Patrick J Wehner

This is a great sci-fi / adventure story. I particularly appreciated the development of the many characters in the book. Besides being a very entertaining read, it is an inspiring take on the human spirit and character.

Amazon Customer

But there is simply no denying Battlefield Earth is just a master-class in sci-fi storytelling. I hate it so much, cause seriously, screw scientology...but man, this really is such a good book.There's just something so... mysterious, yet omnipresent about it. It's not flashy, but you still feel like you're in the year 3000. You can perfectly envision this...decaying, industrialized Earth backdrop, being harvested by a mysterious, powerful alien race. The way he takes language into considerati...

Rimstim

I am not a Scientologist. I am not even, strictly speaking, a Hubbard fan. But I am really enjoying this book.The first thing you have to do is ignore all the negative propaganda surrounding Hubbard's attempts at religion and what his subsequent followers have done with those ambitions. The second thing you have to do is ignore the disastrous movie. (Honestly, Hollywood rates movies not by their intrinsic artistic value but by their ability to generate profit)It's a hefty read - more than a t...

CitizenX

I say this is "Old School" in the sense of the Golden Age sci-fi of the 50's because it bears no resemblance to the 80's Cyberpunk, Steampunk, and quantum inspired weirdness of modern hard sci-fi. The modern stuff is great but this is an example of the Golden Age flavour of sci-fi. It reads like something modern, though, and does not have the dated sound of actual 50's writing. So, don't let that put you off.So, hard sci-fi escapist adventure of the Golden Age kind. Even though the characters...

Paulybee

Great story, pity the movie was so crappy John Travolta destroyed it