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X-Men the Return Mass Market Paperback – 24 April 2007

by Chris Roberson (Author)
An alien race known only as the Kh'thon appears in the skies over Earth, claiming that they are the former occupants and rightful owners of the planet. Their ships are manned by baseline Homo sapiens, supposedly descendants of the early hominids who served the Kh'thon on Earth, countless millennia ago. The will of the Kh'thon is enforced by the Exemplar, humans augmented with a dizzying array of powers, each of them the match of any one of the X-Men. The Kh'thon claim to be responsible for the presence of the x-gene in human DNA, included so that they could breed whatever traits or abilities they required of their servants. No one is sure whether to believe the aliens' claims or not, but given the amount of firepower at their disposal, it hardly matters one way or the other. It is up to the X-Men, working in uneasy collaboration with Royal Marine Colonel Alysande Stuart, to find a way to repel the Kh'thon invasion of Earth, before terrestrial humans and mutants alike are enslaved by alien masters.
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pocket Books
  4. Publication date
    24 April 2007
  5. Dimensions
    10.8 x 3.18 x 17.78 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1416510753
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1416510758
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About the Author

Chris Roberson is the author of many original and media tie-in novels. This is his first Star Trek publication.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 April 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416510753
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416510758
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 154 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.8 x 3.18 x 17.78 cm

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Chris Roberson

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Chris Roberson is the co-creator with artist Michael Allred of iZombie, the basis of the hit CW television series, and the writer of several New York Times best-selling Cinderella miniseries set in the world of Bill Willingham’s Fables. He is also the co-creator of Edison Rex with artist Dennis Culver, and the co-writer of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D, Witchfinder, Rise of the Black Flame, and other titles set in the world of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. In addition to his numerous comics projects, Roberson has written more than a dozen novels and three dozen short stories, and has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award four times; twice a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; three times a finalist for the Eisner Awards; and has won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History in both the Short Form and Novel categories. He lives with a teenager, two cats, and far too many books in Portland, Oregon.

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  • Miss Kitty
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure story.
    Reviewed in the United States on 5 October 2011
    Format: Mass Market PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I really enjoyed this book because it stayed true to the characters and the Marvel universe. The best part, Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) along with all your favorite X-Men are in this story fighting off an alien invasion. I won't give the plot away but the story is smart, action packed and it has some funny moments as well.
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  • Reviews by Eddy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Solid Book, Easy read
    Reviewed in Canada on 26 April 2014
    Format: Mass Market PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Good book in the xmen universe, if you like marvel and the x-men then I would recommend this book. Easy read so can be picked up and layed down very easily.
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  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Decent story; Terrible writing
    Reviewed in the United States on 10 November 2009
    Format: Mass Market PaperbackVerified Purchase
    This book is rather sad really. I'm not refering to the actual story or anything but the poor quality in which it is written. Nearly every page has a mistake, not just typos either, but just poor grammar and bad style. I should mention that I am a member of a writer's group, and had I written this and showed it to my group they would have riped it to pieces. I feel the only way it got published was because it had the "X-Men" title and characters.

    The author, Chris Roberson, has an "Author's Note" in the back of the book where he tells us that he has "researched" this book for 25 years (meaning he's read every X-Men and X-Men related comic since 1982), but personally I don't think he captured the characters as well as he could have.
    Logan loses his temper, always flashing his claws, and even smokes cigars, but his dialogue fell uncharacteristic most of the time--this could be because I'm use to the early '90s Wolverine, this version didn't feel like the Logan I had known then. Cyclops/Scott Summers, however, did seem very true to character, as did Kitty Pryde.

    Roberson also reuses a lot of speaker tags and even repeats the same information a lot. Characters are always "scowling", or saying things "ruefully", sticking their hands in their pockets, or just doing random pointless things (Early in the book Logan puts a cigar in his mouth, but then on the next page he puts a toothpick in his mouth....where the hell did the cigar go?)
    Roberson also uses the "?!" punctuation in some dialogue. This may work in comics, but in fiction books it is typically frowned upon and a sign of bad writing. (You use one mark and convey the way that the line is spoken by narrative writing, and this is a narrative fiction book so...) As an example characters, when shocked or surprised, might say "What!?" In proper use this could be rendered as-- "What?" he exclaimed in surprise."--
    When describing the "aliens" at the first encounter, the author has Kitty describe the alies as not being bug things, monsters,....or insect creatures-- "bug thing" and "insect creatures" are basically the same thing! Come up with something a little more creative; this book is full of bland descriptions and recycled vocabulary.

    However, if you aren't the type of person to notice these sorts of mistakes, or if you don't mind the lacking character quality (though some of you may have a different opinion in this regard), this book is quick to read, full of action, and for the most part I guess it was a fun little read. However, you might be just as well off reading X-Men fan fiction posted on the net, the grammar and writing style is probably of the same quality.

    If you're an aspiring writer, though, I would recommend this book as a "What Not To Do" example for reading. If this book did not carry the X-Men title and was an all original science-fiction title, it probably would have never been published--at least not without some heavy editing!
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  • Lonnie Wayne Killion
    3.0 out of 5 stars love X-Men
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 October 2014
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    Good story but a little predictable outcome
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  • alan robinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars great
    Reviewed in the United States on 3 November 2014
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    Great book fast shipping
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