The Ultimate Warrior

By Bill S. Ballinger

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446768162
• ISBN13: 9780446768160
• Release Date: November 1975
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Last Battle in the Big Apple

This is an adaptation of Robert Clouse's 1975 post-apocalyptic action film starring Yul Brynner and Max Von Sydow. This book was, I'm sure, considered just a work-for-hire by it's author, Bill S Ballinger. But that doesn't mean that it isn't enjoyable. Even when it comes to grinding out hackwork like "novelizations", talent will out--as they say--and Ballinger's writing is consistently crisp. He sketches the bleak, ruined city with a few deft descriptions and lays out the character motivations believably. Where his writing really shines is--interestingly enough--in the fight scenes; in the film they lack the kinetic punch that the director was able to achieve with Enter The Dragon (let's face it--as cool as he was--Yul Brynner was no Bruce Lee) but Ballinger's descriptions carry a nasty violent snap. He nicely captures the interesting tensions at work in the main character: the bald, bullet-headed Carson--with his unplaceable features and deadly fighting skills. Anyone who enjoys dark pulpy sci fi like DAMNATION ALLEY or has read McQuay's novelization of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK should seek out this book; it is literally available online for mere pennies! Better buy a few before i get them all!