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Starhammer
by Christopher B. Rowley
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Del Rey (1986-01-12)
ISBN: 0345314905
EAN: 9780345314901
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Mass Market Paperback
Release Date: 1986-01-12
SKU: 06089
Condition: Collectible: Good Fi
Comments: Book states first edition, but no number line, in good condition
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Customer Reviews
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Inspiration for the Halo game series
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-23
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the similarities in the plot of this book series to that of Halo - the Vang are the Flood. Starhammer is a halo ring, etc.
Great space opera.
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great imagination
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-04-24
I know that Starhammer is not great literature but it is a thrilling story for traditional science fiction readers. Rowley creates an interesting, if frightening, future for humanity. However, the scale of time referred to in the novel spans a billion years, long before humans existed. Somewhat like in the Warhammer series. He also creates one of the most frightening alien life forms I have read about in science fiction, the Vang. I always thought that it was a shame that Rowley didn't develop this theme to more than the three books he wrote on the subject of the Vang and the Laowan. His Founder series was good but I found the Dragon theme less interesting. Like other reviewers here I have read Starhammer several times over the years and it is definitely one of my favourites.
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Great book all around!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-03-08
This whole series is completely suspenseful, and this book definately sets the stage!
I found this book as I was looking for more information on the Halo backstory. Everything I was reading was saying that the developers borrowed pretty heavily from this series and they were definately right. Don't get me wrong, they are NOT the same story. There are just a lot of similarities, which in my mind is a good thing.
A word of warning, though... Don't read this book unless you have a whole day to spend; once you pick it up, it's got you!
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Read. This. Book. Now.
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-19
IF you like Halo, then you will love this book. I cannot emphasize this more.
The people at Bungie who created Halo are such obvious fans of this book its not even funny.
Things from Halo that are based/similar from Starhammer:
-John(Master Chief)
-Covenent
-Flood
-343 Guilty Spark
-Halo(The weapon part of it)
-Cortana
-There's more, I'm sure
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All time favourite
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-05-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I first read this book many years ago after purchasing it along with a bunch of others at a secondhand book stall. I've read it many times since and never get tired of doing so. Just a sensational story that deserves to be made into a blockbuster of a film. If you love sci fi and haven't read this book yet then do so without any delay. It doesn't matter if you have to beg, borrow or steal the money to buy the book - just do so. You'll be all the richer for having done so!
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