A chance to reread a classic that I could not turn down. L Ron Hubbard set the bar for science fiction for many,many years and serves as an example even to today's authors of what a great sci fi story should be.
A sci fi/ horror story that will give you nightmares as you will recognize many of the societal problems in todays news cast. Read at your own risk and definitely with the lights on!

Battlefield Earth
by L. Ron Hubbard
A dark look into the future of man. The people are barely surviving, not able to see the humanity of those not like them. In a lot of ways he looks at the masks we put over our own mistakes, and that of those whom we connect with. The book is eye opening of how people see each other. Its a remarkable twist.

At 1000 page on iPad, this book is far too long for such a simplistic and juvenile alien invasion story. The science throughout—where metal blades rot away but wooden houses last a thousand years—is poorly conceived. The writing style comes across as repetitive, brutish, and uninspired.

Worse yet is the unhealthy and unironic messages of blackmail (“leverage”) as motivation, people as chattel, and dictatorship as utopia.

However, I did like the cover.

Review in exchange for ARC. Thank you.

A remarkable work of science fiction.

The first half is very enjoyable- the second half is incredibly, and unnecessarily, bloated.

The biggest issue I have is the abysmal portrayal of female characters. They exist only to be rescued, do the menial work like cooking, and have their bottoms smacked.

I surprisingly really enjoyed this book! It's a very classic SciFi book and it had a lot of tropes that I feel like are now overdone but since this book was published in the 80's I gave it a pass. This book had me laughing out loud and at the edge of my seat at the same time, the stakes were always very high. It was really cool learning about the world as the main character did, and it was cool seeing how different cultures survived an alien invasion. I'll probably never read anything else this author wrote but I'm glad I read this!

I had never read this so decided to give it a go from the "read now" section. It's a product of its time, I suppose, but it fails the Bechdel test. Repeatedly. The plot is fairly exciting the first half of the book when the book appears to reach a conclusion at the midway point. But then, it just keeps going, for hundreds of pages. I tried but I couldn't finish.

An outstanding Sci-Fi novel. You will not want to put this down! The story is fast paced and will keep you in suspense till the end! A must read for the science fiction fan!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Hubbard has written a classic science fiction novel. It's the future and mankind has almost been wiped out of existence. On man is captured by the aliens and educated. He plans a rebellion. It's a great book, with heroes, villains and many scientific advances.