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Exiles (Exiles #1-3)
Computer engineer Lou Christopher's life falls apart when the World Government decrees that the project he is working on is too dangerous to continue. Thus, he and thousands of other scientists and their families are sentenced to permanent exile from Earth on a space station. But Lou and several others decide to escape--by converting the space station into a starship.
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(first published 1980)
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As most of my books, this one has travelled all around my apartment, from my shelves, to several boxes and even gathered a bit of dust in the basement at one point. Yes, I've even tried to read it two times but couldn't get into it and if you ask me why... I have no sane answer for you!
The Story...
Lou Christopher is an ordinary man, a programmer who works on a big gene project. He is no geneticist, yet finds himself a part of a grand plot to exile all the geneticists of the world. Apparently th...more
The Story...
Lou Christopher is an ordinary man, a programmer who works on a big gene project. He is no geneticist, yet finds himself a part of a grand plot to exile all the geneticists of the world. Apparently th...more
Jan 27, 2012
Zac
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3 of 5 stars
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There's different levels of willing-suspension-of-disbelief; for example, there's giving yourself over to the rules of the universe laid out by the author and only judging the content based on those, and then there's yet the far other extreme which can only be defined as getting through this trilogy without openly laughing at times.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this. It was fun. Pretty entertaining though without particularly strong characters or new in concepts.
Some of it did not age at all wel...more
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this. It was fun. Pretty entertaining though without particularly strong characters or new in concepts.
Some of it did not age at all wel...more
it is important to understand that this book was written some years ago. I was just a teenage girl in high school when I read it. We didn't have cell phones, internet, or 500 channel telivision. But the work on this book was indeed visionary. I love to read Ben Bova sci fi because it is imersive. There may never be a Ben Bova movie, but that does not matter-His books are such that your imagination doesn't have to work hard to draw you into his world. I highly recomend this book. ..it would be gr...more
Mar 25, 2007
Matt
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
kids/sci-fi/suspense readers
This trilogy is great in its simplicity. Separate, they could be called novellas, but together they make a very entertaining read. They are together in one volume because they should be read back-to-back(-to-back). What makes the volume so interesting is that between each story, about 50 years have passed so the setting/atmosphere of each piece is completely different (as are the characters). Each story is great, but there is never any overlap to make the stories boring. The characters in each s...more
I read the third and final book about 24 years ago, when I was 12 and I enjoyed it. When I saw the collected trilogy and had to pick it up.
Now that I'm older, reading the first two left me wondering if maybe the third would be a let down when I re-read the end again. But WOW, I absolutely loved the "End of Exile". Far, far superior than the first two books. And I loved it even more having finally read the two before it.
While books 1 and 2 are enjoyable, sometimes unintentionally amusing by how o...more
Now that I'm older, reading the first two left me wondering if maybe the third would be a let down when I re-read the end again. But WOW, I absolutely loved the "End of Exile". Far, far superior than the first two books. And I loved it even more having finally read the two before it.
While books 1 and 2 are enjoyable, sometimes unintentionally amusing by how o...more
Three books way back when it was published, but nowadays collected in an omnibus, The Exiles Trilogy is about a group of humans on an orbiting habitat and how they are exiled from earth. Engaging and competently written, it has unfortunately aged pretty badly.
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Three very different books on a recurrent theme. I first read "Exiled From Earth" as a single novel in 1976 during a long lazy summer in my college years when I couldn't find a job. I loved it The rest if the trilogy has been on my To Read list ever since.
A compendium of Bova's three "exiles" novels. Contains "Exiled from Earth," "Flight of Exiles," and "End of Exile."
Very good stuff. High adventure and some space opera elements. But very enjoyable.
Very good stuff. High adventure and some space opera elements. But very enjoyable.
This is the first science fiction book I ever read. I remember pulling it off the shelf in the library at Tuckahoe Elementary School in 5th grade. Ben Bova has been my favorite author ever since.
A fascinating futuristic tale full of danger and suspense. Deep space travel without any return to Earth is a very interesting concept. A good sci-fi read.
Who doesn't love it when three storys are combined into one, especially when it's an entertaining deep space adventure!
The Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova (1994)
May 08, 2012
Bruce McNair
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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This book reminded me of why I liked Science Fiction when growing up during the 60s and 70s. Although the science may be a little dated, there is still plenty of adventure, rockets, space travel and new worlds. The 3 stories although connected by theme are quite different in that the time and the characters are totally different. The third story has an almost post-apocalyptic feel to it. I've read a few Ben Bova stories before and this is certainly one of his better ones.
Nice petite trilogy. Classic feel, even though it's the 70s.
Apr 07, 2008
Sarah
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
scifi fans 10 and up
Recommended to Sarah by:
Daniel Hendess
Recommended to me by my husband, The Exiles Trilogy is good, old-fashioned scifi. It's amusing in places because the 1970s in it comes out from time to time, but overall, the storyline remains plausible. Though at times I found some of the characters' justifications for their actions to be a bit thin (such as the reason for exiling the scientists in the first place) the book is a page turner that should keep any scifi fan engaged.
Absolutely one of my favourite books ever. I think I've read it 3 times. I'm hoping there'll be a kindle edition at some point so I can read it again! (my paperback copy is a bit worn out). I found it amazing to see how the crew's perception of their ship, their lives, and the universe changes through the three stories. To quote a famous vulcan...fascinating!!
Good book
Verry good book
Verry good book
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Ben Bova was born on November 8, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1953, while attending Temple University, he married Rosa Cucinotta, they had a son and a daughter. He would later divorce Rosa in 1974. In that same year he married Barbara Berson Rose.
Bova is an avid fencer and organized Avco Everett's fencing club. He is an environmentalist, but rejects Luddism.
Bova was a technical writer fo...more
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Bova is an avid fencer and organized Avco Everett's fencing club. He is an environmentalist, but rejects Luddism.
Bova was a technical writer fo...more
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