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Arslan
Arslan
Author: M. J. Engh
Arslan is a young Asian general who conquers the world in a week without firing a shot and shortly thereafter sets up his headquarters in a small town in Illinois. — A masterpiece of political science fiction and a book to challenge such works as Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed, Arslan is a book that others are now measured agai...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812536768
ISBN-10: 0812536762
Publication Date: 10/15/1988
Edition: Reprint
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Mahala avatar reviewed Arslan on + 192 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is a weird one folks. I like the overall story line, and it does make one think. It is almost a post-apocalypse type of story. The ONLY thing I didn't like about the book is it has some content which is for adults ONLY! (ie: homosexuality, sexual violence, violence etc).

For the mature/adult reader who isn't easily offended or put off by the above mentioned content, it is a book that you finish and find yourself thinking about it for awhile afterwards.
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buzzby avatar reviewed Arslan on + 6062 more book reviews
I've read more than one good review of this, but I found it pretty disgusting. You have to suspend what you know about human nature, I suppose (maybe that's true with most Science Fiction books). She (author's name is Mary Jane Engh) could have mixed up the chapters and it would have made as much sense as a story as it does as written. Child rape scenes I thought were somewhat gratuitous.
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Can the United States be taken over by a third-rate world power? This book says that it can happen!
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This is one of my personal favorites out of all of the sci-fi I've read over the past 2 decades.


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