Invasion of Earth [Paperback]

Harry Harrison (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (March 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441371574
• ISBN-13: 978-0441371570
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,501,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars aliens were they?, November 5, 2001

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Alistair Archibald (Belfast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Invasion of Earth (Paperback)

Ahh,Harry Harrison, the mind behind the ingenius creations of Bill,the galactic hero and his many unlikely adventures involving feet and beer,not to mention that pillar of the criminal community,Slippery Jim digriz .
In this book,which is more of a short story, there are a few parallels between the main character,Rob and the aforementioned Slippery.Except he's not not as funny or developed as well as he could be.It's all a bit out of date now,what with the pesky'Russkies' making a major showing,but all that aside I quite liked the book as I like Mr Harrison's style and I'm always up for a bit of daft sci-fi.All in all better offf getting some Bill,or Stainless stories.So funny your gut will bust with hilarity.

1.0 out of 5 stars Strangely bad, April 3, 2007

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Dugan Porter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Invasion of Earth (Paperback)

Extraordinarily awful tissue of clichés and bad writing. I was very disappointed after enjoying the hell out of the Deathworld and Stainless Steel Rat books as a teenager. This doesn't seem written by the same author...

1.0 out of 5 stars Weak Plot, Heavy Handed Moralism, January 11, 2000

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Peter Recore (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Invasion of Earth (Paperback)

I should have known better when the main character uttered the too often heard words "This may sound crazy, but..." This book violates that rule I seem to remeber from somewhere - show, don't tell. Instead of having the main characters constantly talking about what sounds crazy but must be true, I want to simply see the evidence they see. Or better yet, wait a while. We don't have to know everything right away. And finally, the cheesy moralizing at the end was not excusable.