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Metal Swarm (The Saga of Seven Suns #6)
The alien hydrogues have been defeated, driven back to the cores of their gas-giant planets by an alliance including the Earth Defence Forces, the ancient Ildiran Empire, the gypsy-like Roamer clans and fantasic water elemental beings as well as gigantic living 'treeships'. The various factions try to recover - but the deep-seated wounds may prove fatal.
The Hansa's brutal...more
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684 pages
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(first published 2007)
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Précis The hydrogues were defeated in the last volume and now both the Hansa and the Ildirans are picking up the pieces. King Peter is strengthening his newly founded Confederation on Theroc and Basil Wenceslas, chairman of the Hansa is slowly losing his grip as he tries to discredit the Confederation and hang on to the colonies.
The new Ildiran Mage-Imperator Jora'h is taking a new approach to his position much to the dismay of many Ildirans, which eventually puts him in harm's way. Adding to h...more
The new Ildiran Mage-Imperator Jora'h is taking a new approach to his position much to the dismay of many Ildirans, which eventually puts him in harm's way. Adding to h...more
Only one more book to go.
Often during the reviews of this series I cite how timeline is a terrible distraction. The Pregnancy that has gone on forever is now finally over. How a second problem that the author thinks is a triumph is the short vignettes of everyone's story. That still plagues us.
How as a political treatise we have a meglomaniac ruling earth without a checks and balance system. Still the Chairman gets away with terrible horrors and no one stops him.
A new item has come to the surfac...more
Often during the reviews of this series I cite how timeline is a terrible distraction. The Pregnancy that has gone on forever is now finally over. How a second problem that the author thinks is a triumph is the short vignettes of everyone's story. That still plagues us.
How as a political treatise we have a meglomaniac ruling earth without a checks and balance system. Still the Chairman gets away with terrible horrors and no one stops him.
A new item has come to the surfac...more
man, this really disappointed me. with such a great previous book, i really thought this was going to be amazing. it actually turned out to be my worst fears. anderson finally succumbed to corny characters, predictable plots, and tired conversations. too bad. i guess i'll still read the next one. i guess i have to since it'll be the last in the series. maybe this was a fluke.
It was fairly clear for a few books that the Klikiss were not extinct, and I was eagerly waiting for the moment when they would reappear. I had an image of the Klikiss in mind which was totally destroyed in the first few pages of their appearance. By this point, I shouldn’t be surprised that Anderson created something completely unexpected.
Another expected—and yet surprisingly different—enemy is the faeros. I was fairly certain they would switch sides eventually. Their blending with Rusa’h was...more
Another expected—and yet surprisingly different—enemy is the faeros. I was fairly certain they would switch sides eventually. Their blending with Rusa’h was...more
This one was slow at the start, but built up steam as it progressed to the end. Anderson leads you to believe that the war in the Spiral Arm is over, but as often happens in reality things just keep getting worse! With the help of the wentals, and verdani the humans and the strange yet compelling allies of the humans, the Illdrans, might yet survive the continuing war.
The Kilkiss(an ancient and very alien race believed to be extinct) are back, and the irrationality of the Hansa Chairman lead t...more
The Kilkiss(an ancient and very alien race believed to be extinct) are back, and the irrationality of the Hansa Chairman lead t...more
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This was a fun series to read. The semi long winded way of writing reminds me of the Dune prequels and conclusions he helped write. Not that I'm really complaining it’s just a lot to get through.
The story is big but the character list is bigger, and you get plenty of detail. I was able to read the entire series with only 1 or 2 forced distraction books to get a break from the story. Which for me means it’s pretty good if I don't get too sick of it after 7 books.
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This was a fun series to read. The semi long winded way of writing reminds me of the Dune prequels and conclusions he helped write. Not that I'm really complaining it’s just a lot to get through.
The story is big but the character list is bigger, and you get plenty of detail. I was able to read the entire series with only 1 or 2 forced distraction books to get a break from the story. Which for me means it’s pretty good if I don't get too sick of it after 7 books.
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For this one I started in book six or seven of a giantic epic. Fortunately there was a rather large recap of the last five books at the beginning so I wasn't lost. Andersons universe is peppered with hundreds of subplots and characters. Basically we got a number of groups of human confederations fighting against black robots (created by a race of bugs). Those bugs have resurfaced to destroy the robots and use the humans as of new DNA so they can fight against each other. There are also subwars b...more
The plot lines in this series were very interesting, and it was just enough to keep me reading it through to the end, but I found the writing repetitive, than tiresome and finally flat out boring.
Anderson writes each chapter as if you may have forgotten the setting laid down previously...I get it that the roamers are inventive, I get it that Ildarians can feel each other through some sort of psychic link, and I get it that the Chairman is distrustful of others...you don't need to continually be...more
Anderson writes each chapter as if you may have forgotten the setting laid down previously...I get it that the roamers are inventive, I get it that Ildarians can feel each other through some sort of psychic link, and I get it that the Chairman is distrustful of others...you don't need to continually be...more
Book 6 of the Saga and I thought it was pretty good. Having been told this was the weakest book of the 7 I was pleasantly surprised. A few of the story lines from earlier books that seemed like irrelevant red herrings came back and proved that there was some point to them. I felt this book was better written than some of the earlier ones with more skillful descriptions. The characters were more filled out and the story moved at a good pace. I am looking forward to seeing how it all gets wrapped...more
From my Newsletter Number 24:
I finished reading the next book from Kevin J. Anderson, Metal Swarm, the sixth book in The Saga of Seven Suns series of seven books. It is amazing to me how the author continues to build out the storyline and characters after six books.
