Earth 2

by Melissa Crandall

Book Overview

In the tradition of Star Trek and its spin-offs, NBC launches a new television series this fall called Earth 2. It tells of a small group of people sent to survey a newly discovered planet who are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441001467
• ISBN13: 9780441001460
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Good start...

This is the TV Tie-In for the first opening episodes of Earth 2. As with most books that are linked to a movie or TV series the author has more of a chance to give backgrounds and fill out characters. And that is what Melissa Crandall is able to do with the first few chapters. Devon Adair's background and character is given greater detail in the book, allowing us to truly understand her motives for trying to reach Earth 2, known as Planet G889. But with only 264 pages there's not much space left to fill out the rest of the story. It feels, near the end, to be a rush job. That is why a star has been dropped.

Enjoyable Tie-In

As far as TV tie-ins go, this has to be one of the best I've read. Based on the pilot of the now abandoned sci-fi show, 'Earth 2', Crandall has managed to give the characters a bit more depth than what was portrayed in that first episode. The author also develops more of a background to people like Devon, Alonzo and Danziger. Not only that, but she shows a deeper insight to the conflict between True and Uly, managing to make True seem less like an annoying kid and more of an intergral character.I would definitely recommend this novel to followers of the show and even to people who haven't actually seen the series. It certainly the best of the three E2 books available.

The premise for the series

I like Earth 2 the show and also the books. As far as I can tell there are three books in total. The first is this one by Melissa Crandall. As far as I can tell it's pretty much the TV show and not a separate adventure. I am guessing that the TV show was based on this book as it unfolds the same as the show. The second book is by Sean Dalton and called Puzzle. In my opinion this is the best of the three. The third book is by John Vornholt and is perhaps the poorest in the series. That one is entitled Leather Wings. I haven't read anything else by Crandall, so I don't know if the style is typical of her. All I know is that it wasn't the easiest read - that honour belongs to Dalton. It is a little disjoint in places and the characters are not quite as the actors portrayed them and so it's almost like reading about different people apart from the character names. That said, it is still a pretty good book.

It is a moveing novel about discovery and survival

In the future earth is in ruins, everyone lives in space stations. The syndrome (a sickness d to the stations) is killing everyone in order to survive man kind must inhabit a new planet It is a storie about second chances hope and survival.