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Title: Sten (Sten Series) by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1-84149-007-5 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: By far not the best
Comment: Hi, i have just finished the first Sten novel and i have to disagree with all the reviews i found here... It is not a great military SF, not even a good one.
The character development is primitive and all charactes are cliche to the extreme. There is a hero with tragic past, his "girl" who is very smart, an Emperor who appears good natured enough and totaly extravagant and a "team" composed of ppl from different planets with very standard quirks.
To give an example, Alex is a short stocky man who likes to blow things up and happens to be really really strong(coz he is from high-g world). Does that remind you of someone? Like every second dwarf/gnome alchemist character ever described. Or another alien who looks like a huge teddy bear but comes from species that hate everything and everyone. So that gives him an excuse to throw lame sarcastic remarks about humans. Like "I would suggest we avoid usual imbecile human congratulations. We have for minutes" ... before the explosion that is. The list goes on and on.
In general all characters are one dimensional and able to express one kind of emotion throughout the whole book.
In addition to lame characters, the book offers equally lame universe. To give an example; Sten's homeworld Vulcan is a huge artifical spacestation/factory. The fact that it has normal 1-g gravity implies that there is an antigravity device of some kind. Robots that work on factories are smart enought to give sarcastic remarks and they even have antimatter weapons. Now with all that tech they still need a whole bunch of human workers!! And for no other reason but to do dirty work for robots, like bringing pieces that robots assemble together! Why??
Anyway i could go on and on, but this book is not worth it.
If you really want some good military SF try "Starship Troopers" by Heinlein, or "Ender's Game" by Card, or "Seafort Saga" by Feintuch. There are so many great military SF novels around that there really is no reason to fall as low as "Sten"
Rating: 5
Summary: When is the movie coming out?!!
Comment: Military Science Fiction of the highest order. This series is one of the best I've ever read (and re-read and read again and so on) The characters are true to themselves for the entire series. The storylines are great. I should say storyline (singular), because after the first two books develop Alex's and Sten's characters, the next 6 present an excellent story arc, each book satisfying yet you crave the next book. (I was stationed overseas when the last book came out and I had to wait for Christmas for my relatives to send it to me)
Recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Start to a Great Series
Comment: This is the first of the "Sten" series. It's a great sci-fi read with pleanty of classic sci-fi premisies with a few twists.
One of the nice things about this series is that it ends. Once you get excited about reading these books and become attached to the characters, you can simply pick up the next book and continue on. There is no waiting through years of writers block or movies deals (a la Robert Asprin and JK Rowling).
Yes, it's sad that a series you enjoy ends, but at least you have the sense of completion and closure to the story. Since no series can go on forever it's nice to finish strong.
This, as the first installment, is a great read on it's own merits. It's a great story with great characters.
If you're a fan of books like Starship Troopers (book NOT movie) and Ender's Game - I think you'll like this book and it's sequels.
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Title: Sten 3: The Court of a Thousand Suns by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1841490091 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sten 4: Fleet of the Damned by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1841490105 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sten 5: Revenge of the Damned by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1841490806 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sten 7: Vortex by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1841490822 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Sten 6: The Return of the Emperor by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole ISBN: 1841490814 Publisher: Orbit Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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