Title: Goodbye, Earth!
Product review: There are a number of books that deal with the topic of how humans will face the future once there is definitive proof that "we are not alone." In The Forge Of God, Earthlings don't get much time to mull this over.Space transports suddenly appear on the planet. The entities that emerge from these transports are not identical, and carry different messages, of hope or utter destruction. Who do you believe?Contrary to the Star Wars-type planet busters, planetary destruction is not a simple process. Greg Bear plots out a process and mechanism for this. Are we that powerless? Are others that powerful?In The Forge of God, readers are introduced to The Law, which is a major part of the sequel to this story,Anvil of Stars. I didn't even know the book had a sequel, and that discovery was pleasant. The Forge Of God itself reads as a complete, independent story.Enjoyable as a story, not as a prediction of the future!
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