When Earth's advances toward an alien paradise are rebuffed-with missile fire-it decides to give peace one more chance. Enter Matt Wiener, Space Hero.
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Great-grandchildren of the Lens,
By Sven Allenbach-Schmidt (Greenbelt, MD USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Second Contact (Paperback)
Remember those thrilling days of yesteryear, when E. E. "Doc" Smith and his peers gave us the square-jawed heroes and dewy-eyed heroines that made space opera what it was? Remember when aliens were green skinned and did everything with brain emanations? Ever wonder what it would be like if someone could bring back those days of Space Patrols using modern writing techniques and science? Well, wonder no more, J. D. Austin has done it for us. Daring deeds from the good guys, insane schemes from the forces of evil, interstellar romance, "Second Contact" has the space opera fix you've needed, and didn't even know about.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Everything's a coincidence,
By Jo Ann Dechant (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Second Contact (Paperback)
There are some stories where the characters make things happen, and there are stories where external events just carry things along. This is the latter type, which I find boring.The two planets 'just happen' to evolve over billions of years within a few centuries of each other, and 'just happen' to be the closest to each other, and it 'just happens' there are no other planets nearby. It 'just happens' that our first contact occurs just as the Kivlans are experiencing a planetwide volcanic eruption that causes everyone to become irritable (which only happens once every 700 years, but it happened the year Earth makes contact). It 'just happens' that the human ship sent to make second contact arrives on the very same day that the Kivlans recalibrate all their thought-control devices, thus creating an opportunity for all kinds of chaos. Throw in the 'just happens' that the Captain of the starship is the boyfriend of the President of the United States, and . . . well, you get it. If you think this is clever, you're welcome to it. I find it boring.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Delighful satire on sf space opera,
This review is from: Second Contact (Paperback)
On two planets galaxies away from each other life surfaced on both at the equivalent solar time. As the millenniums pass Earth inhabitants travel into deep space, but the natives of Kivlan stay planet-bound. The earthlings reach Kivlan, but the locals tell them to leave. A destructive laser beam enforces the command so the spaceship departs. On earth, the leaders refuse to accept the insult quietly and send a fully armed military excursion to teach the Kivlan a lesson.No one on Earth realizes that the Kivlans are a peaceful congenial people who are a bit lazy so they invented the means of converting thoughts into objects. Their bellicose behavior towards the first visitors is out of character, but recent volcanic activity has left everyone on edge. The Kivlans expect the earthlings to return, but will this visit turn ugly with hostilities leading to mass destruction or will calm prevail? Although this novel starts off as a Flash Gordon type of Science Fiction, the story line quickly turns upside down and spoofs first contact tales such as the Arrival. The characters from both species seem real and engage the audience to want to know more about them especially the Kivlan natives. JD Austin provides a refreshing tale of first contact that showcases a peerless writing style that and readers will derive joy from this reading experience. Harriet Klausner
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