Island Worlds (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Baen; 1St Edition edition (June 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671656481
• ISBN-13: 978-0671656485
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,242,024 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pulp sci-fi, March 17, 2004

By	R.P. (central Illinois) - See all my reviews

I read this book back in junior high school. Space colonists residing on the Moon, Mars and hollowed out asteroids rebel against the centralized government of earth. No deep thinking or theorizing along the lines of Heinlein or Asimov, but an enjoyable read.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Predictable, not much fun, January 23, 2002

By	not4prophet (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

I picked this book up from the library and read it over the holidays since I didn't have anything else to do. While I do enjoy some science fiction, this one was remarkably boring. The authors simply don't have the talent necessary to create real suspense. In addition, this book doesn't feature any of the scientific creativity that marks any good SF works.

The Island Worlds is set a few hundred years in the future, when some humans have established colonies in the asteroid belt. The Earth, meanwhile, is controlled by one government, and a group of bureaucrats is trying to shut down the space exploration industry, leading to a war between the "good guys" in space and the "bad guys" from Earth. The ending of the book is entirely predictable, and there aren't any major plot events that you can't see coming well in advance. Overall, this book just doesn't stand out from the thousands of other SF titles out there.