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L.E.G.I.O.N Advantages: QUITE A GOOD BOOK Disadvantages: Can be a bit 'Tecky' ...Brotherhood. They are officially Alpha Legion but they often have their own agenda to follow. They are currently on the world of Nurth and fighting once again in the 'Pacification Campaign'. They are up against overwhelming odds but that is something they are used to and Horus their leader will come up with innovative and surprising ideas to thwart the massive forces arrayed against them. They are backing the true Imperial forces but questions over ... ...influence over some of the legion and that in itself may tear the legion apart. Finally, What secrets do the natives of Nurth hold and hide, they must be careful it could be so vast as to destroy the imperial forces forever. A very well written book that has a great twist at the end. A real war novel which is gripping from the start and the plot races along with some surprises and a few old ricks used in the warfare side of things. This book is more ... MaldivesHoliday 02.03.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Legion (Horus Heresy) - Dan Abnett	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
One of his finest Advantages: A story of epic proportions Disadvantages: The book can sometimes get lost in its own complexity ...the universe of the 'Culture', Look to Windward is based around the encounters of a multitude of characters as they await a space-station mind's celebrations to mark the anniversary of a great genocide. Although the story starts slowly, the level of detail and pure pleasure associated with life on the space-station keep the reader interested. As the characters, a mix of diplomats, assassins and composers, begin to swing from system to system, the ... ...are literally unimaginable then sample Look to Windward. It is however an epic book, a space opera rather than what I like to call 'normal' stories (drama, crime, love etc.) set in space, therefore perhaps one to avoid for the casual sci-fi reader. I hope you enjoy a book which I have read again and again. ... tibejw 24.02.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Left Behind - LaHaye & Jenkins Advantages: Can't put it down - grips you from the start Disadvantages: none Left Behind is actually a series of 12 books entitled the Left Behind Series. The final book was out for sale in May last year with the first book being published in 1995. The books are fictional series based on certain facts from the bible regarding events of the 'end times'. Anyone beleiving in Christ and the truth of the Bible beleives that one day they will leave this earth and join him in heaven 'in a twinkling of an eye' (from the Bible) leaving ... ...himself and daughter, Chloe are left behind. Rayford discovers people missing on his flight in mid-air and upon landing witnesses devastation as vehicles became suddenly unmanned and people are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. Chloe Steele is in her early twenty's and at University in another City. Upon the disappearances, she manages to get hom amidst the devastation to find out if her family are still on earth. Cameron ... Deetzyb 24.01.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Left Behind - Jerry Jenkins, Tim LaHaye	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Learning the world, one review at a time... Advantages: Brilliant depiction of alien society Disadvantages: Ho hum sunliner full of augmented humans ...how we might react to learning we're not alone in the universe. From government cover-ups and conspiracies to all-out interplanetary war, aliens coming to visit is a science-fiction staple. Learning the World - a novel of first contact In Ken MacLeod's Learning the World, however, humanity has a long way to go before meeting new life. MacLeod suggests a universe so vast that humans conquer space travel and colonise vast numbers of star systems ... ...we are the invaders. And most of the ship's crew has a different opinion on how to go about things. Aboard the sunliner 'But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!', it's clear that a lot of evolution separates the characters in the novel from you and me. The engineers are so accustomed to working in zero-gravity that they can't walk on two feet without a great deal of practice. At adulthood, young people get access to all sorts of groovy augmented abilities. ... Olly_Plimsoll 13.09.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Learning the World - Ken MacLeod	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Its not cricket Advantages: Very funny Disadvantages: none ...word processor of Douglas Adams Life, make reading Life, the Universe and Everything a very pleasurable experience This is the 3rd (but not final) book in the Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy Trilogy, but don’t worry you don’t have to have read the preceding books to make sense of this one, just remember it’s not meant to make sense. The story starts with Ford and Arthur stranded in Earth’s pre-history, however they ... ...at Lords cricket ground just as England retain the Ashes (Cricket lovers will obviously notice at this point that this is a work of fiction). After the excitement of time travel, and an English win at cricket the crowd at MCC are further treated by the appearance of a spaceship from which deadly robots appear, killing and maiming all and sundry with cricket bats, before stealing the ashes and disappearing as suddenly as they appeared. But what’s ... brownp1 02.10.2001 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...