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Battlefield Earth 

Battlefield Earth (1982)
A novel by L Ron Hubbard

 

"'Battlefield Earth' is like a 12-hour 'Indiana Jones' marathon. Non-stop and fast-paced. Every chapter has a big bang-up adventure."
Kevin J Anderson


A science fiction novel set in the year 3000, when Earth is an empty wasteland full of aliens, and one man decides to marshal the survivors to rid Earth of the alien invaders.L. Ron Hubbard's most famous book may be, as he says in the introduction, pure science fiction but it is also pure drivel--so much like a third-rate pulp adventure from the 1930s that it is almost unbelievable that it actually dates from 1982. The prose is appalling, the plot riddled with clichés and the depiction of the year 3000 lacks imagination. Here we find Jonnie Goodboy Tyler and his cardboard cut-out allies defending a very old-fashioned vision of the future against the giant alien Psychlos. It's the sort of Flash Gordon yarn George Lucas so brilliantly used as the starting point for his Star Wars universe but the result is 1050 pages of perhaps the very worst science fiction ever written. If you want great space opera, try Hyperion by Dan Simmons, orNeverness by David Zindell.

As a fast moving, simplistic story of good vs. evil, driven by action and corny dialogue in the manner of those old black and white serials, it does the job and is the perfect vehicle for Hollywood producers more concerned with special effects than story. But today's readers, now used to intelligent plotting and characters and stories that actually have something useful and interesting to say, will find Battlefield Earth sadly lacking in almost all areas. --Gary S. Dalkin

Genre: Science Fiction

 
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Hardback Editions

December 2003 : Library Binding
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0613706706 / 9780613706704 (USA edition)
Publisher: San Val
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March 2003 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1903820138 / 9781903820131 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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August 2002 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1592120539 / 9781592120536 (USA edition)
Publisher: Galaxy Press
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October 2002 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 140310543X / 9781403105431 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Publications
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September 1982 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0312069782 / 9780312069780 (USA edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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February 1990 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0884041905 / 9780884041900 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Pubns
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March 1984 : Hardback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0946894019 / 9780946894017 (UK edition)
Publisher: Imprint unknown
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Paperback Editions

May 2008 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1592120075 / 9781592120079 (USA edition)
Publisher: Galaxy Pr Llc
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May 2000 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 190094488X / 9781900944885 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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December 1997 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1900944413 / 9781900944410 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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October 1996 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1573180424 / 9781573180429 (USA edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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December 1986 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1870451309 / 9781870451307 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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August 1991 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0884046818 / 9780884046813 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Publications Inc
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1984 : Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1870451236 / 9781870451239 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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March 1984 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 Edition: Reprint
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0884041557 / 9780884041559 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Publications
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Audio Editions

April 2013 : Audio CD
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1592121403 / 9781592121403 (USA edition)
Publisher: Galaxy Audio
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November 2011 : Audio CD
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: Hubbard L. Ron
ISBN: 1592123953 / 9781592123957 (USA edition)
Publisher: Galaxy Pr Llc
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March 2000 : Audio Cassette
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard, Michael Russotto
ISBN: 0736647694 / 9780736647694 (USA edition)
Publisher: Books on Tape
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October 1998 : Audio Cassette
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 1870451775 / 9781870451772 (UK edition)
Publisher: New Era Publications UK Ltd
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November 1991 : Audio Cassette
Title: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0884046826 / 9780884046820 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Pubns Inc Audio
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December 1985 : Audio Cassette
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L.Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 0884041492 / 9780884041498 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bridge Publications Inc
Availability: Amazon UK   

Kindle Editions

June 2011 : Kindle edition
Title: Battlefield Earth
Author(s):: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: B0094O3Y06
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Availability: Amazon UK   

 


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