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Title: The Immortals by Tracy Hickman ISBN: 0-451-45402-2 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (15 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Imperfect, but Important
Comment: The Immortals is the first solo venture of Tracy Hickman's that I have read, and I was ultimately pleased with with the writing; although there were some flaws in style and plot development, that caused me to raise one eye brow slightly and ask, "Where are you going with this?"

The Characters in the book have the depth that Hickman fans have come to expect and the over all storyline is all too plausible. The interacting of characters, amazing sense of community and family, and impending doom that builds steadily towards the novel's end will have you caught in a web of emotional turmoil.

This novel was a daring move for Hickman, who's commercial success has been in the realms of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Immortals may very well be easily classified as science fiction, but the boldness of the message within slaps society so hard in the face that I feel more inclined to classify it as realistic fiction. Remove the floating cars and magnetic force fields, and your left reading about an event frighteningly similar to the worst parts of recent human history; a history with potential to repeat itself.

So why the five stars if the writing was imperfect? Hickman put our emotions in a blender, and pureed our very souls. He left us in fear, dreadful wondering, and at the same time hope; and not just for the characters within the pages. The message is real.

I don't know if Hickman's risk in writing this novel paid off commercially. I do know that the risk paid off in ways that can not be measured, for those of us who have read this book. It's a shame that a publisher with enough courage could not be found to put this book out years earlier, as Hickman had hoped.

Rating: 5
Summary: A triumph! A book I am recommending to everyone.
Comment: It is an understatement to say I am an avid reader. Having read all of Tracy Hickman's previous works, solo or with Margaret Weis, I can not admit I was prepared for how this book would affect me and how I would feel upon completing it. I find Tracy Hickman's novels to be stories about the triumph of the individual spirit and about an awareness and exceptance of ones own place in the grand scheme. The Immortals is such a book, and so much more. I was completely engrossed and compelled by the story. I immediately wanted to share how I felt about what I was reading with friends and family. This is the first book I ever read where I openly discussed the story and overall message over the dinnertable (My parents don't have much use for my fantasy interest). Questions were raised and answered and a deeper understanding was reached. I thank Mr. Hickman for this opportunity to ask the, sometimes, unaskable questions and to create a story where the reader can surely share completely in the author's vision and message. By the end of the book, I must admit, words were hard to come by. Shameless plug: For more book reviews visit the Dog Pound @ 'www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3803' ; by Digger

Rating: 2
Summary: Bad Science, OK Fiction
Comment: If you prefer hard science Sci-Fi, avoid this book. The difficulty in writing Sci-Fi set in the near future is maintaining a sense of believability. Unfortunately, the science as set forth in this novel is sadly deficient. Even if the technologigal geegaws set forth in this book were invented in late 1996 (the book was printed in May, 1996) it is implausible that they would have totally replaced the former infrastructure by 2010 (the year in which the main events occur).

However, this Sci-Fi book is more interested in the story than the technical geegaws. Within the technological framework given, the story, although treacly and predictable, is enjoyable as a borrow once from the library book. I would not recommend purchase of it tho.