Hardcover: 1004 pages
Publisher: Galaxy Press; 20 Anv edition (October 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592120539
ISBN-13: 978-1592120536
I first picked this book up in a used bookstore when I was a senior in School. Since that time I have read it several times. It is, without a doubt, one of the most entertaining books I have ever read. The story moves along quickly and the characters are fun and the villians are wonderfully clever and ruthless. This book is no pulitzer prize winner, but if you are looking for a book of pure fun and great story-telling, than this is the book for you. This book is a monster of a read but it’s a monster of a good time. Enjoy!
Synopsis
The 20th Anniversary Edition.
A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time, L. Ron Hubbard’s “Battlefield Earth” opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for a thousand years by an alien invader — and man is an endangered species. From the handful of surviving humans a courageous leader emerges — Jonnie Goodboy Tyler — who challenges the invincible might of the alien Psychlo empire in a battle of epic scale, danger and intrigue, with the fate of Earth and the universe in the balance.
A breakaway New York Times and perennial international bestseller, “Battlefield Earth” has been voted among the top three of the best one hundred English language novels of the twentieth century by the Random House Modern Library Readers Poll, and has won worldwide critical acclaim, including the U.S. Golden Scroll and Saturn Awards, Italy’s prestigious Tetradramma d’Oro (for the story’s inherent message of peace), and France’s Gutenberg Award for the novel’s exceptional contribution to the genre.
About the Author
L. Ron Hubbard’s legendary writing career spanned more than half a century of enduring literary achievement and creative influence, encompassing more than 250 published novels, novelettes, short stories and screenplays in every major genre. Among his best-selling and classic speculative fiction trendsetters are “Mission Earth,” “Fear” and “Final Blackout.”
Hailed as a writer’s writer and an unexcelled master of narrative prose, his life experiences and travels in all corners of the globe were wide and diverse. His inexhaustible curiosity and intense personal belief that one should live a life as a professional led to a lifetime of extraordinary accomplishment. He was also an explorer and ethnologist, mariner and pilot, filmmaker and photographer, philosopher and educator, composer and musician.
Mr. Hubbard passed away in 1986, but his literary legacy lives on indelibly in works that continue to reverberate down through generations and millions of readers, making him one of the most widely read and highly acclaimed writers of our time.