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Mindbridge

(Gollancz SF Collector's Edition)

By Joe Haldeman

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| Paperback | 9780575071148

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Book Description

Jacque Le Favre is a tamer, a member of one of the exploration teams that humankind has been able to send to the stars. His first world is the second planet out from Groombridge 1618, a rather unpromising place until they encounter the alien L'vrai, with its awesome and appalling gift of telepathy.

1 Review

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mixed feelings (3.5 stars)

i've mixed feelings about this book. on one hand, you have a fast-paced, very enjoyable book. on the other hand, you have card-board characters, rushed ending and a bigger-than-life hero (which is unusual for tha author, at least for what i've read so far).
haldeman knows how to write, and what to w ... (continue)

i've mixed feelings about this book. on one hand, you have a fast-paced, very enjoyable book. on the other hand, you have card-board characters, rushed ending and a bigger-than-life hero (which is unusual for tha author, at least for what i've read so far).
haldeman knows how to write, and what to write. i was also misled by the cover (and other review i read) in thinking that the mindbridge and the threat for humankind was one thing (it's not, but i'm not saying more than this).
i enjoyed the book up to the last 20 pages or so, when it becomes too rushed and you finally discover that the characters are not that good.

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