And I've given four of them away to friends, who all liked it. You can get the story from other reviews. While the Greens are the "enemy" in this story, it's really aimed at anyone who would rather follow an emotional cause than think for themselves. While the argument over global warming is far from settled (despite the popular press), the "dumbing-down" of our society is not in question. Science is a mystery to the vast...
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Good entertaining speculative fiction with a surprising and unusual perspective!OK, this book is not great Sci-Fi. It reads like an old StarTrek episode, or even more like Galaxy Quest! I was inspired to write because of the negative reviews about this book. A writer accused anyone who likes this book as being "Braindead" and a "Rush Limbaugh dittohead".Yes, in this book, the environmentalists are the bad guys.Unfortunately,...
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Over the years we've come to expect great things from Niven/Pournelle collaborations, their track record has been so good that you can't help but want more from each sucessive novel. But for some reason I had low expectations for this, the concept just didn't seem that interesting . . . in a nutshell two astronauts crashland into the middle of a future US where most technology has been outlawed in favor of an extremist form...
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Fallen Angels is perhaps the most chilling dystopian tale of the future since Orwell's "1984"; but only if you're a pro-technology, pro-human creature. It portrays a future in which the objectivity of "materialist" science is "an invention of heterosexual, white males," and owning an unlicensed computer is a crime. While the anti-techology views are hyperbolized for dramatic purpose, the hyperbole is becoming closer to to...
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In the year 2025, Luddites and Greens have taken over the United States. Excessive heating is abolished; people are forced to burn alcohol in their cars. Technology having long-since been made taboo, science-fiction fans/writers have either been brain-washed, been forced into hiding, or exiled to Austrailia. Meanwhile, 200 miles above the Earth, the descendents of the last astronauts and cosmonauts fight a continual, losing...
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