Rating:  Summary: My all time favorite Review: One of the best books I've ever read! Moran portrays a conceivable picture of the future and fills it with powerful, likable characters. I think this book is the best in the series - most of the plot of Emerald Eyes was covered in this book and Last Dancer was a little too far out for me.It's a shame these books are no longer in print, but Moran has re-published a hardback edition of Emerald Eyes and The Long Run combined.
Rating:  Summary: My all time favorite Review: One of the best books I've ever read! Moran portrays a conceivable picture of the future and fills it with powerful, likable characters. I think this book is the best in the series - most of the plot of Emerald Eyes was covered in this book and Last Dancer was a little too far out for me. It's a shame these books are no longer in print, but Moran has re-published a hardback edition of Emerald Eyes and The Long Run combined.
Rating:  Summary: To quote the commericial "This IS Sci-Fi" Review: The 3rd book in the series (Armageddon Blues being first followed by Emerald Eyes, The Long Run and the latest book, The last Dancer) is AWESOME! I have been hunting another copy of it for 7 years now! An intricate plot that moves at a good pace, well developed charactors, and believeable, easily explained science combine to produce one VERY good read! Daniel Keys Moran is to Sci-Fi what Tom Clancy is to Spy novels!
Rating:  Summary: An author who can develop a character you care about. WOW Review: There are a few books that stay with you over the years, this is one of them. In the spirit of Orson Scott Card, Daniel Keys Moran develops characters that become solidly real to the reader. The only down side is the author does not seem interesed in continuing the story..... .HEY DANIEL, RELAX MAN JUST WRITE FOR THE FUN OF IT, YOU TEMPTED US WITH A RICH FULL BACKDROP AND PROMISES OF WONDERFULL ADVENTURE.... WA HAAPEN ?
Rating:  Summary: Excellent Review: This book and the sequel, "The last dancer" should not be missed. I rate Moran as The no. 1 sci-fi writer and wish more of the series was lined up for publication. A chase features at the heart of the Long Run and I expected the pace and tension to falter - wrong! The large cast of characters is finely detailed and the depiction of the future both visionary and well-grounded technically. Add in the element of mystery and these two books cannot fail to please. The prequel "Emerald Eyes" adds more background but doesn't quite reach the standard of "The Long Run" and "The Last Dancer" in my opinion, although it's still a good book, just not as fleshed out as its sequels.
Rating:  Summary: Incredible Review: This book blew me away. Daniel Keys Moran had been recommended to me by a friend, who had only read The Last Dancer because the the rarity of the books. I had also seen his books pop up on "The top 100 SciFi" lists on the Internet. So I tried looking for his books with no luck. Then I found them on an Internet auction site. I paid top dollar for used paperback editions, and lost a few auctions because the price got too high. I read Armageddon Blues, and was disappointed. The writing style was a little rough. It started out good, but either the book went down the tube, or I started to lose interest. Because of my disappointment, I didn't read any of his other books for a while. Then I decided to read Emerald Eyes. The writing was again a little rough for about 100 pages, and then it started to get good. Now that was a good book. I thought to myself, "he can't top that." I went ahead and read The Long Run. Wow. Again, the first part of the book was a little slow, but it was a better beginning than Emerald Eyes. Many of the characters that were briefly introduced in Emerald Eyes were full blown and developed in The Long Run. I've read books before that were hard to put down, but this one was the hardest. I don't think I've ever read a book that got my heart beating in anticipation like this one did. This is one of the best books I've ever read. I'm looking forward to reading The Last Dancer, and anxiously await any books that follow. I don't know why the author or publisher are taking so long for the other books to come out, but once they're out there where people can buy them, they'll start making a lot of money.
Rating:  Summary: This is a fantastic turn on old cyberpunk ideas. Review: This book was good enough for me to read six times since I found it in 1993. It completely tramples over most books in this field, only Walter Jon Williams book, Hardwired, is its equal. The book has excellent pacing and avoids an attempt to drag anything out (the bane of many contemporary F&SF novels). There are no major plot flaws. I liked the main character, everything he did seemed completely reasonable. The other characters were a little less well developed, but the action and plotting were so well developed that I didn't really care. As the other reviewers have mentioned, this is one book in a huge series, though most of the books do not exist yet. This shows. The previous book, Emerald Eyes is practicaly impossible to find. It took me two years to find this book. The next book, The Last Dancer, is not nearly as good as this book, but it much easier to get.
Rating:  Summary: May Be Coming Back in Print! Review: This is a great sci-fi story. I read on DKM's website that a deal has been signed to re-release the books in the Continuing-Time series. If you can, pick these books up! Start with Emerald Eyes, it sets the ground work for the series, but definitely read The Long Run. Trent is seriously a character with mythic potential, in the same vein as Conan, James Bond, or Sherlock Holmes, and Moran has a solid grasp of where this story is heading.
Rating:  Summary: the long run Review: This is simply the best SF book I have read. In fact, I have re-read it many times. So many times the book is now in deplorable condition. If you want an entertaining, thought provoking, action packed and overall rousing good yarn, read The Long Run. The book is SO good one wonders where the author has been hiding all these years since. Come on Daniel, publish more. Publishers - call this man and beg him to create more!
Rating:  Summary: The best story I have ever read! Review: This is simply the best SF book I have read. In fact, I have re-read it many times. So many times the book is now in deplorable condition. If you want an entertaining, thought provoking, action packed and overall rousing good yarn, read The Long Run. The book is SO good one wonders where the author has been hiding all these years since. Come on Daniel, publish more. Publishers - call this man and beg him to create more!
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