TOM PAINE MARU [Mass Market Paperback]

L. Neil Smith (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (July 12, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034529243X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345292438
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,424,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't support censorship, June 14, 2008

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JOHN A. STOVALL "bibliophile and technogeek" (Dublin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TOM PAINE MARU (Mass Market Paperback)

This Del Rey edition of "Tom Paine Maru" was deliberately butcherer by cutting all philosophical and political content at the hands of Del Rey's editors.

Don't support such censorship. I read the Del Rey edition and later found an uncensored version on the web. L. Neil is right they butchered what he wrote

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Times were tough..., August 28, 2005

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TOM PAINE MARU (Mass Market Paperback)

Corporal Whitey O'Thraight came from a harsh planet, a planet that sent him, and the rest of the crew, to look for a better planet. But the Asperance's first voyage is its last when just a few hours after landing most of his people are killed by the savages (who are living in their version of the Middle Ages). It seems he has the choice between being burned at the stake or just tortured.
But then he is freed by the crew of the Tom Paine Maru. And then things get dangerous.
A great book, kind of a sequel to The Venus Belt. It can stand alone, all you have to do is read enough of it to get the basic background. Set in The Probability Broach universe, so lots of surprises and a interesting setting.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will renew your enjoyment of L. Neil Smith, February 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: TOM PAINE MARU (Mass Market Paperback)

While set in the Other world of Freedoms and Personal Rights. It will catch you up on the families you first meet in the "The Probability Broach". It will open your mind if you would allow it to, making you look around and say why are we not more like that.