Battlefield needs to get its head in the game for futuristic titles. In the year 3000, earth has been ruled by an alien race, the psychlos, for a millennium. Looking for a book like battlefield earth a saga of the. Romance, adventure, me against you, out numbered, action, honesty. Well written and keeps you wanting to see what happens next. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Earths cover, however, isnt the lousy artwork, the ridiculous good guy. The psychlos discovered a deep space probe with directions and. Postapocalyptic book list home books ebooks moviestv comics games suggest a title.
Humans led by one man struggle to take back the earth. The only book i ever quit was don quixote it was just going on and on, with no end in sight. Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, battlefield earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad scifi folly. Finally, the ending, though identical to the book, seemed a little. Just in case it redeems itself with an amazing ending, or something. Ron hubbard about jonnie goodboy tyler, one of the last humans left on earth after an alien invasion by the sadistic, corporate psychlos. Battlefield earth is one of the greatest epic sf novels ever writtennonstop, pulsepounding action from start to finish. Recently i sat down and read the sciencefiction novel battlefield earth for the. May 12, 2000 battlefield earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. This is a good, big book, which describes the earth at the year 3000. But i have never read a book that failed in literally every single character, scenario, plot point, concept and rule of writing. And more recent authors, such as neil gaiman wrote, i found battlefield earth unputdownable.
Welcome to final scene of battlefield earth when the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our lord, and of his christ. Suspense, politics, war, humor and intergalactic finance. For a start, it was the thickest book i had ever seen. In the end, each of us must reach our own conclusion. I was shocked to learn battlefield earth was supposed to have a sequel because the film only covers the first half of the l. New york daily news battlefield earth is more than pure science fiction, its pure gold. Ron hubbard back in the early 80s, less than a handful of years before he died. Battlefield earth isnt the usual boring waste of resources. Blurb bridge 9th printing 2000 think of the star wars sagas, and raiders of the lost ark, mix in the triumph of rock i, rocky ii and rocky iii and you have captured the exuberence, style and glory of battlefield earth. Some of the psychlo bases on other worlds were in the middle of occupied cities. Battlefield earth began as a scifi novel by l ron hubbard, popular author and. Battlefield earth, part 1, chapter 1 battlefield earth.
This month, battlefield earth, the blockbuster bomb based on the novel by scientology founder l. Breathing tubes hang from their noses like ropes of snot. Made due to the ceaseless efforts of its star, john travolta, battlefield earth could be used as an exam for film school students on what not to do. One of the most remarkable ideas from this book is the complete unity of the population of earth. Jul 28, 2004 i just got done reading battlefield earth. A saga of the year 3000 is a 1980 science fiction novel written by l. Battlefield earth the leading glock forum and community.
Battlefield earth novel all the tropes wiki fandom. The aliens are some of the most interesting i would compare them to niven quality. And so you know, we published a trade pb edition last summer with about 50 pages of extras added at the end, including author handwritten notes, an interview he did with the rocky mountain news, and a few other things. Battlefield earth 2000 battlefield earth 2000 user. Not a single, solitary thing about this book is good. Ive heard some people disparage the cover of battlefield earth, but to me its perfect. Battlefield earth has long been one of my favorite science fiction reads. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to any scifi fan, i am pretty confident that the majority of people will enjoy this edition. Ron hubbard, won the razzie for worst movie of the decade. Battlefield earth began as a scifi novel by l ron hubbard, popular author.
Marketing hurdles aside, the spines of massmarket paperbacks can barely carry that much weight. Hello, just finished the book, finally, and enjoyed it for the most part. He was unable to obtain major studio funding due to concerns about the script and its connections to scientology. Taking a look at the science fiction story when shadows fall, the problem of the dying earth was approached by firing out three missions to different parts of the galaxy. The great uprising against the psychlos consists of a onesided ground assault against the main mining base and fifteen planes splitting up to strafe the other fifteen bases. Looking for a book like battlefield earth a saga of the year 3000. Why did a movie with previously talented people on it end up looking so hideous.
And theres something almost touching about that ending, which so innocently, so trustingly leaves the door open for a sequel, as if this mess were going to make so much money and inspire such. I now know that its a horrible abomination of the book. Though it is my favorite, i will take up battlefield earth last. Wonderful adventure great characters a masterpiece, but. Aside from the names and the location, its totally different. The novel was awarded the 2007 pulitzer prize for fiction, and critics have called it heartbreaking, haunting, and emotionally shattering. Battlefield earth, a book that even has its own website here, was written by l.
The book s climax is around page 320, and theres an obvious enough ending or a point where it could have been split into two books when the humans have retaken their planet. Ron hubbards battlefield earth opens with breathtaking scope on an earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader and man is an endangered species. Battlefield earth is easily one of the most amateurish, ponderously directed, poorly paced, atrociously written and allaround annoying stardriven ego project movies ever made, notable only for its particularly terrible acting performances and its overall reek of awfulness. Looking beyond the coverand the baggageof battlefield earth. A great master from the golden age of science fiction returns to the field with his biggest blockbuster ever. Dickens then wrote a more conventional ending, which suggests that pip and estella will marry. Its a long book which, for me, is a plus because i never want a good book to end. Battlefield earth could have easily, and much more sensibly, been split into four books. Looking for a book like battlefield earth a saga of the year.
It was sure to be good value on the pagecount alone. Youll thrill to this epic scifi adventure in which a technologically advanced race of 9foottall aliens with razorsharp claws has overrun our planet and humanity has become an endangered species. Jonny starts as a slave for the psyclos, learns their secrets and uses them to overcome his captors. I imagine theres a lot of friendly fire in this book. The psychlos conquer earth to plunder our gold, which they value above any other element.
