Giants' Star

By: James P. Hogan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Eons ago, a gentle race of giants fled the planet Minerva, leaving the ancestors of man to fend for themselves. Fifty thousand years ago, Minerva exploded, hurling its moon into an orbit about Earth.

In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens who are lost in time - and who begin to reveal something of the origin of mankind. Finally, man believed that he comprehended his place in the universe...until he learned of the Watchers in the stars. Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and an offshoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could.

©1981 James P. Hogan (P)2013 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Truly imaginative technology." ( Publishers Weekly)

Good science discussions with probable concepts

Although this was written in the 70s, it is filled with small concepts that today still come up in alternate human evolution discussions that range from outlandish concepts to truth that I can imagine will one day be proven and accepted as correct. The story continues the journey and delivers the same thought provoking ideas that were enjoyable in the series.

Ideas and visuals in the grand SF tradition.

A fun summer romp. Narration not bad but not great. The main villain was a bit whiny.
The characters were not developed much from the first book but the scope was large.

This is by far the best read ever!

There were many "AhHa" moments in this series. Scientific principals that sound plausible. The reader conveyed the characters with a stunning flow that at times I could visually see the the book in my mind.

fantastic series

I'm finding out that there's a lot of great books in the included section and this I give a 9 out of 10.

real scifi

so many ideas. he gets so many things about the future right. why had I never heard of this series before?