Flatlander
	Release Date: 1995-05-01
	Amazon Price: $7.99 (% off the list price of $7.99) Sales Rank: 100619
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Average Customer Rating: (15 reviews)

Reviews from Amazon customers:

Review by: Doc Katz, Tennessee USA
Rating:
Short Changed
I bought the kindle version and to my surprise it was not the book I had read years ago. I estimate the kindle version is only 50 pages long, vs 350+ as advertised. What happened to the rest of the book?? I hope Amazon corrects this problem. <br />I gave it 3 stars because what I have of the story was a good story, so if you don't mind getting short changed then buy it, otherwise let's hope the rest of the book will make it to the kindle.

Review by: Robert Giesecke, Munich, Germany
Rating:
Only the Beowulf Schaefer short, *Not* the real book
This is not the book, even though Amazon claims it to be (the cover, page count, etc) <br />It is a cool, yet very short, story, but not a full eBook.

Review by: Barry H., Sacramento USA
Rating:
Anyone notice that the cover used the WRONG arm?
I really enjoyed the first three stories. For me, it was some of the best I've read. I pull them out ever couple of years and read & enjoy them all over again. So: Five stars for the first three stories. The first "on the moon" story has so many characters coming in and out that I had to take notes to keep track of who was who, etc. Although there is definitely a falling off on the last two, but that is basically in comparison to how well the first three were written. 3 starts for the last 2, thus 4 overall. Gil "The Arm" Hamilton is one of my favorite characters & I wish there were more stories. I also think it'd be fun to rewrite the stories using DNA to see how different they could be. I hope everyone noticed that the cover is using the wrong arm as Gil's imaginary arm. Wow, how could they blow that? Must have been the same PR dept that put on Planet of the Apes movie poster the final "surprise & shocking" ending of the movie. Larry, give us more "Gil". Please.

Review by: Norman Strojny, western desert of Utah
Rating:
Very Good SF
"Flatlander" is a collection of short stories about Gil Hamilton, a detective who lives in our future. Yep, it is darn hard to find good SF mystery stories and Niven does a very good job here. Some of the hard SF gimmicks are really good! <br /> <br />I enjoyed reading it. I suggest that you buy it.

Review by: Mostly Harmless, Irvine, CA
Rating:
wrong info
This Kindle item is not Niven book Flatlander but only a short story of the same name. Don't be fooled; although this claims to be 368 pages it is really about 30 pages. I complained to Amazon about the misleading info but they will not do anything .