V [Hardcover]

A.C. Crispin (Author), Kenneth Johnson (Author), Brian Taggert (Creator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 402 pages
• Publisher: Gregg Press (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0839828403
• ISBN-13: 978-0839828402
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,300,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Resist or Parish - There Is No Choice With This Book, July 11, 2008

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J. L. Gregory "Dusters, Inc." (Bakersfield, CA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: V (Paperback)

And I mean that in a good sense! I am in the process of reading all the V novels and I will be posting the reviews here on Amazon as I finish them. Of course, I begin with the story that started it all. Now, first of all, let's give a little credit where it's due - and that would be the fact that Kenneth Johnson wrote the original mini-series for TV and this book is a novelization of that mini-series (and the follow-up 'The Final Battle' which was written by a host of other writers based upon the ideas of Mr. Johnson, himself). So, this is actually a Kenneth Johnson story although A.C. Crispin is not without merit for doing a fantastic job coveying nearly the entire ten hour event into one novelization.

In fact, the entire first half of the book was so gripping that you couldn't stop turning the pages. The intensity of the moments before the visitors showed themselves were there, the strong relationships the characters had with each other were all there. Ms. Crispin captured it all brilliantly. What was equally brilliant, and a bit of a pleasant surprise, was her taking license for a brief moment to introduce (in chapter one) a major character from 'The Final Battle' just before the first mothership roars into the skies. And no, I'm not going to tell you who it is - you'll have to get the book and find out for yourself.

The second half, which was 'The Final Battle' half, left me quite a bit disappointed. A lot was left out. Perhaps it was done for space issues, or perhaps deadlines loomed and it was decided all the unimportant stuff could be skipped, or in some cases I got the feeling that Ms. Crispin was writing from a "working script" where some of the issues hadn't been quite developed yet. . .whatever the reason, I was disappointed. In the first half of the book, every little scene was included which really built up the emotions towards the characters by the time we reached the climax. In the second half, we breeze past everything else - including Juliet's entire conversion process - just to get to the birth of Robin's baby(s), it seems. Ah well. I still loved it and it made for a great read. Highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite novelizations, June 9, 2003

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M. E. Newell (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: V (Paperback)

For the most part I love novelizations, and "V" by A.C. Crispin, is one of the best that I have read. The writer does a great job keeping the reader the book form of a great mini-series. A MUST for any fan of the "V" series.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book to the great TV series, July 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: V (Paperback)

The "V" pilot book has the same contents as the famous TV series. It follows the TV series pretty exactly, with just minor changes.

As a fan of the cult series, I can advise the lecture of this book to all other fans heartily. If you haven't seen the TV series - why, it's a good book anyway, check it out.