catch a Falling Star [Mass Market Paperback]

John Brunner (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ace Science Fiction (1969)
• ASIN: B001R5ZG56
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wandering - but captivating, February 18, 1998

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[e-mail] (Elmhurst, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch a Falling Star (Mass Market Paperback)

Seeing this book in a used bookstore, I snapped it up, and was not dissapointed.

The golden age of humanity has passed, leaving behind a self maintinging organic city where the story picks up. A hobbyist astronomer discovers a meteor headed for earth. He tries in vain to warn people but everyone is too self-centered or apathetic to bother paying attention.

So he sets off into the world searching for answers, and discovers not everyone has well cultured plants to live in. Brunner leads us through a strange and greately varied earth of the distant future.

Brunner's unique style grabs ahold and refuses to let go until the end of the last page.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and good, but not great, January 24, 2007

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Adrian S. (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch a Falling Star (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book in two nights or so, and I thought this book is interesting, but not among the greatest. It must be said that the story is original.
You see, in the future the human civilization decays, there are only few cities left and everyone is apathic (regarding this last part - maybe we are in that future). An astronomer finds that an asteroid will hit the Earth and wipe off the civilization. No one would listen to him, so he leaves looking for people to help, accepting with him everyone that likes to come. After some adventures he finds out that the ancestors were very... brilliant. I won't say more, just that the message is optimistic: it only takes one man to make a difference.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A memorable journey, October 3, 2004

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Jennifer Graham (Prince Edward Island, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catch a Falling Star (Mass Market Paperback)

There are few books that I have kept nearby for as long as I have this novel. First read as a teen-ager in the late 70's, John Brunner's literary style and vivid discription embedded in me a love for a well-written jaunt through fantastic futures. A gem, a joy, this book will stay with me to enjoy over and over again for many years to come.