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Summary: riveting, haunting, you'll re-read it many times
Review: Okay, I've read science fiction for 30+ years and I find a new "beloved" author about once every decade. Well, here's one for the 90's. A boy struggles to become a man, a leader, a captain and a saviour . . . all at the same time. I couldn't put it down and, when I did, I found I was even more uncomfortable thinking about what I had read than I was reading it.With each book in the series, I became more haunted by Seafort's times and troubles. Finally, my wife and colleagues began to ask, "What's wrong with you lately?" "Oh, nothing," I'd reply -- meanwhile thinking wondering if they would have the guts to send a dozen children to their deaths to save a planet. Hmmm, would I?
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Summary: There but for the grace of GOD ...
Review: There is no fear greater than the fear of failure to live up to those precepts by which you define yourself.
MIDSHIPMAN'S HOPE and it's sequels place us in the mind of a man thrust into situations and given responsibilties he feels are beyond his abilities, but which he is driven by his duty and beliefs to accept.
The dust jacket blurbs compare these books to ENDER'S GAME and STARSHIP TROOPERS, but they are better likened Jan de Hartog's THE CAPTAIN or C.S.Forester's THE GOOD SHEPARD in that they use the action of the story to define how the protagonist deals with the unrelenting vigilance and ultimate responsibility that lies with the captain of any ship, whether it sails the oceans or the stars.
This series is so gripping and consuming that the reader must be prepared for 3:00 AM reading and bleary-eyed awakenings the next morning. Be warned, you won't stop until you've read them all.
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Summary: Captain Seafort is no Ender Wiggin, but thats not all bad.
Review: I will admit, I was suckered in by the editors sales patter," In the tradition of Ender's Game". In fact, I really saw this as a challenge to both the reader and Mr. Feintuch. Ender Wiggin has become an archetypal figure in the coming of age, sci-fi genre. I thought it a bit unfair, or rather audacious to have a book in that "tradition". Nick Seafort is not Ender Wiggin. His limitations are a bit more pronounced and his abilities are more subconcious. I think that is why I found him more likable than Ender. Sure Ender suffers from selfdoubt, but only in a childish way(he is 5 for gosh sakes!). Seafort suffers from full blown, stomach churning guilt and self recrimination. Bravo! a man like the rest of us, and he still manages to save the day!
This series is a rip roaring wonderful read and Seafort has entered into the annals of great, though unaware, heroes of Science Fiction. In a way, I see him as a Hamlet with teeth. Less tragic and just as grand
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Summary: Get the book right now
Review: Midshipman's Hope had got to be the best book I ever read. It has it all. Nick Seafort is the coolest Captain in the futureistic navy. It rocks that he goes from a senior Middy to captain on the star ship Hibernia in only a few months. He goes form getting sent to the barrel form sending people to the barrel in just a few weeks. He lets everyone know who is the boss and keeps the ship in line. He is only 18 too! He shows people that he won't always do what everyone wants him to do. He even becomes the first to discover weird fish like aleins and warn people about them. The best part is that OOPS! I don't want to spoil the ending. Read it for yourself
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Summary: Don't read this book...
Review: Don't read this book. If you do you won't stop until you've read every book in the series!! But really, this is a good book. The only bad part was that his constant self criticism gets annoying through the seies. Otherwise, it is a fast-paced, exciting. and intriguing book
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Summary: yep
Review: This series belongs to one of the select few to which I was self-destructively addicted to reading. Anyone who likes a fast moving, action-type science fiction book will drool over this and the 4 that follow. Enjoy
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Summary: I am speechless in admiration.
Review: It has been a honor to get to know Captain Seafort. The cynicism and fatigue of age drop away in shame at my own self pity. I owe you, Mr. Feintuch
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Summary: Excellent read, really first class
Review: A read-in-one-sitting book, Midshipman's Hope is carefully plotted, with characters who grow and change as the book progresses. It's got angst. It's got morality and ethics. It's
got strife...all of this in an enchantingly real setting. Feintuch
makes his world believable. Try this one...and then read the
other four, which are nearly as good. Feintuch manages
to hold the integrity of the series together much better than many authors in these days of series novels
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Summary: A classic in the making
Review: I love SF, but I have usually to sift through 10 SF books
to find one I really like.
I picked up this book at random in the library. After 48
hours I ran to thre bookstore to buy the 2nd of the series
and to the library
to pick up the 3rd (which I am now reading).
It is immensely entertaining. This Feintuch guy got it
all right. His main character is superficially a good
target for disliking, though everybody loves him. So will
you.
This saga is a classic in the making.
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Summary: Entertaining with Reservations
Review: First, let me point out that the book definitely has a homoerotic theme. From page 296-97: "I moved closer to the fire, watching my handsome midshipman's face as he chatted with Amanda. Odd feelings stirred, recalling Jason, eons past." Second, I agree that the world as described would be pretty unpleasant. Last, I agree that the book has an uncomfortable number of unlikely events. All that said, it's still pretty entertaining.
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