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A review by adventureinlit
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard
5.0
For the last several years, I've had a favorite sci-fi book that's always been my go-to, but after reading this, I can comfortably say that this is now my favorite sci-fi book of all time!
Battlefield Earth takes you on a journey in the future where the human species has been drastically reduced to small quantities and returned to a way of living much like the stone age. Earth is populated by an alien species known as the Psychlos who are extracting resources from the barren planet.
One of those Psychlos, Terl, has a grand idea to obtain as much wealth as he can from the planet and use that as his ticket off this wasteland of a planet. But when he captures one of the remaining humans, Jonnie, he gets more than he bargained for.
A true masterpiece of storytelling about a potential future that could actually happen! Hubbard really hones in on unique details about life from both perspectives and immerses you in this world in a way that makes it all feel believable and enjoyable. The struggles of humanity and finding a way to survive against a formidable opposition that has no interest in seeing them survive. I loved it so much!
Battlefield Earth takes you on a journey in the future where the human species has been drastically reduced to small quantities and returned to a way of living much like the stone age. Earth is populated by an alien species known as the Psychlos who are extracting resources from the barren planet.
One of those Psychlos, Terl, has a grand idea to obtain as much wealth as he can from the planet and use that as his ticket off this wasteland of a planet. But when he captures one of the remaining humans, Jonnie, he gets more than he bargained for.
A true masterpiece of storytelling about a potential future that could actually happen! Hubbard really hones in on unique details about life from both perspectives and immerses you in this world in a way that makes it all feel believable and enjoyable. The struggles of humanity and finding a way to survive against a formidable opposition that has no interest in seeing them survive. I loved it so much!