate his efforts to find his home world Terra, a planet most believe never existed. Many adventures along the way. The book is a true classic!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Space Opera, April 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Earthblood (Mass Market Paperback)

I first read this book many years ago as a teenager (was it Asimov who said the Golden Age of Science Fiction is thirteen?), and have read it again several times since then. It's even better with age. It's a classic, unapologetically politically-incorrect tale of a human child who claws his way to the top in a universe after the downfall of the Terran Empire. If you like classic Heinlein (not the bizarre self-indulgent stuff he cranked out in his last years), you'll love this book.