Metal Swarm begins with the bettlelike Klikiss returning to reclaim their worlds from anyone who lives there. Everyone on the Klikiss planets is helpless against them and many will die trying to escape. The Klikiss robots are losing...more
I finished reading the next book from Kevin J. Anderson, Metal Swarm, the sixth book in The Saga of Seven Suns series of seven books. It is amazing to me how the author continues to build out the storyline and characters after six books.
Metal Swarm begins with the bettlelike Klikiss returning to reclaim their worlds from anyone who lives there. Everyone on the Klikiss planets is helpless against them and many will die trying to escape. The Klikiss robots are losing...more
Mar 15, 2012
Sebastien
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fan de la série seven suns
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Pour faire suite au livre précédent, comme on a eu droit à un final très surprenant, on est maintenant rendu au point où il faut relance la finale des retombé de ce conflit. Le début de ce livre est un peu lent, mais c'est a comprendre car il y a des points à introduire.
J'ai eu un peu peur quand j'ai commencer ce livre car je me demandais bien comment l'auteur pouvait continuer le reste de son histoire sur plus de 1000 pages quand le principale de l'histoire a été traité dans le dernier livre. H...more
J'ai eu un peu peur quand j'ai commencer ce livre car je me demandais bien comment l'auteur pouvait continuer le reste de son histoire sur plus de 1000 pages quand le principale de l'histoire a été traité dans le dernier livre. H...more
This book, part 6 in the series, takes place in the far future, after a brutal galactic war. Klikiss robots pretended to be humanity’s friend, building soldier compies (battle computers) for the Earth Defense Forces in their war against the hydrogues. The compies were all programmed to turn against their human hosts at a particular moment, killing thousands and stealing many Earth battleships. Sirix, the leader of the robots, uses these Earth battleships to attack undefended Earth colonies.
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Yes, a lot of reading and many races, characters and interplanetary history in this part of the saga. Once you invest the time to learn all the societies and main characters, you just keep on reading. The characters are well defined, and clearly for the good of others or out for themselves, and so make this an easy read.. A relief in a complicated world to read about shining right and blatant wrong themes. I read this a little while ago, but wanted to remember it so will make this my first post...more
Where book five was fun and exciting, book six was tedious and boring at times, almost as bad as the first book. A lot of plot occurred in book five, but the story did not end there. Several plot threads still need wrapping up plus an almost new thread that was only hinted at in earlier books has blossomed in this book. Still, the final part of the book was good enough to give me hope that the seventh and final book of the series might be a good one.
This is great science fiction - excellent character development, complex story arcs and just pure excitement to read. I'm glad I got into the Saga of Seven Suns series after 5 of them had been published as it would have killed me to have to wait long periods in between publishing each book.
Book 6 of the Saga of the Seven Suns. The story continues, now I have just one book left. I must say I will hate to see this story end.
Will save a larger review when I finish book 7. But, let me just say here and now, this is a classic and definitely worth the time, for science fiction fans.
Will save a larger review when I finish book 7. But, let me just say here and now, this is a classic and definitely worth the time, for science fiction fans.
Really struggled with this book after devouring the preceding 5. Too many threads were wrapped up in book 5 so that 6 feels a little empty for a good part of the book. Looking forward to reading the last book but shall wait till I have caught up on some of the other books in my pile.
This book brings a lot of the plots of this Epic series to a critical juncture. Things don't really look good for anyone. The story is fast paced enough that the pages keep turning and make this book seem a lot shorter than it actually is.
Yep, definitely just want to get the end now. Definitely won't abandon the series, but some of this stuff is just going on a bit long now.
Nov 08, 2009
Rob Norton
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Rob by:
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Anderson has done a very poor job with the "Saga of Seven Suns" series. He repeats the same parts of a storyline, an individual scene, or character background information as to become pedantic. The only other books I have read of his are his Dune prequel and sequel collaborations with Brian Herbert, which suffered from some of the same problems; however, I had been sucked into the Dune universe by Frank Herbert's originals, so the holes in that series that were filled by these collaborations kep...more
I feel this should have been a sequel series instead of a continuation of the first 5 books. That said it was still an entertaining read. The bad guys are a bit more 1 dimensional which makes things a bit obvious and redundant.
I like these books by Kevin Anderson because each chapter follows a character. They are great for reading in places where you have small snippets of time like the bathroom, the doctors office, the car waiting to pick up kids, on the morning train, etc. The chapters are short 3-4 pages and only follow one character at a time so it's not too confusing. The characters are also richly developed and the plot is always thickening. Just when you think you've figured it out the author throws something e...more
The story is starting to flounder...too many threads! Having trouble pulling them all into the thism, if you know what I mean.
i don't think i'm spoiling it to say that this book jumped the shark about 12 times.
I had been enjoying this series of seven books but it could have ended at book five. I am now just reading them to complete the set and am finding that I just want it to end already so I can go on to another book...something different.
More of the series. I am still liking the characters and the morals of the good ones. It seems there are too many setbacks in good vs. evil, however, and I'm getting tired of evil winning so often. Hopefully the last volume of this series will end with a win for good.
One of my favorites . Even robots have personality
Story started getting a little slow in this volume.
I propose a new drinking game: Anytime anyone says "by the guiding star" in this book/series, you have to take a drink. (You'll be a mess in about 2 chapters.) The basic story in this much-too-long series is good, and I am mostly enjoying it. Unfortunately, some of the details wander across the line to silly, and the writing of some of the dialog is just lazy.
Kevin has excellent himself, these books are brilliant.
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Pseudonyms: Gabriel Mesta, K.J. Anderson
He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in coll...more
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He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in coll...more
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