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Starship: Flagship (Starship #5)
by
Mike Resnick
The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man’s growing military and economic power.
The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is prepar...more
The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is prepar...more
Hardcover, 335 pages
Published
2009
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The Starship series premise had me interested. Set well into the future when mankind is at war with the Teroni Federation, one naval officer finds reason to mutiny (hence, the first book, "Starship: Mutiny". Over time he becomes a pirate (book two: "Starship: Pirate"), a mercenary (book three: "Starship: Mercenary"), then rebels formally against the human government (book four: "Starship: Rebel") and finally takes on the humans directly (boo...more
The Starship series premise had me interested. Set well into the future when mankind is at war with the Teroni Federation, one naval officer finds reason to mutiny (hence, the first book, "Starship: Mutiny". Over time he becomes a pirate (book two: "Starship: Pirate"), a mercenary (book three: "Starship: Mercenary"), then rebels formally against the human government (book four: "Starship: Rebel") and finally takes on the humans directly (boo...more
Starship: Flagship by Mike Resnick
This is the fifth book in the Starship series by Mike Resnick. The book is set in the Birthright Universe which Mike Resnick writes most of his stories in. He even includes a summary of the setting at the end of the book. It is at the end of the period of the Republic as it is moving towards a Democracy in the setting.
Captain Cole is one of those prominent figures who makes history in Mike Resnick's setting. You can tell this because his small actions have big...more
This is the fifth book in the Starship series by Mike Resnick. The book is set in the Birthright Universe which Mike Resnick writes most of his stories in. He even includes a summary of the setting at the end of the book. It is at the end of the period of the Republic as it is moving towards a Democracy in the setting.
Captain Cole is one of those prominent figures who makes history in Mike Resnick's setting. You can tell this because his small actions have big...more
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)
Fans of course are already familiar with one of the biggest frustrations that comes with genre work -- and that's when a person will become interested in a series of related books but only when the series is already halfway over, forcing the person to have to go back and read all the previous titles in or...more
Fans of course are already familiar with one of the biggest frustrations that comes with genre work -- and that's when a person will become interested in a series of related books but only when the series is already halfway over, forcing the person to have to go back and read all the previous titles in or...more
Resnick bites off more than he can chew. Like an intimate off-Broadway play, the plots and characters, while effective in a small setting, cannot be effectively scaled up. When he attempts to transfer Wilson Cole's personal story of moral rebellion to a grander galactic stage it falls flat.
Whether you blame the odd digression into the definition and justification of torture, or the lack of any effectively developed new characters (i.e. Val in Pirate, the Duke in Mercenary, the Octopus in Rebel)...more
Whether you blame the odd digression into the definition and justification of torture, or the lack of any effectively developed new characters (i.e. Val in Pirate, the Duke in Mercenary, the Octopus in Rebel)...more
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This is the fifth and possibly final volume in the Starship series, which chronicles the exploits of Wilson Cole and the intrepid crew of the Theodore Roosevelt. It's set in Resnick's detailed and sprawling Birthright Universe, and Resnick's prose is as always clear and engaging, and his characters are always enjoyable. This volume includes several interesting appendices, as have the four earlier volumes. The high point of the current volume is a consideration of the ethics of harsh interrogatio...more
And so I reach the final book in the Starship series, Starship: Flagship. I've loved this series so far and enjoyed all the books to date - Mutiny, Pirate, Mercenary and Rebel - with very little reservations. To say I was anticipating this would be an understatement and I only hoped it could provide the same enjoyment that I had come to expect from the series. Did it hit the right notes? Well, not exactly, but it was still a very enjoyable novel.
In the aftermath of the Republic attack on Singapo...more
In the aftermath of the Republic attack on Singapo...more
One of the things I really loved about this series as a whole was the diversity. The author makes it clear that there are people of multiple backgrounds on the Teddy Roosevelt (in addition to aliens). There are also many capable female characters, most of whom never fall in love with the Gary Stu-esque hero, and they have different kinds of special skills--computer skills, fighting skills, etc.
At this point, I’ve given up trying to write a review… This whole book makes me want to go back and do a Reasoning With Vampires treatment to this series, picking at the plot holes, continuity errors (and admittedly infrequent grammar error.) Here are a few choice quotations to show you what you’re facing if you read this book. YMMV.
Read the rest of my review @ my blog
Read the rest of my review @ my blog
I think Resnick got his 12 year-old son to write this one for him. I liked the previous titles in the series well enough, but I can't say anything even remotely good about #5 - it's just plain awful.
Dec 28, 2009
Meril
marked it as dnf
if only I hadn't read the appendices first...reading apologia for real-world torture turned off my desire to read the actual book.
Nice wrap-up of the series, where against all odds the good guys turn the bad guys into good guys and save the day and the galaxy...
Deus Ex Machina. Big time. Glad the series is over.
Not a good as the first 4 books of this series
Easy cop out of an ending. Good series though.
Shallow characters and a child like plot lines. Everything happened in the Wilson’s head and everything played out exactly as he thought. Good bed story for a 5 year old, apart from redhead giant obviously. I am very disappointed.
It was an ending. The characters I loved all showed up. There were ships shooting at each other. Cole was a smartass and Val was bloodthirsty.
Still, it fell a little flat essentially ending a five-novel mega space opera with, "And then the little boy woke up."
Still, it fell a little flat essentially ending a five-novel mega space opera with, "And then the little boy woke up."
It was good, turned bad, got worse, and finally became an absurd.
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Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942), better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He is the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Pola...more
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