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Armor

By: John Steakley
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Summary

 The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water poisonous. It is the home of the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered.

Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected not only by his custom-fitted body armor, the culmination of 10,000 years of the armorers' craft, but also by an odd being which seems to live with him, a cold killing machine he calls "the Engine."

©1984 John Steakley (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Hard Science Fiction Military Science Fiction Fiction Interstellar
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Critic reviews

"Gripping, forceful, and compelling....A tour de force." ( Kliatt)
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Fantastic story and setting. Absolutely recommend it to anyone that want to hear something a little different then generic sci-fi solder book 6782. ^^

Amazing

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If you could sum up Armor in three words, what would they be?

Better starship troopers

What was one of the most memorable moments of Armor?

Steakley conveys the emotions and concepts of both war and the resulting loss incredibly. His machine concept will be familiar to many.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The final scenes are good - summarising really what the book is about and the themes that run through it.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Man, machine, war.

Mechanised reality

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I'd never heard of this book or author before, just checked it out as it was available for free. Really enjoyed it! Has a bit of a Starship Troopers/The Forever War vibe, centering around armoured suit combat vs unknown aliens. Feel like I should have seen the final plot twist coming much sooner than I did. Sadly it looks like the author only wrote one other book, though I'll definitely be checking that out. Liked it so much I've ordered the paperback to read properly at some point!

A great bit of martial sci-fi

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Really enjoyed this kept wondering what's happened and yes I guessed the end twist but loved it.

Great sci fi epic

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I enjoyed the book, not well structured in places but grown up enough to keep me interested as a listener you do want to find out about Felix the whys and what not the end seems a bit rushed

Interesting book

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