IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST
One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government.
That government, dedicated to saving the environment from the evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew that the Green House Effect had to be controlled, whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total government control of day-to-day life, but the onset of a new Ice Age
Stranded in the anti-technological heartland of America, paralyzed by Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on or over the Earth. But help was on its way, help from the most unlikely sources ....
Join # 1 national bestsellers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn in a world where civilization is on the ropes, and the environmentalists have created their own worst nightmare: A world of
Fallen Angels
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Product ReviewThis is an old favorite of mine, and my paperback copy is worn almost to falling apart. The story has its weaknesses. There are a myriad of SF and fen injokes, some of which might be confusing to a reader unfamiliar with the sources. But the characters and premise always worked well to me.
As an aside, this was the book that introduced me to filk in high school, and I give it an extra nod for that!Posted on
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Product ReviewI loved it. Solid tribute to the LOYAL fen, in a very immediate future. It would be too easy to wake up to this tomorrow, and recognise most of the cast. I could have put this down, but chose to lose sleep instead, and had a much better night. Yes, there was a slight challenge to my ability to suspend disbelief, but there were only two "assumptions" required, both so close to being true that accommodating both was not intrusive.
It would have been even better if the original print file had been saved in e-format. I guess we'll just have to see ourselves as proof-readers to upgrade the current, presumably scanned, copy.Posted on
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Product ReviewGreat book, and quite prescient given that it was written 20 years ago!
Worth reading if only for the comment about the lunar ecology!Posted on
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Product ReviewJust short of great. I particularly liked the way that this future was imagined. The anti tech establishment is very scary and very credible. Love these authors. Should be more writers like these two.
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Product ReviewAn entertaining fantasy that portrays a future of extreme enviro-socialism run amok. Not a pretty picture but certainly a fun store!
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Product ReviewI found this almost unreadable! Such a desperately saccharine sop to the fen that any sense of entertaining or believable story line was lost, caught up in showing how well the author understands and adores his faithful. The mutual love-in was not to my taste - felt like suggesting Niven and the fen get a room and consummate it that way. A shame as a kernel of a good story was lost in the drivel.
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