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L. Ron Hubbard

Battlefield Earth: Science Fiction New York Times Best Seller Mass Market Paperback – June 21, 2011

by L. Ron Hubbard (Author)

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Suspense, politics, war, humor and intergalactic finance. A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time, L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader and man is an endangered species. From the handful of surviving humans a courageous leader emerges Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, who challenges the invincible might of the alien Psychlo empire in a battle of epic scale, danger and intrigue with the fate of the Earth and of the universe in the tenuous balance. "A terrific story." —Robert Heinlein

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1008 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Galaxy Press
Publication date

June 21, 2011
Dimensions

4.25 x 1.75 x 6.88 inches
ISBN-10

1592120075
ISBN-13

978-1592120079
Lexile measure

780L
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"This has everything: suspense, pathos, politics, war, humor, diplomacy and intergalactic finance." —Publishers Weekly

"In the year 3000, Earth has been conquered by nine-foot-tall, gas-breathing alien invaders called Psychlos. The few surviving humans are treated as nothing more than pack animals worked to death mining the Earth of all its resources. But a small band of rebel humans, led by Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, vow to fight back against impossible odds and reclaim their planet.

"In the book's introduction, Hubbard states: "When I started out to write this novel, I wanted to write pure science fiction. Science is for people. And so is science fiction." If Battlefield Earth's phenomenal worldwide popularity is any indication — almost 7 million copies sold in 26 different languages -- it's safe to say that he succeeded. Considering the quality of the story (Battlefield Earth was voted as one of the top three English-language novels of the 20th century in a nationwide Modern Library reader's poll) and the tender loving care that went into the production, this 20th anniversary edition is more than pure science fiction. It's pure literary gold." —Paul Goat Allen - Barnes & Noble

"Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable." —Neil Gaiman

"A terrific story." —Robert A. Heinlein

"If you like the kind of fast, unrelenting 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' action, then this is the book for you. It's a real page turner." —Rocky Mountain News

"An unrelenting, whooping good yarn" —Los Angeles Magazine

"An epic science fiction adventure, the absorbing story captures the mind and imagination." —Orange County Register

“Battlefield Earth is a pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science-fiction.” – Brandon Sanderson

About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Galaxy Press; Reissue edition (June 21, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1008 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592120075
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592120079
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 780L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.22 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1.75 x 6.88 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,859 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)
- #6,953 in First Contact Science Fiction (Books)
- #8,245 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction

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With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

While, as such, he presents the culmination of science and spiritual technology as embodied in the religion of Scientology.

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Exceptionally bad writing

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

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I chose to read this when I remembered friends being very excited about the movie because the book was “amazing”. Obviously the movie was garbage and they were all upset when they saw it, but the book was still highly recommended. It should not have been. I gave it 2 stars for a simple reason…Amazon requires at least 1 star which is basically none and I give it 1 star for having a good (but poorly executed) plot.

When reading this, any normal person would assume it was written by a child. The punctuation is so bad that it is frequently difficult to tell if you are reading dialogue or thoughts, the dialogue goes back and forth between childish and the author trying to sound intelligent and the dialogue is constantly repetitive. All of the characters repeat everything three times. It is like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory knocking on a door. Here is an example…”Leverage, leverage, leverage-I must get leverage, leverage, leverage-What can I do without leverage-OH MY”. This book would have been less than half the length if they would edit out the repetitive dialogue/thoughts. Also, all conversations were just repeated multiple times with occasional slight changes…even between different characters.

I’m clearly not a writer, but at least I know it. The fact this book was even published is an insult to many real authors who fought and struggled to get published. I want to go back and watch the movie again because, while it may be terrible, you can only do so much when your source material is this bad. It might be one of the most accurate film adaptations ever made.

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Krzysztof Busłowicz

Shallow, extremely naive and as a science-fiction is not really science based. Waste of time.

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2019

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I really had to force myself to finish this book. But to be honest with a review, I've managed to read it from cover to cover.
It's not that everything is wrong with the story. The concept is promising, the beginning casts interest. Knowing that author's intention was to write a "space opera" I tried to read it with a grain of salt, just to enjoy promised action and adventure. I couldn't...

There's not one complex character in the story, not even the main protagonist. There are only good, honest, smart and noble opposed by evil, treacherous, cruel and stupid. The goodness will always prevail of course. And those "smart ones" are cavemen gifted with wisdom you can find in 11 years old ones, tops. And the "stupid ones" are the rulers of the galaxies with hundreds a thousand years of experience. Really.

You can have it for granted that main character will always win, survive all the most dangerous events, heal the deadliest wounds. The rest of his buddies, roughly sketched side characters will accompany him without hesitation and literally love him from the first sight (actually it's enough to hear the story of our hero to develop pure devotion for him). Villains will hate him and fear him. No exception.
There are a few more important characters in the background, but extremely shallow and cliche, carved right from the most common stereotypes. And the protagonist's "true love" (of which he thinks without any passion only when author remembered to add this unimportant detail) is the purest example of decorative woman – quiet, devoted and without the slightest trace of her own will or thought.

