Genesis (Free Sample)

Book Details

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Author(s):

Jack McKinney

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

1987

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 2

Prologue

Internal ID:

13571

Series:

Genesis ->

Robotech*

#0.1 of 21

Robotech*

A series of novels from the US anime Robotech loosly taken from the Japanese anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Mospeada.

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0.1) Genesis (Free Sample)
1) Genesis
2) Battle Cry
3) Homecoming
4) Battlehymn
5) Force of Arms
6) Doomsday
7) Southern Cross
8) Metal Fire
9) The Final Nightmare
10) Invid Invasion
11) Metamorphosis
12) Symphony of Light
13) The Devil's Hand
14) Dark Powers
15) Death Dance
16) World Killers
17) Rubicon
18) The End of the Circle
19) The Zentraedi Rebellion
20) The Masters' Gambit
21) Before the Invid Storm

Copyright:

No copyright

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

I've brought death and suffering in such magnitude, Zor thought.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

A marine disappeared like a zapped bug, turned to ash in an instant.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

This mini-book contains the prologue and the first chapter.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 09-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 09-Mar-2023

Publications

12-Feb-1987

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

12-Feb-1987

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Pages*:

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Mar 1987 - 1 Mar 1987

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13104

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-34133-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-34133-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

ABANDONED ALIEN BATTLE FORTRESS!

It saved humanity from itself, but there was a price: hot on its trail came the most merciless enemy of all!

The Global Civil War was about to make Humankind extinct, when the stupendous Super Dimensional Fortress dispatched to Earth by a dying alien genius changed all that forever, and altered the history of the universe.

Humanity's only hope lay in a corps of untried, resolute young men and women: the Rqbotech Defense Force.

They were entrusted with powers they didn't fully understand. Then the most feared conquerors in the universe attacked, determined to destroy them for no reason they could comprehend.

The war began as...

A UNIVERSE HUNG IN THE BALANCE!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Same ISBN shown on the back cover as the full text edition.

I picked this free sample up at Waldenbooks at the mall in Mississippi when I was into Robotech (before I knew about the original Macross). It contains the prologue and the first chapter.

Author(s)

Jack McKinney

Notes:

A pseudonym used by Brian Daley and James Luceno.

From "About the Author" in The Devil's Hand:

Jack McKinney has been a psychiatric aide, fusion-rock gultarist and session man, worldwide wilderness guide, and "consultant" to the U.S. Military in Southeast Asia (although they had to draft him for that).

His numerous other works of mainstream and science fiction - novels, radio and television scripts - have been written under various pseudonyms.

He currently resides in Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Awards

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