About this title: This is the first book in the Damned trilogy. When an alien race tries to recruit Earth to its side in an intergalactic war, they discover that humanity's propensity for violence exceeds even their own.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Balantine Del Rey Books, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 1992 Del Rey paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean pages with light reading wear, spine is not creased, light edgewear, mild cover rubbing. Former owner's initials on 1st pg. 341 p. Glued binding. Damned, 1. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear. Good average reading copy. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Edition: First edition. 1st thus.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Paperback. FROM LIBRARY OF HEAVY SMOKER. Covers browned, pp lightly tanned, but--spine NOT creased, NO stains, tears, writing, in tight book. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Damned, 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No Jacket Good. No DJ Issued Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some edgewear and a couple of creases on the back. Spine also has some light creasing. Pages are clean with no marks or creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Damned, 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Acceptable. Used paperback in acceptable condition. May shows either signs of heavy use or wear. May have clipped corner on cover or wavy cover. A good reading copy. read more
Description: Good. Del Rey, PB, 1992, cover art by Barclay Shaw. Good reading copy, clean, solid binding, no markings or highlighting, wear on corners and edges, slight spine curl. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Science Fiction General Synopsis: 341 pages. For eons, the Amplitur had searched space for intelligent species, each of which was joyously welcomed to take part in the fulfillment of t... read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780345375742ISBN:0345375742
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Back 1/4 of book pages has some waviness to the. No effect on text readability though. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Damned, 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This series is nothing amazing, but it is only a trilogy (for Foster, the model of restraint) and probably his best work, with a darker view of human nature than the Commonwealth books."
"My neighbor lent me The Damned series as her son is named after a character in the books. Unfortunately, I have read the first two and still haven't come across his name. Maybe in the third book? I guess I'm stuck reading that one too.
I had a hard time getting myself interested in A Call to Arms as having alien narrators detracts from the story unless done extremely well (ala Timothy Zahn's Conquerors Trilogy).
"I enjoyed many of Foster's books when I was young. Some of them I've reread recently, and I've discovered that my tastes have changed and they no longer hold much appeal for me. This makes me hesitant to reread The Damned trilogy, because I remember that I particularly enjoyed them.
While I did not (and still do not) really agree with some of the ideas put forth about humanity in the series, I do remember being thrilled to see a series in which human physiology was remarkable to aliens and in some ways superior to their own. So many science fiction stories make humans a weak race with poor senses that has barely developed intelligence. This was a refreshing and interesting change."
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