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mabusecast's review against another edition
4.0
The second half of the short pulp science fiction novel that introduced the hero of Buck Rogers to the world, is about the same quality wise to the first half, even if the yellow peril elements are much more pronounced in this volume!
Overall I would say if you like pulp adventure type science fiction this is far from the worst example of it, even if their are better examples of it out there, I still enjoyed this from a cultural archeology standpoint and had a fun time with it!
I will say that I honestly find the one element of Buck Rogers story that has remained the same over the years,the man out of time plot, to be really compelling!
Overall I would say if you like pulp adventure type science fiction this is far from the worst example of it, even if their are better examples of it out there, I still enjoyed this from a cultural archeology standpoint and had a fun time with it!
I will say that I honestly find the one element of Buck Rogers story that has remained the same over the years,the man out of time plot, to be really compelling!
wunder's review against another edition
1.0
The previous book, Armageddon 2419 AD, had a big dose of Yellow Peril, but was generally an exciting story. This book relishes the genocide of the Han race, murdering civilians with glee whether individually or wholesale (with atomic bombs). A thoroughly disgusting book.
Here is a quote from the tail end, after the glorious destruction of the city Lo-Tan:
The chapter is titled "Victory".
I wish I had not read this book.
Here is a quote from the tail end, after the glorious destruction of the city Lo-Tan:
...though it was several years before one by one their remaining cities were destroyed and their populations hunted down, thus completing the reclamation of America and inaugurating the most glorious and noble era of scientific civilization in the history of the American race.
The chapter is titled "Victory".
I wish I had not read this book.
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