Earth Strike (Star Carrier Series #1) [NOOK Book]

If you like anything Ian Douglas or Paul Campbell have written, you'll love this book

I preferred this book to any Ian has written so far. There was a little less emphasis on the hardware and more emphasis on the trials and tribulations of the people in the story. This book is a departure from the main theme Ian has developed in his other books which have a main theme of Star Marines meet bad-boy aliens and out wit them at a scenario similar to World War II Midway.

Overall, this switch to the life on board the equivalent of an aircraft carrier is superior to his other stories simply because I felt I could relate to the situation a little better (a little less "oo-rah" - no offense to Marines, I just could relate a little better to characters who don't have a continual chip on their shoulder because of time differentials).

If you like shoot-em up sci-fi, this is a book for you. If you also like getting inside the world of the future and what politics and military interplay might be like, this book is something you will enjoy.

Since Ian is big on series/legacy stories and I'm assuming you'd probably like books in a similar vien, take a look at Jack Campbell's series on "The Lost Fleet". Start with "Dauntless" though, it'll help make sense out of the rest of the books in the series.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Saturday Matinee-Style Military SciFi at Its Best

If you loved the Heritage, Legacy, and Inheritance series, then you'll love this. There's nothing really new here per se. Though Earth Carrier is set in a different universe than that of the Xul, you'll find the exact same type of characters, science, and plots as before.

Earth Carrier is from the perspective of space fighter pilots, rather than space Marines. The action is very fun and the characters enjoyable. Who doesn't love the occasional "Politicians are Stupid", "Civilians are Ignorant", "Admiral/General Knows Best", and "Humans Outwit their Technologically Superior Alien Foes" story?

While there is nothing too deep here, this is Saturday Matinee SciFi escapism of the first degree, and I cannot wait for Star Carrier II to hit the virtual shelves.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Awesome

I love this book. I intend to buy #2 and read it.

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Who needs a mate?

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Space Navy - A must read for those who want to see the Navy in space.

Ian Douglas can write. There is noooo daught in my military mind. I have read several of his books, and when I bought this one, I was impressed. I was Fleet and some of this makes you think of todays Navy. In Star Carrier, He gives you enough tech but gives you a lot of personal so that you can understand the people. I look forward to reading book two. Keep up the good work, Shipmate.

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Suprisingly Knowledgable

Ian Douglas doesn't dissapoint people looking for a true military flavored sci-fi. Suprisingly detailed descriptions of FTL drives and the complex physics of space. He really captures life as a pilot and even an admiral of the fleet. You will be given percpectives of the same battles from nearly every angle. Amazing book. The battle sequences are intense and certainly not short lived.

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Recommended.

This is written well enough that I will probably get the entire series.

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Join us now!!!!!

We need mor cats. Go to conny. First result. ~lightmist of bloodclan

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CAMP CHANGED TO EARTHS CHILDREN

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Robinstream

* curls up in nest* goodnight

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Awsome

Great story. Cool concepts!

Not my thing..

This book had great potential to be a page turner. Instead, the author got so caught up in the science that he drownds out the story. To many times he breaks away from the action to detail the physics of the ships and the ships systems.

A really good book.

I just recently finished the Lost Fleet series of books by John G. Hemry and saw this book recommended by someone who had enjoyed that series. Really glad for that recommendation because I really enjoyed this book. Just like the Lost Fleet series, it takes care to explain the science behind the action and the paradoxical twists that accompany the need to travel such vast distances. Where this book really shines is the fact that we get to know the characters much more. They are complex, interesting people with much more believable motivations and fears driving them.

The action and battles are very well described, believable (for the most part) and exciting. The alien races are as I would imagine them being. Not like other science fiction stories where they are just humans with pointy ears. The idea that sections of an aliens brains would hold conversations with itself and a pair bonding as well as a collective "hive" mind where they get smarter as more brains are brought into the group was. . . wow. Wild in concept but logical when you think about it.

I really really enjoyed this book. Couldn't put it down towards the end. I can't wait for more.

Different from his Heritage series

If you haven't read Ian Douglas and are in to Military Sci-Fi then I behoove you to try some of his work. I think Star Carrier is a good read. I thought the initial plot direction failed to draw you in the way his heritage series does but once you got there it was worth while. This one has very little background to it. You are just dropped into the titanic struggle right from page one. Very little development on who the enemy is or where it came from. The author does warn you about this though so you at least expect it. Enjoyable read from a few chapters in till the end.

Great Author

He is always a great read combining hard science a real military facts for a great book.
I would suggest his other books.

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