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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780441013937
ISBN number: 0441013937
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: March 28, 2006
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PFC Wayson Harris is just another clone born and bred to fight humanity's battles for them. But when he learns that his fellow Marines are being slaughtered to make room for the newer model of clone soldier, he goes AWOL--and plans revenge.
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When I was in the USMC we were all told about the 'Old Corps', when real men were Marines...not wimps like us in the New Corps. Steven Kent has created a 'New Corps' without men at all, fearless clones. Old Corps or the New Corps Kent gets it right..."Semper Fi' Do and Die!" The good news is that this is a great read, the better news is that there is a sequel, the best news is a series of six.
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Humans have been able to colonize the vast reaches of the Galaxy by means of transmission stations, a strong central government on Earth, the United Authority, and a military of clones bred to be loyal soldiers, sailors and marines. Fresh out of training, PFC Wayson Harris is posted to a station so far out of the way that it could only be because he's got on someone's blacklist. A chance run-in with a renegade general changes the situation and Harris begins to find out that much of what he was brought up to believe is untrue, and that there are forces in the military out to get him--or protect him, not because of anything he's done, but because of what he is.
Events unfold fairly quickly. There are small and large battles to keep things exciting, while things are gradually revealed to Harris. He's young and all he knows is his generic orphanage upbringing and military training, but he has to learn to not only survive battles, but politics. Not much is revealed about his inner thoughts, even though the book is in his point of view. As a simple soldier with a slight difference, there is not a lot of sophisticated introspection going on. I still found him sympathetic as a character and found the concept of the clone military interesting. Some of the characters Harris comes in contact with are also lightly sketched, but still intriguing. I'm definitely interested in reading more in this series.
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I thought this book would be so much better (and the subsequent one) - so I bought the very first three books in the series.
It wasn't bad -- I just got tired of every character in the book talking about the "damned Liberator clone" , which were supposed to be super stud clone warriors. Some bad stuff happened in the past with this line, but this guy just doesn't make the grade. I kept hoping he would start demonstrating his superiority, but...he really didn't. So the canned reactions just got to be boring.
Read the other reviews, you may like the book. I for one, really enjoyed John Scalzi soooo much better!Old Man's War
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I loved this book/series. Kent writes characters that reach out to you and are full bodied delicious. The story is told from Wayson Harris' point of view and it is a great tale. I highly recommend this book/series to anyone who likes scifi!
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"The Clone Republic" is interesting both for what it does as well as for what it doesn't.
Mr. Kent's hero, Wayson Harris, lives 500 or so years from now in our galaxy, into which humans have expanded (this is probably one of the few military sci-fi novels in which the almost obligatory map shows the entire galaxy), apparently unimpeded by any other sentient life. It's ruled over by an organization called The Unified Authority, which is based on the U.S. Constitution and, of all things, Plato's Republic.
What the book does:
. Harris, apparently a natural born (but orphaned) human, is sent for military training, where most of his marine in training colleagues are clones, especially bred for obedience. Since Harris can think for himself, not a desirable trait as far as the officer class is concerned, the authorities send him to a backwater post, but he excels there and finds himself noticed (and not only by higher ups in the U.A. hierarchy but also by a mercenary bounty hunter, who keeps conveniently turning up).
. Soon, Harris discovers that he isn't what thought he was, and that because of what he is there are those who would prefer he simply disappear. They keep trying to make this happen, but (no surprise--the story's told in the very first person), he stubbornly refuses to die.
. In addition to the excellently done battle scenes, Mr. Kent explains well how the clones are bred with a self-destruct trigger: the clones don't think they're clones, and if they ever discover they are, they suffer heart failure.
What the book doesn't do:
. Although set 500 years in the future, the only thing that seems speculative at all is the intriguing way in which the spacecraft can transport themselves across the galaxy--through "broadcasting mirrors." Also, since Mr. Kent apparently has no interest in other species, he doesn't provide any--and it's hard to imagine there is no other intelligent life in the galaxy.
. Other than the transportation system, everything else seems very 21st century indeed. The doors in hotels still unlock with a key card. The tech in the Marines' battle suits is probably just around the corner.
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This is the very first of, according to the author's comment, four novels. It stands on its own, but Mr. Kent writes well and serves up great plots and memorable characters. I'll read 'em all.
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