Starrigger
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 | Product Details: Paperback 310 pages Release Date: 11 August 2009 Publisher: e-reads.com ISBN: 0759232520 Rating:   Sales Rank: 1276116 | | Look for similar books by subject: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: Classic 80's Sci-Fi (04 September 2008)I received this book as a gift from a friend back in the mid-80's in the midst of my strictly Sci-Fi period. I have since found other genre's I prefer but I recently picked this up again and re-read it. It has a decidedly Heinlein feel (ala Farnham's Freehold) but is different enough to warrant its own special caste. If you read this book, the next two in the series are a must and I highly recommend them to put the story to rest properly. Take a trip down memory lane and pick up a copy of this most excellent read. You won't be disappointed. Good read! (03 March 2005)One of my favorite sci-fi novels since I first read it back in high school, '86. Well-written, no-holds barred and realistic, one of DeChancie's more "alive" stories. Easily read, but has plot twists within plot twists. Good first book for that young, budding sci-fi reader you buy books for, mature but not over the top science is understandable, not childish and stupid. Recommended for a good, hard to put down read. First of three-part series. Can easily be a stand-alone adventure, if other two novels are unavailable. What a movie this would make! (19 April 2001)John Dechancie's Star Rigger series is a true gem. Can't find a book or series worth reading these days? (I know for me its getting to be a rare thing) pick up this series. DeChancie handles time travel and paradox with masterful flare. The charaters are complete and well rounded. The style of writing reminds me of H Beam Pipers "The Fuzzys". I would love to see a movie made of this story. Heck! I've read the series three times so I would most likley see that movie that many times. An undiscovered gem. (04 January 2001)In some distant future, this wonderful trilogy will be reprinted, and recognized as DeChancie's masterpiece. Original ideas, marvelous, awesome alien technology, well-developed characters in a strong, well paced plot and delightful wordplay make this series re-readable, and well deserving of the term =Classic=. Find these books. They are worth the effort of tracking down. | |
