Hardwired

by Troy Denning and Scott Ciencin

Book Overview

The first volume in an original trilogy of novels, based on the number one comic book series. The war between the Autobots and Decepticons is momentarily halted when an alien invasion fleet arrives on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743458982
• ISBN13: 9780743458986
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: iBooks
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Out with the Armada---The Origionals are the best!!!

Being a Transformers fan from the begining, I found that the book was awsome. I truley am into the original (or G1) Transformers, and thought the book brought them from their golden years and put them into "todays" events. I even liked how they threw in the human factor and made the story come more alive. I mean, big robots trampling all over the earth, how do normal humans feel about it.I believe in stories to be great, there is not really a definite good or bad side. Everything has a mix, and the book brought that emotion out into the Transformers world. I, for one, am looking forward to the next two books, and hope that fuel is added to make this book come more to home than it already has.Good Job, Scott Ciencin!!!!!

A great read

This is a really cool book. Sure it has violence, sexual themes and typos here and there but other than that it's one of the greatest books I've ever read. The best part about it is it builds the characters to a level rarely seen in the comics or TV. I can't wait to get the 2nd and 3rd books.

Pretty Cool

I am all for The Transformers being brought into the adult realm of Sci Fi Novels. Its perfect science fiction. Now it isnt the greatest book i have ever read but Its a great start. Hopefully after this trilogy more TF novels will come out. Sex, Gore, Violence. etc.. are all parts of the book but it just sums up the adult theme. I for one, will be glad to have less human interaction in future TF novels, and focus more on the charecters.. As we get a glimpse of classic charecters personalities. Soundwave, Starscream, Megatron, Grimlock, Optimus Prime, and a few more..are among the main Tf's involved. I personally found the Soundwave and Starscream alliance interesting..since this plays into the Dreamwave universe. Well have fun reading this one, I did.

Hardwired was above average

A great book to read but lacking in the proofing department. I have not read many books but the ones I have read don't make these kinds of mistakes. There are quite a few although they do not necessarily take away from the story. This story picks up shortly after the G1 volume one comic and ties in some of the gap between volume one and volume two. It also gives some explanations as to the what and why of the volume one comic. I am writing vaguely but I don't want to ruin the story for anyone. All in all a great read. After years of not even thinking Transformers I get back into the series with great stories such as this. It is a little gory but seems like it is geared toward adults more so than children.

Land of the Robots

I've never even heard of a "Transformers: Generation 1" novelization before. But when I read this one's description, I started to like it. This book, "Hardwired," is written by Scott Ciencin. It was released early June 2003. Ciencin's next two "G1" books are sure to be a bomb for adult "Transformers" fans -- "Annhilation," slated for the fall of this year, and "Fusion," slated for a January 2004 release. All three novels are from I Books, and they involve an alien fleet arriving on Earth to take it over, and the "G1" Autobots and Decepticons will have to put aside their differences to save our planet, whether they like it or not. "Transformers" is a trademark of Hasbro, the American toy company, under license from the Japanese toy company Takara. I don't really appreciate all those previous "TF" incarnations Hasbro did ("Generation 2," "Beast Wars," "Beast Machines," "Robots in Disguise," "Armada," and "Universe"), but I love their original incarnation -- "Generation 1." It was them alone that put the "bot" in "Autobot" and the "con" in "Decepticon"! My mom told me once that she had a dream about the "G1" Decepticons leaving our home planet of Earth with its precious energy in a new spaceship, holding most of today's celebrities hostage, including my mom. I thought she was making it all up to humiliate me, but now I believe her. She's not going to let me buy anything that concerns the world of "Transformers." Honestly, I think she's a big bot-head!