Battlefield Earth : a saga of the year 3000
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Battlefield Earth : a saga of the year 3000
AUTHOR:
Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986.
ISBN:
9781592129577
9781619865099
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Hollywood, California : Galaxy Press, c2017.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
1143 p. ; 18 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
On cover: "21st century edition - expanded content, author interview, author's notes."
ABSTRACT:
In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a barren wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than thirty-five thousand humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity's demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors. Spreading the seeds of revolt, Jonnie and a small band of survivors pit their quest for freedom in an all-out rebellion that erupts across the continents of Earth and the cosmic sprawl of the Psychlo empire. For the fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth.
GENRE_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction. |
| Life on other planets -- Fiction. |
| Human-alien encounters -- Fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a barren wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than thirty-five thousand humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity's demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors. Spreading the seeds of revolt, Jonnie and a small band of survivors pit their quest for freedom in an all-out rebellion that erupts across the continents of Earth and the cosmic sprawl of the Psychlo empire. For the fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth.