The Lanague Chronicles

by F. Paul Wilson

Book Overview

The Federation that toppled the repressive Imperium is threatened from within by a cadre of fanatics who are afraid of independence and diversity and who plan to restore dictatorial rule to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671721399
• ISBN13: 9780671721398
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Lanague Chronicles

You'll be hooked from the start.This book has a lot to teach people about real life without being too cynical and nasty. The story is engaging with enough grounding in the truth of modern politics and government to be a believable future possibilty. One of the best books I have read.

A "Must Read". It's on my reread shelf.

The story starts as an engaging yarn about revoulution and tyranny, and ends up discussing the proper role of government, and the possible evils of central banks, all buried in a fast paced story. Great stuff. The best parts of this could have been written by Heinlein, in that you have a good story that also teaches ideas.

You will wish this book will never end

Wilson paints a vista much wider in scope than the limits of the story. He keeps the reader begging for more, creating a fascinating main story seems to occupy only a small portion of his landscape. reminiscent of the best of Heinlien, only with broader scope. Wilson creates a realistic universe with realistic characters. As the pages page tick off I found myself re-reading entire chapters just to prolong the experience of what the author has created. Re-read this book every few years and with each reading you will find more detail, more subtlty and richness. You will regret reaching the final page.

An Excellent, engaging book

This book sucked me in. A combination of some of his earlier sci-fi books, it describes a complex and fascinating universe, with an intricate plot spanning millenia. Loved this book. Had some political philosophy mixed in, interesting. Closest I could come to describe it is extreme libertarian or a combo of anarchy and capitalism.