| Earthbound |
 ISBN: 9781937007836 LibraryThing | This is the third book in the Marsbound series. The Others have just turned off all electronics on Earth, and now we need to survive. One problem with this book is that it jumps straight into the action -- I had to go back and re-read Marsbound and Starbound in order to understand what was happening in this book. That was ok because those two books are excellent, and I enjoyed re-reading them. In fact, those two are probably a little better than this one.
Overall Earthbound is pretty dark, and there isn't a lot of hope presented -- its just a series of scenes where the main characters attempt to deal with an all powerful adversary. Perhaps if the Others weren't so powerful this would be a better book, because you just know that everyone is doomed. I also respect authors who are willing to kill off lead characters, but that happens a lot in this book, which sort of bothered me. Perhaps that's what combat is really like though -- people you have an attachment to just stop being there. There's no warning or explanation. The end of this book isn't very satisfying. There better be a sequel or I'm going to be annoyed. Tags for this post: book joe_haldeman mars aliens exploration space_travel first_contact marsbound post_apocalypse combat Related posts: Starbound; Marsbound; Rendezvous With Rama; Red Mars; Mars: A Survival Guide; Camouflage ; The Coming; The Apocalypse Troll; Death Bringer; Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow ; East of the Sun, West of the Moon; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress; Agent to the Stars; Redshirts; Runner; The Ship Who Sang ; Bolos 1: Honor of the Regiment; Iron Master; Cloud Warrior; Amtrak Wars; The Accidental Time Machine |
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