Von Neumann's War
Submitted by Alex on Mon, 2006-03-13 00:10.
Von Neumann series
 | Von Neumann's War (Von Neuman) author: John Ringo Travis Taylor asin: 1416520759 binding: Hardcover list price: $25.00 USD amazon price: $20.00 USD |
(with John Ringo)
Mars is changing. Seemingly overnight the once "Red" planet is turning to gray. Something is happening, something unnatural. A team of, literally, rocket scientists figure out a way to send a probe, very fast, to Mars to determine how and why it is changing. However, when the probe is destroyed well short of the formerly red planet, it's apparent that Mars is being used as a staging ground. The only viable target for that staging ground is Earth. Ranging from rocket design to brilliant paranoids to "in your face" fighting in Iraq, Von Neumann Wars is a fast paced look at what would happen if the earth was attacked by a robot race that, quite accidentally, was bent on destroying civilization.
Read advance snippets from Von Neumann's War on Joe Buckley's website
Not the kind of thing I normally read but...
Submitted by Mike Poole (not verified) on Thu, 2007-08-30 20:08.
...I enjoyed it. When's the second one coming out?
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I really enjoyed this novel
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2006-08-20 10:20.
I really enjoyed this novel and loved all the characters! For once a group of people trying to do the right thing!
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And a darn fine read...
Submitted by FredKiesche on Fri, 2006-05-26 00:44.
...it is. You can also buy the "eARC" through Baen. Still can't get enough? Check out Ringo's "Through the Looking Glass", dedicated to a certain "Doc". Heck, I think you'll recognize the main character in that book!
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Interesting tidbit
Submitted by Alex on Thu, 2007-09-13 07:27.
I met Ringo once, and at that time he stated that the Weaver character was indeed roughly based on Doc, but that he had to 'tone down' the character's skills and abilities because 'he wouldn't have been believable' if he had used Doc exactly.
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Series?
Travis, don't stop writing!
I'm hoping you'll continue working with John Ringo and keep the Von Neumann's War series going. I hated when your hero in VNW got killed in the first battles of the Looking Glasses. Then again, the LG hero is another character in his own right.
Please keep the Terran Von Neumann Combat Forces going, and send 'em out to re-conquer the Solar System for humanity (and beyond?)
Gotta hit the Tau Ceti and Warp Speed series next... too many books, not enough time!
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