Its the holy grail of hollywood crap from the decade if not beyond and is quite possibly that which we do not speak of among scientologists. The soundtrack sounds like the boom mike is being slammed against the inside of a 55gallon drum. Wilkie collins, a close friend and author of the woman in white, objected to the nothappy ending dickens first wrote for great expectations. John travolta is both the best and worst when he is playing a villain. A thirdstring planet of the apes meets star trek, battlefield earth is a largely uninspiring scifi adventure with a swisscheese plot. In battlefield earth the action begins immediatelyand never stops. But none grabbed my attention quite like battlefield earth. Unfortunately not enough books, scifi or other, do that often or as well.
After all, i hope to leave you uplifted and eager to read. After losing the case, franchise filed for bankruptcy, and travolta fired his manager, who set up the deal with franchise in the first place. Everything in battlefield earth is just a sea of reeking, seething sewage in every direction, with no relief except the final page. That said, i want to share a few of the classics of the genre with you, each with a different slant. After growing frustrated with life in his miserable mountain village, jonnie strikes on his own only to be captured by terl, a clever, not intelligent psychlo with a.
Battlefield earth is an enormous epic of adventure set in the year 3,000, when the future survival of whats left of the human race is at stake. Battlefield earth also referred to as battlefield earth. Fewer than thirtyfive thousand humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a postapocalyptic earth. To start reading part 1 now, click on the book above. Mankinds cities are in ruins, and there are only scattered. Battlefield earth will give you the talking points, in fact, theyll already be talking about it. Jun 14, 2016 battlefield earth has all the elements thats make it a certain classic in the scifi genre, it contains nearly every kind of subgenre that one can think of that fits into the narrative seamlessly. I suffered through this book until the very end just so i could say i had read it. I know that world unity and peace may be just as science fiction as aliens and advanced technologies, but i hope we can make progress in that direction. He also composed a soundtrack to the book called space jazz. Its by ron l hubbard, the guy who founded scientology. Each of the ten books in the series was like 500600 pages when i was in 5th grade.
The film follows a rebellion against the alien psychlos, who. A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time, l. Writing to friends about the revised ending, dickens seems positive. A sequel covering the remainder of the book was originally planned at the outset. The film follows a rebellion against the alien psychlos, who have ruled earth for 1,000 years. A saga of the year 3000, quite a few years ago while working as a cashier in the automotive department of our local kmart. I never felt that the story dragged, which is saying something for a 1,000 page book. It was sometimes not very busy at work, so when i wasnt fronting shelves or sweeping the floor, id be sitting behind the counter reading this book.
Aug 29, 2014 the novel was awarded the 2007 pulitzer prize for fiction, and critics have called it heartbreaking, haunting, and emotionally shattering. Wonderful adventure great characters a masterpiece, but later admitted that he had not actually. As the bad guy, travolta tries to sound imperious and sarcastic but lacks any sense of presence or. Battlefield earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. Battlefield earth is a 2000 american science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel of the.
Apr 24, 2020 in battlefield earth the action begins immediatelyand never stops. Mar 28, 2010 this month, battlefield earth, the blockbuster bomb based on the novel by scientology founder l. New york daily news battlefield earth is more than pure science fiction, its pure. May 08, 2016 10 awesome things about battlefield earth the cinema snob duration.
A saga of the year 3000 is a 1982 science fiction novel written by l. Thanks to rscifi for this recommendation awesome book. Hubbard as we know was not only a science fiction writer, but the founder of the. A saga of the year 3000 is a 2000 american science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by l. Dec 01, 2016 battlefield earth, a book that even has its own website here, was written by l.
My dad had a massive book collection and i read the mission earth seriesit is a dekology. A saga of the year 3000 from the worlds largest community of readers. Its a laughable waste of resources that, more laughable still, aspires to higher things. And more importantly, can something be done about it. I was never one to pay much attention to critics, i always liked to watch and decide for myself but even i couldnt resist being strayed from any. In battlefield earth, our planet is invaded by the psychlos, a race of 9foottall, 1,000pound carnivores with technology far beyond our own and an average lifespan of 190 years. If you liked dune, atlantis gene and star warsyou will love the book battlefield earth. Ron hubbard was one of the central figures in the creation of science fiction and battlefield earth was at the center of his own work. I must say its completely different from the movie. Science fiction and fiction in general has come a long way since then, to say nothing of how much the world has changed. Feb 15, 2016 a scene from the infamous battlefield earth movie which is based on the l. Each using different methods to obtain the support they desperately neededeach with the fate of mother earth in their hands. Battlefield earth has become something of a legend. I was the fat geeky kid and i read it in 4th grade, then again in 6th i think.
Movies like battlefield earth if you like battlefield earth you are looking for exciting, suspenseful and futuristic movies about with evil alien, survival, danger, mining, heroic mission, alien invasion and heroes themes of action, adventure and scifi genre shot in usa. A scene from the infamous battlefield earth movie which is based on the l. The books climax is around page 320, and theres an obvious enough ending or a point where it could have been split into two books when the humans have retaken their planet. It was directed by roger christian and stars john travolta, barry pepper and forest whitaker. Battlefield earth is significantly shorter than its source novel, covering only the first 436 pages of the 1,050page book. As the bad guy, travolta tries to sound imperious and sarcastic but lacks any sense of presence or dignity, and his cackling evil laugh is laughable.
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