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Great military science fiction
Enjoyable read.
The story line is cool, but the 'war' scenes are a bit of a mystery at times without a map to give you a better idea of where the action is taking place. Loved the 'dark' beauty rebel leader, can just see her in the movie with her Caribbean accent! :) At times it is actually a mystery as to who the 'lead' character is. So in the end I think it's a good story but a bit confusing at times.
With much more interest villains and battle scenes, this novel has been the best of the series. I have consistently been impressed by how well done the battles have been framed in this book series. I can now add that I am almost equally impressed with the characters and their interactions.
This book to me marks a shift in the series - the story line - always about the people and their surroundings take a more personal level. Before you were seeing the preparation of the fall of Earth and the attempts to limit the chaos that would follow. Yes you got to see it played out in the interactions of people but you knew in the back ground Falkenberg was working towards a greater good (even if at times he let his personal agenda take centre) Here however the focus draws in to a smaller sca...
The CoDominium universe is vast and rich, and I always get a little frustrated at some of the books as I want to know MORE about the setting and how they got there. Anyways, decent romp at the "end" of the reign of the CoDominium and the start of the Spartan Empire.
Another Co-Diminion Military SF book - 3rd of the Falkenburg books - series best read in order
An excellent continuation of the Falkenburg stories. This book has scholarly essays on the structure of the Co-Dominion that are quite good. The ending is an excellent speech that foreshadows the books to come.
This book is well-written with tense plot development and reads as almost a primer in the step-by-step development of a small scale guerrilla war into a full-blown armed insurrection. My only hesitation comes from the jingoistic genre of the book - military science fiction. My own experience with war makes me hesitant to say that technology, even the well-developed science fiction weaponry of this series, makes a might-means-right scenario the only possible solution. Read it for fun, but use it
This one sat around for a bit - started, stopped, started,....etc. finally picked it up and sped through the last pages - skipping the expositionary bits. While the edition I have is from 2014, the original story/book is from 2002. While I've enjoyed individual works from both authours, and with this one I can see flashes of a good plot and writing, the story as a whole just didn't do it for me. Sorry Jerry P. & S.M.S.
This story is where Falkenberg's legion are looking for home as the Codominum is dying. Sparta is on the verge of whether or not to look for the empire. A tale of how the guerilla war could take down a "good" government.
I feel like I can hear Stirling's developing style showing up here more than the previous books in the series. There's also fewer badly incorrect historical items, probably due to the later publication date. Both the protagonists and the villains get more characterization which is to the good and the climactic battle is one in which small things matter, there are no brilliant tactical strokes or clever tricks upon which the victory hinges.
The 'codominiun universe', created by Pournelle and at its best in The Mote in God's Eye, is detailed across roughly 30 novels and anthologies. Go Tell the Spartans is part of a series containing:- a 'breakthrough' of sorts in Stirling's maturity as a writer. Stirling is now somewhat of a modern-day heir to Ruyard Kipling, both in prose and political orientation. - a political parable, where 'king and country' reign, and the authors suggest unconstrained democracy is as reckless as communism. -
3+, just not as solid as previous. When the main character focus turns from Falkenberg I find that the story dips. Strong rebound into the military scenes.
This story steps away from the earlier main character, Falkenberg, and fleshes out the evolving universe. Very well done, and a great read, with well-developed characters. Note that I read this book as part of The Prince, which compiles the 4 main books of the series. Before this 3rd book, The Prince includes what seems to be a short story called Sword & Sceptre. Not sure if it's part of Prince of Mercenaries. But it's important. I recommend people read this series in the form of The Prince, for...
Good, but I recommend readingThe Prince to get all of these in order.
Good bookThese are all great books for fans of military sci-fi. From these, to the War World Books, King David's space ship, and the Moties.
Pournelle's books are ever so much better when he has a co-author. In this case, Stirling - a favorite of mine when solo - helps immensely with the characters and dialog, making this a far smoother and more entertaining read than the previous two in this series. I'm still not bumping up to 4 stars as it still lacks anything truly spectacular, but I am enjoying the background on the CoDominion and the Mote universe. PS: I read this out of order. "Prince of Mercenaries" is supposed to be first. Th...
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