It's again Friday. Yay! I've been sick this week so super glad it is almost the weekend. Today, Pavarti K. Tyler, author of Shadow on the Wall, Two Moons of Sera, and Consumed by Love, will introduce you to the fun of science fiction. Pavarti s an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She lives in the Washington DC area with her husband, two daughters and two terrible dogs. When not busy working as the Director of Marketing at Novel Publicity she spends her time penning her next novel.
Aliens Rock
Green skin and purple skies, the possibilities of alien worlds and cultures is never
ending. You can have wild hair, extra rows of teeth, webbed toes, or even non-
humanoid creatures beyond the average person’s imagination. Add in a little politics, an
intergalactic war including aliens and maybe some religion and you have the makings of
a sci-fi best seller.
What is it about aliens that makes us all go “Ohhhh cool”? I think it’s equal parts the
unknown possibilities presented as reality and the opportunity for something really
different. A lot of the best alien stories and movies are all kinds of gross. Take Steven King’s Dreamcatcher or Ridley Scott’s Alien Series, talk about icky! I mean
you’ve got creatures popping out of all kinds of places they really shouldn’t! But we love
that right? I mean, incubating nasty gremlins from outer space is the fodder of the best
alien books.
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| Cover of Battlefield Earth |
For me, if you take anything having to do with a creepy crawly from outer space and
pair it up with some kind of romance I’m in. Which is why what I’m about to tell
you is going to come as a surprise. Battlefield Earth by
L. Ron Hubbard is the best alien book ever.
Now I don't mean the atrocity that John Travolta participated (Battlefield Earth Movie). I mean the old school Sci-Fi book that Hubbard wrote back in the day. I mean the book that deals with Earth in the year 3,000 where aliens are mining for their most precious metal - gold (who saw Cowboys and Aliens - I wonder where they got THAT idea!) I mean the saga that spans cultures, religions, the real and unreal worlds of Earth and Psychlo. I mean the saga of Jonnie Goodboy Tyler.
I bought my copy of Battlefield Earth at a hospital fund-
raiser for $0.25 because I thought it was funny. It sat on my shelf for a year before, much
to my husband's mocking, I finally picked it up. This is the only book other than Twilight
(shut up) that I stayed up over night just to finish one more chapter until it
was done. Don't believe me? Galaxy Press has agreed
to give away 3 paperback copies of Battlefield Earth to help me
convert you. Not to Scientology, but to the purest of Science Fiction.
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Donna, thanks so much for hosting me today! I hope everyone enjoys Battlefield Earth as much as I did :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a big alien fan too! Thanks for the giveaway =]
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer. Have you read Battlefield Earth?
DeleteNice to see you Pavarti. Hope all is well up in D.C.!
ReplyDeleteJim Henry, Author
It was a beautiful day here today Jim, but strangely my kids protested going to the pool! :) Thanks for commenting!
DeleteWonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWow - I never read alien books but maybe I'll start! You sure do make it sound like a fun book :) Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteAliens are so much fun to read, there are NO rules so you really get to revel in the authors imagination :)
DeleteI've read this one twice. It's an excellent, meaty book. I love the way it ended and the Psychlos are much more interesting in the book. Delightfully greedy and corrupt.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was so terribly disappointed in the movie. Blah.
The movie was so bad it was hardly watchable. The cut out all the philosophy and culture and just made it crap! Thanks for commenting, glad to hear there's another Battlefield Earth fan out there!
DeleteThanks for the great review!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. :) Did you read the Mission Earth Series too? It started out pretty good, but forcing myself through the tenth book was tedious. He could have told the same story in a thick trilogy, methinks.
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