Doomsday

Book Details

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Author(s):

Jack McKinney

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Novelization; Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

19 chapters

Internal ID:

672

Series:

Force of Arms
Southern Cross

Robotech*

#6 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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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:

Dedication:

FOR SHOJI KAWAMORI AND THE '80s GANG AT STUDIO NUE; HARUHIKO MIKIMOTO; IPPEI KURI AND KENJI YOSHIDA OF TATSUNOKO: ROBOTECH MASTERS THE LOT OF THEM - ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME.

First Sentence:

The dimension of mind... the rapture to be found at that singular interface between object and essence... the power to reshape and reconfigure: to transform...

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

And as for the Robotech Masters... come they would!

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Added: 18-Jul-2005

Last Updated: 17-Jul-2023

01-Jun-1987

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jun-1987

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

207

Catalog ID:

34139

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 10 Jul 2023 - 15 Jul 2023

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23186

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-34139-2

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-34139-6

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David Schleinkofer - Cover Artist

THE ROBOTECH DEFENDERS
THOUGHT THE
WAR WAS BEHIND THEM!

A war without victors, that had brought two races to the brink of extinction. A war without spoils, save for the devastated Earth itself...

A new-age ark, the Super Dimensional Fortress had returned to its ravaged homeworld, and those who had lived through Armageddon began the painstaking process of reconstruction. But they herd the Zentraedi to help them, former enemies who shared a common goal - survival!

But all was not well in this bravest of worlds.... Unaccustomed to a life without warfare, many of the alien giants were reverting to their old ways. Now one had appeared who vowed to lead them back to their former glory - Khyron! - an alien culture's hero reborn to pick up where Dolza had left off!

BUT A GREATER THREAT AWAITED THEM!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: June 1987

Includes chapter one of Southern Cross (book 7)

01-Jun-1987
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

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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.

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