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Robotech - Mark McKinney

Robotech is a novelization of the television series of the same name. Robotech is a conglomeration of three Japanese anime series, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospaeda. The novels by Mark McKinney cover the entirety of Robotech and adds in a few stories from large gaps within the series and culminating in a novel that conclusively ties together the original three series.

This novelization is a great adaptation and maintains with a high degree the feel of the story and the characters. From the very start to the conclusion, that many people don't even know they miss, Robotech is a series that you will find difficult to put down. The additional material fits in perfectly with the original story and is extremely satisfying. This material fills in several gaps that lead to a little confusion of such things as character motivation.

One of the more interesting elements to these novels is the use of differing perspectives between the humans and the aliens. Such things included techno-jargon, world (or perhaps universe) views, and physical, technical, and moral concepts.

The Robotech series of books is twenty-one slim novels long. My suggestion is that the books be read in the order they were published (and also the way that they are numbered, keeping in mind that the five books of the "Sentinels" saga come between books twelve and eighteen, with the eighteenth being "The End of the Circle"). The reason I suggest this is because some things are better left not understood until after the fact. This series is a must read if you can find it.

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Bob Male)

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Robotech - Mark McKinney

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( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

All ideas, opinions, and information are from the reviewer and are not representative of any company or group involved with the creators and/or staff of the materials being reviewed.