| The Coming |
 ISBN: 0441008763 Ace (2001), Edition: First Thus, Paperback, 288 pages LibraryThing | This book wasn't as good as I hoped it would be -- some of Joe's other work has been excellent (The Forever War, Forever Peace and Marsbound being examples). However, some of his other books are very weak, such as Forever Free and There Is No Darkness. This book is an interesting experiment in story telling style, where many different very short chapters are told by different characters. Each chapter follows on directly from the previous one. However, this style makes the story confusing to read until you can remember the names of all the characters. Worse than that though, the idea behind the story isn't terribly strong, and the resolution is weak as well.
Overall and ok read, but not Joe's best work and not a book I would recommend. Tags for this post: book joe_haldeman alien space_travel florida first_contact Related posts: Starbound; Rendezvous With Rama; Marsbound; Earthbound; The Apocalypse Troll; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress; Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens: Humanity; Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens: Maverick; Dragon's Egg; Agent to the Stars; Runner; The Ship Who Sang ; Starquake; The Accidental Time Machine ; Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens: Changeling; Logos Run; Buying Time; Speaker For The Dead; Red Mars; Destinies Volume 1 Number 1; A Hymn Before Battle |
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