Monument [Hardcover]

Jr. Lloyd Biggle (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 185 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1st edition (February 1, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385038313
• ISBN-13: 978-0385038317
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,844,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior Work by Superior Author, April 21, 1998

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This review is from: Monument (Hardcover)

Unfortunately Lloyd Biggle is grossly underrated. I have read everything I can get my hands on by him and have loved all of it. Monument is a classic of social and political commentary told with great humor. The characters are rich and believeable and the story is classic, it keeps you interested and intrigued to the last page. Read Monument. Read anything by Biggle.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sentimental favorite of mine, February 1, 2002

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Kevin W. Parker (Greenbelt, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monument (Hardcover)

I pulled this one out because I'd been thinking of it for a friend of mine who's working on becoming an environmental lawyer: environmental-legal-science fiction. I'll have to keep an eye out for a copy for her. It's also a sentimental favorite of mine: a self-educated man teaches the natives of a paradisical planet how to defend themselves against the inevitable developers, and they succeed following his Plan. Look forward to the moment when the lawyer for the natives turns the tables on his opponent in one breathtaking, delightful twist.

Not quite as good as I remembered it being, but entertaining nonetheless.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect gem; don't miss it., June 26, 1998

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This review is from: Monument (Hardcover)

A tropical paradise planet has been discovered by civilization. The developers are crowding out the natives. Their one hope is a Plan written by a pilot who crashed on their world before civilization found it. Will the Plan save them?

One of my very favorite books.