Battlefield Earth

Title:

Battlefield Earth

Author:

Hubbard, L. Ron

Rudnicki, Stefan

Menville, Scott

Cartwright, Nancy

Davis, Charles

Tatasciore, Fred

Meskimen, Jim

Jackson, Larrs

Subject:

Fiction

Science Fiction

Description:

A thousand years in the future, an alien empire has overrun the planet and the human race has become an endangered species. Now all that stands between mankind and total extinction is a courageous young man determined to rally the scattered tribes of his species to take on the technologically advanced oppressors. It's one of the bestselling sci-fi novels of all time—nonstop action, adventure and intergalactic intrigue. A fully immersive experience—unlike any other audiobook ever produced, featuring over 65 actors from television, film, animation and video games led by Grammy award-winning audiobook producer and narrator Stefan Rudnicki. State of the art audio engineering created a wholly cinematic sound track—including full orchestral musical compositions—combined with more than 150,000 sound effects to create a captivating reality. "A vivid movie of the mind!" —AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner "The futuristic tale, featuring aliens and humans fighting for survival, comes across as compelling and believable...." —Booklist

Publisher:

Galaxy Audio

Galaxy Press

Date:

2016/07/21

Digital Format:

LIBBY AUDIOBOOK

MP3

Language:

English

Summary

As big as Star Wars . As desperate as Hunger Games . A thousand years in the future, an alien empire has overrun the planet and the human race has become an endangered species. Now all that stands between mankind and total extinction is a courageous young man determined to rally the scattered tribes of his species to take on the technologically advanced oppressors.

It's one of the bestselling sci-fi novels of all time--nonstop action, adventure and intergalactic intrigue.

A fully immersive experience--unlike any other audiobook ever produced, featuring over 65 actors from television, film, animation and video games led by Grammy award-winning audiobook producer and narrator Stefan Rudnicki.

State of the art audio engineering created a wholly cinematic sound track--including full orchestral musical compositions--combined with more than 150,000 sound effects to create a captivating reality.

"A vivid movie of the mind!" --AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner

"The futuristic tale, featuring aliens and humans fighting for survival, comes across as compelling and believable...." --Booklist

Author Notes

L. Ron Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska on March 13, 1911. He attended George Washington University and Princeton University. He began his career as a writer for pulp magazines and later as a science fiction writer. His science fiction works include the Buckskin Brigades, Final Blackout, Fear, The Kingslayer, and Black Towers to Danger.

His book, Dianetics, was published in 1950. He spent the next 30 years devoting himself to the development of Dianetics and Scientology. In 1954, he founded the Church of Scientology.

In the 1980s, he published his final fiction works Battlefield Earth and the Mission Earth series, which won the Cosmos 2000 Award from French readers and the Nova Science Fiction Award from Italy's Perseo Libri. He died on January 24, 1986.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Library Journal Review

This title is now better remembered for being transformed into one of the worst B-movies in history. Don't blame the book, however, which is well regarded in sf circles. This 20th-anniversary edition offers the full text of the original. Galaxy Press, which launched this July, will reprint a number of Hubbard's books. If your existing copy looks as if it has been on the battlefield, this quality hardcover will make a nice replacement. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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