The plot, although full of adventures and places soon becomes a patchwork of more and more absurd events leading to inevitable finale. Evil is defeated and noble people are rewarded. It wouldn't be as bad if the author would stop with that. But no. He goes so further and further with glorification for the main hero. When things are going to the most obvious, simple and naive results, you think "This can't be true, gosh!". And then... BAM! It is! And even worse than you imagined! Truly, I had read some books written by teenagers, and they didn't go that far even with their most cheesy ideas. In fact some of those stories were quite good.
The're some extensive parts of the story I couldn't guess, what they are written for. In another parts the author obviously had lost his interest and described things like "And they went there, built that and shortly mastered using of it and two months passed." And even with such shortcuts the novel is needlessly huge!

The science-fiction aspect. Well, I can't blame the author for not guessing the future properly. The book was written just in the beginning PC era and technology jumped so rapidly and in unexpected direction. Try to remember your computers and phones from 2000 and then pull your iPhone from your pocket. Not many had imagined tiny, touchable and now even flexible screens and powerful hardware / software enclosed in a case smaller than your palm. So the future technology described in 1982 can be inaccurate, it's OK.
Some can think, that Ron Hubbard's teleportation is based upon non-scientific theory. True, but that's how science-fiction works. It's the fiction trying to create a picture of future world and future science unknown yet. So I can take it as a part of fictional world all right.
But the author should do some basic research on what's known and can be predicted. A thousand year buried ammunition still usable? Primitive people adding radioactive material to their bullets and tinkering with ease with a thousand years old warheads? Not to mention, there's no radiation injuries. Tribes of people pushed back to stone age suddenly just having advanced combat abilities of elite special forces... And so on.

I had read the whole story. I really did it, so you can move on and don't waste your time. It's not worth it.

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Kevin Jennings

Good, golden-age science fiction.

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2017

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I am a lover of all that is Sci-Fi. Regardless of L. Ron. Hubbard's religious, ahem, connections, I still enjoyed the science fiction books that he wrote. I read Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, quite a few years ago while working as a cashier in the Automotive Department of our local K-Mart. It was sometimes not very busy at work, so when I wasn't fronting shelves or sweeping the floor, I'd be sitting behind the counter reading this book. And, it really transported me away from the smell of car batteries, lubricants and tires.

I won't say what's already been said here. Others have probably already posted a synopsis of the plot and story-line, the characters, the settings, etc. I'll just say it's a good romp in a far-flung future in which Earth has been conquered by an evil race of aliens and the hero of the book is on a quest to overthrow the evil overlords, although that isn't what he initially sets out to do. It's amazing what adventures the hero winds up in just because he left his village to find answers to questions.

It's a long book which, for me, is a plus because I never want a good book to end. And, to me, this is a good book. There's love, there's adventure, there's real science-fiction like from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi. It's just a fun book, and it's one of my favorites. All I can say is, just read it and give it a chance. It takes a little bit to build up speed. But, once it does, I think you'll see that this not-so-little gem has been unfairly overlooked/over-analyzed/over-thought. Just relax and enjoy reading it for the fun of it! Also, the movie that is based on this book is terrible! Please, by Xenu, do not watch the movie before reading the book. Actually, don't watch the movie even after reading the book!

60 people found this helpful

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Guzman

Excellent, hard to put down. L. Ron Hubbard's masterpiece.

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2020

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Thank you Dan McDonald for putting this book in my hands and allowing me to read at work between assignments.
You were a great boss, you taught me so much about engineering, and opened my imagination to science fiction. I salute you Sir and bless you in eternal peace.
I could not put this book down once started, and it kept me up at night for a week while working a trade show in Dallas, TX.
The story is truly engaging and it moves at a rapid pace. It's really that good!
Now, if you know a young person and want to engage their imagination, get them this book and watch their mind be expanded.
And stay away from the movie of the same name.

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Mike Sadler

I love this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2018

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The plot is fast paced and tight, and the 4cm thick book is too short rather than too long. The invading species is horribly callous, devious, and determined, and the main protagonist has to use all his wits at every turn.

The moral of the book (so much as there is one), is not to send a spacecraft out of the solar system (Voyager) advertising where Earth is, and what precious metals are available here, as some alien species my be no better than we are...

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SunnyDays

Definitely a Saga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2020

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I enjoyed the concepts of this book and the author has amazing foresight with regards to technology considering it was written in the early 1980’s. My main gripe is one I often have, that is the main character is infallible therefore not believable. The plot does have several logical end points but it continues. It would be two books in many authors portfolios.

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Adrian

Poor quality product/delivery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2020

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Book turned up with ragged edges and tips to the front and back cover. Not shop quality. Disappointing and not good enough. Not worth returning it but certainly could give as a present.

Let’s hope the story is worth reading.

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B. C. Webb

good clear sound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2020

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this is an audio book/ dramatisation of a good sf book, yes it,s getting old now but even though it's been over 40 years since I first read it i have found listening to this juat as absorbing as way back then. I would definately recommend this

patrick harrison

Amazing piece of sci-fi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019

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I first read this book in the mid 1980's and I thought it was probably the best piece of sci-fi that I have ever read. 30 years on and I have found nothing to change my mind.
Unlike the film that I waited 20+years to see this is a masterpiece. It is well written and keeps the reader engrossed.

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