V: The Second Generation
by Kenneth Johnson
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Author: Kenneth JohnsonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-02
ISBN: 0765359324
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: An Enjoyable Sci-Fi Novel
Summary: 4 Stars
Kenneth Johnson wisely 'forgot' the inferior second "V" television miniseries and the weak series that followed when he created his novel "V: The Second Generation". Rather, it is a direct sequel to the first miniseries. The action takes place 20 years after the events of the first miniseries and reveals an Earth very different from our own. The Fascist, alien race known as the Visitors have imposed a police state upon the entire planet. The oceans have been sucked almost completely dry, great deserts extending out onto the continental shelves. Human/Visitor half breeds make up a lowly worker class, despised by both human and visitor alike. Popular celebrities lend their talents to the Visitors' propaganda while the UN Secretary General shuffles about Earth 'educating' its people in Visitor benevolence.
Against this backdrop Julie Parish and the resistance continue their global guerrilla war against the aliens- a war that they know they cannot win. Help arrives in the form of three beings who claim to be ancient enemies of the Visitors- but can they be trusted?
This a fun and entertaining follow up to the '80s miniseries and one almost wishes that it was being made into a film. The story is fast paced and remains true to the characters we remember from the TV miniseries. The only major complaint I had was Johnson's writing style, which has no problem jumping POV characters within the same block of text. It gets old quick. Still, that is a minor complaint in this fun, easy to read sci-fi novel.
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