Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

· Galaxy Press LLC
4.4
243 reviews
Ebook
1072
Pages

About this ebook

If you liked Dune, Atlantis Gene and Star Wars—you will love the book Battlefield Earth!

 

In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than thirty-five thousand humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth.

 

From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity’s demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors. Spreading the seeds of revolt, Jonnie and a small band of survivors pit their quest for freedom in an all-out rebellion that erupts across the continents of Earth and the cosmic sprawl of the Psychlo empire.

 

For the fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth.

 

“Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable.”—Neil Gaiman




“Battlefield Earth is a terrific story! The carefully underplayed comedy I found it delicious. A masterpiece.”—Robert A. Heinlein


“Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science fiction.”—Brandon Sanderson


“Space opera that hits the right notes. It's provocative, exhilarating and genuinely enjoyable.”—SCIFI.COM

 

Awards and Accolades: Top 100 science fiction books 

Top three of the best 100 English language novels of the 20th century by the Random House Modern Library Readers PollUS Golden Scroll and Saturn AwardsTetradramma d'Oro AwardGutenberg Award

Ratings and reviews

4.4
243 reviews
matt aiello
December 28, 2015
I read this book for the first time as a teenager and several times since. It has a power to remove the reader completely from mundanity, placing them firmly in the observers seat of this vast and infinitely rich story. Where SF so often projects a ruined and dystopian futurescape, battlefield earth begins in this way but relies less on fantastical future tech and more on the universal power of democracy and the spirit of man to create its eventual utopia. A refreshingly uncynical and escapist adventure.
A Google user
July 2, 2011
Despite the length I've read this 4 or 5 times. Don't let the god-awful movie adaptation or the writer's scientology affiliation throw you -- it's an amazing story. It reads like a trilogy in a single volume and is surprisingly well-paced with a touch of humor and a fun cast of characters. Maintains it's rhythm extremely well despite the length and is definitely hard to stop reading.
1 person found this review helpful
A Google user
February 21, 2012
Along with Ender Wiggins and Kerbouchard, Johnny Goodboy Tyler is one of my favorite main characters ever... Please ignore the stupid movie that was made its unbeatable and a joke compared to this book... And don't let the scientology issue keep you from reading this great book..

About the author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

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