For those fans that want to know more about the story of Robotech than what they saw in the anime story, this is a must-have book. I specially like the part when Rick and Minmei were maroon inside the SDF-1, because it tell us how and why did Rick and Minmei felt in love with one another. Did you know that one of the reason why Rick couldn't find a way out was because the ship kept changing? I often thought, it was because he didn't earn his scout badge in path finding. Rick was not the only one who experience this, Roy Fokker, who had been part of the first reconnaissance party to enter the alien ship, had also been confused by the ship's capabilities and in this book you will read about it. Plus it has a short account of Zor's story just before he send the ship to Earth. The book ends just as Minmei encourage the people of Macross to go back to their everyday life aboard the SDF-1 and persuaded Rick to join the Military, something that also Roy had plan to do.
This is why I love this book. :)
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Robotech Genesis (#1) Mass Market Paperback – February 12, 1987
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Jack McKinney
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Print length10 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherDel Rey
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Publication dateFebruary 12, 1987
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Dimensions4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
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ISBN-100345341333
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ISBN-13978-0345341334
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ivil War was about to make Humankind extinct, when the stupendous Super Dimensional Fortress dispatched to Earth by a dying alien genius changed all that forever. Humanity's only hope lay in a corps of untried young men and women gifted with powers they didn't fully understand. Then the most feared conquerors in the universe attacked, determined to destroy them for no reason they could comprehend.
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- Publisher : Del Rey (February 12, 1987)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 10 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0345341333
- ISBN-13 : 978-0345341334
- Item Weight : 4 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
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just what I needed plus Good price Fast shipping
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018
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Excellent sci-fi series in print. Gets way into the details that the animated series does not. A must read for sci-fi fans and fans of the animated series.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
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Great product, I highly recommend it!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 1998
This is, without a doubt, the best sci-fi book I have ever read. After I read this book, I was addicted to the entire Robotech series. It is hard to explain why I liked this book. One good thing is that it is technical enough to attract a detail-obsessed person like me, but also is not too technical to drive away less detail-oriented people.
The book is about the near-future in which an incredibly advanced ship lands on Earth and puts us in the fast-lane to becoming a space-faring race.
The focus is not entirely on ships and battles, but a large part of the plot is based around the personal lives of the crew of the Super Dimensional Fortress 1(SDF-1 for short) and the other members of the Robotech Defense Force.
Jack McKinney's best works are in the Robotech series. Genesis is just the beginning and I recommend you read all 21 of Jack McKinney's Robotech series. I recommend this book and all the others to anyone.
The book is about the near-future in which an incredibly advanced ship lands on Earth and puts us in the fast-lane to becoming a space-faring race.
The focus is not entirely on ships and battles, but a large part of the plot is based around the personal lives of the crew of the Super Dimensional Fortress 1(SDF-1 for short) and the other members of the Robotech Defense Force.
Jack McKinney's best works are in the Robotech series. Genesis is just the beginning and I recommend you read all 21 of Jack McKinney's Robotech series. I recommend this book and all the others to anyone.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 1998
I am a long time fan of the Robotech Anime series done by Carl Macek. What impressed me most of the series was that it was originally three unrelated series that was re-written into once cohesive storyline.
What Jack McKinney does in the novelization is take that cohesiveness one step further by smoothing out the rough parts. Insight is given into the characters that are not revealed in the anime series. You will believe these people could actually exist, and feel for each of them as they deal with life and death amidst the backdrop of different wars with different alien races.
Robotech Forever!
What Jack McKinney does in the novelization is take that cohesiveness one step further by smoothing out the rough parts. Insight is given into the characters that are not revealed in the anime series. You will believe these people could actually exist, and feel for each of them as they deal with life and death amidst the backdrop of different wars with different alien races.
Robotech Forever!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2008
The technology can be a bit cheesy at times but the story is good. Lots of action and interesting characters. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series! I give it four stars.
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Classic series
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Love this series
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Robotech is a classic Sci Fi series
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Great opener to a classic saga.
















