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The Lost Starship (2000)

by Vaughn Heppner(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: Misspellings, boring characterization, and some reeeeeally creepy sexual harassment portrayed as romantic.The idea is sort of interesting, but it falls flat on execution. The main character is too much of a cardboard cutout "I'm awesome and a maverick and every rash decision I make works out because I rule." His crew all fall into pretty stock character designs: the one who follows the rules, the washed up but talented guy who of course regains his will to live and beat alcoholism because of Captain Awesome's inspiration, and the silent stoic guy. The villain is just a standard smug "I'm superior" stereotype - nothing new or interesting.Oh, and then there's the... *shudder* "romance." And by 'romance,' the author means: "grope and otherwise make unwanted sexual overtur... morees to a woman who is your captive, and ignore her when she repeatedly tells you to stop! She'll see what a great guy you are and come around eventually." It was pretty creepy. And the author didn't portray it as a character flaw for his hero, either! He wrote it straight-up "no-means-yes-and-that's-adorable." And the misspellings. This novel is a perfect example of why you can't forgo a proper editor in favor of spellcheck.Still, the idea was sorta good, somewhere in there. Two stars.
review 2: The Lost Starship starts off a little rocky, but it gets better. And when it was over, there wer e far more questions (and stories).The New Men are a group of super humans seemingly bent on dominating all human worlds. No one know where they come from, nor their full capabilities. Based upon a legend, Star Watch, the security and intelligence arm of the government, Captain Maddox and a ragtag group of people go chasing after this legend of an alien star ship. Before leaving Earth, though, assassins are after the group. Are the New Men behind this? More than likely, indicating deep seated conspiracies everywhere.I enjoyed the book for the most part. It is a very long book, but nothing feels padded. Pacing is decent. There are lots of simple editing errors that should have been caught prior to publication. Thus are the downfalls of self-publishing, I suppose.I recommend the book. But if you have no patience, don't bother. less

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