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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781416509288
ISBN number: 1416509283
Label: Baen
Manufacturer: Baen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: December 27, 2005
Publishing house: Baen
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It is six hundred years in the future and mankind has learned to move between the stars . . . by going into Two-Space, the vast realm where sentient wooden ships travel beneath canvas sails in a universe that is corrosive to technology. As they charged headlong into the galaxy, humans discovered others who were already there: The elven Sylvans who live in the vast forests of low-gravity worlds, the dwarven Dwarrowdelf who thrive deep in the mines of high-gravity worlds, and other, far more alien races. The ancient Sylvan race is enchanted by the human culture, embracing Tolkien as prophecy and taking 'classic' human science fiction as a guide. Against this stellar backdrop, Lt. Thomas Melville's ship is mortally wounded in a cowardly surprise attack. With his captain killed, Melville must capture a feral, sentient enemy ship, then must fight his way across the galaxy to warn of the vast invading armada. In an odyssey of turmoil and battle he forges his ship and crew into a mighty weapon of war and earns the love of an alien princess. Now, if he can only survive the attacks of two very angry alien empires, and avoid being court martialed by his own nation of Westerness for getting them involved in a vast intergalactic war, he might live to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
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I'm only 2/3 through this book, but I just can't keep my opinion to myself anymore. I love the premise of going into 2-dimensional space for interstellar travel, but so far that's about the only thing I love. Well, I kind of love the monkeys.
The problems start off almost immediately. We're cruising along with the prose and suddenly they decide to insert some poetry. Poetry every once in a while might be ok, like at the beginnings or endings of chapters, but when the authors just throw it in in the middle of things, it really takes me out of the story. I've gotten to the point where I just skip over those parts.
On top of that, the tech limitations just don't make any sense, and I can't help considering them because they're so glaring. I can accept that two-space doesn't allow any complex technology, but there are so many inconsistencies in the way it's applied. It will take rifled muskets, but winches to raise the sails are too complex.
And the cultures that the Men of Westerness come from is just not striking a cord with me. I love Tolkien as much as the subsequent fantasy geek, but even I have a hard time believing that anyone would base their culture on it. Developing a retro-culture in response to not being able to use high-tech in two-space only makes partial sense to me. I can understand having a lowish-tech navy and not doing any modifications to your sailors, but why would any culture revert so far as to have children on ships that might go to war?
So far, 2/3rds through the book, and I'm not loving it. I had high hopes for it based on the premise, but the execution is just not up to par. I bought this and "The War With Earth" by the same authors at the same time. Based on how little I'm enjoying Two-Space, I have to wonder if I'm ever going to have the courage to start the other one.
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Having only recently discovered Webber and Drake and Ringo and I thought finally there folks who seem to know what they are writting about. I have been awed by Grossman. Having read both "The Two Space War" and it's sequel, "Guns of the Two Space War" I can not wait for more. Lt. Col Grossman's lectures are great as are his technical books, but more fiction would be a wonderful cotribution to Military Science Fiction. Both the poetry and some of the scenes bring tears of rememberance to my eyes. For those who don't get it, BAAH!
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Written with a real emphasis on the psycology of being a soldier in combat. Both a very good yarn, and a "here are the real hurts of war to the soldier" story.
It took me a while to get my head around the "Flatland" concept, but that was my problem, not the authors.
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Highly entertaining book based on a novel type of spaced travel. The military and law enforcement communities will appreciate numerous references to some of the top trainers and training methodologies in that field. But the authors seem much more authoritarian-leaning than the libertarian Robert Heinlein, who seemed to have been (somewhat) an source of inspiration for the authors.
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Dave Grossman, and Leo Frankowski manage a coup!!! With a back-story that is just plain FUN, and a leaveaning of practical information (Straight out of On Combat, and On Killing) on how the action really affects the characters involved, I cant reccomend this book enough. With bows to some of my own favorite authors, paying Homage to O'brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, Forrester's Hornblower series,and with references to such Sci-Fi Greats as Heinlien, Weber, and Ringo..the storyline keeps you entertained and engrossed from beginning to end!.. Can't wait for the second installment. Also, the other two novels of their collaberation, The war with Earth, and Kren of the Mitchegai, are also great reads, and definitly reccomended.
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