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Starhammer

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Couldn't let this pass without a comment.

This is my favourite book... and believe me I have read a million science fiction and fantasy novels. (Well Honestly about 2,000). I never read a book more than once.. its no fun if I know what's gunna happen .. but I have read this one 3 times.

Why is it so good.. Well, characters, plot, bad guys, impossible odds, a great epic story about a reluctant hero, sex, violence, heroism.. blah blah.. I'm raving... but this book deserves it. So far I have recommended this book to several friends (not even sci-fi fans) who now rate it as one of their favs !

Hey really more of a comment/Thought type thing. With all the trashy SF movies over the last few years; with a few notable exceptions, most of the problems lie with poor basic scripts. Can you imagine a movie by Riddley Scott or Jame Cameron based on the Vang books.....Probably the most complete and well rounded yet exciting books Ive ever read. I would love to read more of the wars background/history that would be some tale. As a final note what ever happened to his Golden Sunlands series...C'mon my man finish it off damnit. If you like Rowlies books read Anything By Ian M Banks, specifically his Culture Books they rule....G

Make sure you read "The Vang:The Military Form" and "The Vang:The Battlemaster". I read these two before Amazon.Com found me an excellent condition hardcover of Starhammer. It was worth the wait!

This book is one of my dumpster diving finds from almost 15 years ago. It has no cover and is about the most damaged book I own.

But, I treat it as best I can, considering I have read it at least twice every year since I found it. It is a detailed trip into a bleak future, where mankind is saved long before it ever reached the stars.

The book has some technical flaws, and the pacing changes through the story, but for all that it presents ideas and visions with clarity and imagination. I would love a story about the long past heros of the novel.

The plusses of the book significantly outweigh the minuses. The heros are thinking, feeling beings, the villans obviously think a different way, and the true villan turns out to be much scarier than expected. Plus, its smart.

In all this is a very exciting and fast paced (mostly) book that is a vision of redemption.

The human race after coming into contact with a technologically superior, but morally corrupt alien race, have become their slaves. The aliens modify human DNA to create genetic mutations that serve their particular needs. One of these genetic "slaves" becomes the hero of the story and, through circumstance, travels on a path, (an extremely violent path) that will change the course of human history. I am an avid reader of science fiction and I don't know what made me buy this book way back in 1987, because the cover design, and the summary on the jacket, were some of the worst I have seen. Fortunately, I ignnored this fact, and I have never regretted it, because this is definitely my favorite SF book of all time.

My friend and I recently finished playing Halo Co-Op for the X-Box and the game reminded me of this book. For instance the varg are EXACTLY like the flood, and have the EXACT same 3 forms. Also the blue skinned beings whos name escapes me at the moment are like the Elites. Those guys who created the Starhammer are the Forerunner. The Starhammer is like halo and so on and so forth. Anyone who wants to know what the hell I'm babbling about should read this book and play Halo all the way through, and maybe read The fall of reach.

This whole series is completely suspenseful, and this book definately sets the stage!

I found this book as I was looking for more information on the Halo backstory. Everything I was reading was saying that the developers borrowed pretty heavily from this series and they were definately right. Don't get me wrong, they are NOT the same story. There are just a lot of similarities, which in my mind is a good thing.

A word of warning, though... Don't read this book unless you have a whole day to spend; once you pick it up, it's got you!

Starhammer presents a new frontier for the sci-fi epic, or beautifully restores one. You be the judge.

Having read the book four times, I never tire of what it has to offer.

The human race is under the control of an alien race, the laowon. These are the darkest times in human history, and there is not hope in sight. Until Jon Iehard, the main character, comes across a mission he cannot decline. He is on a hunt for a terrorist the laowon badly. Who has with him half the key to a terrible secret which will set free the human race.
To say more than this is to rob you of the pleasure of reading this book for yourself.

Starhammer is a grand epic of unimaginable proportions. This is a must read for any sci-fi fan.

This is my favorite sci-fi story of them all (and I've read quite a few). I know the phrase is overused, but this book truly is must-reading for the serious sci-fi fan. It essentially takes the classic quest motif and recasts it within a futuristic setting. The result is a book that I've had to read several times -- so good and entertaining is its story-telling. If there are any Hollywood types reading this, you should give serious consideration to making Starhammer into a feature film. I think, if professionally done, it would rival Star Wars as the greatest sci-fi epic adventure. Christopher Rowley blows away the pathetic futuristic junk we're all too accustomed too. Oh, and don't miss reading the follow-up book The Vang: The Military Form. That's a great one.

I first read this book about ten years ago and since then I have read at least 15 times.

christopher rowley captures the elements of action-sci fi in a perfect novel that, If I'm bored, will happily pick up and read again and again.

A novel that has elements of suspense, intrigue, deep imagination, thought provoking, graphical, highly descriptive etc.

combines elements of dune with star wars with raiders of the lost arc.

If I see a book of his that I've already got then I will buy it any way and give it to a friend whom I know will apreciate it.

Any Christopher Rowley sci-fi book is highly recommended.