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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind No. 1) |  | Authors: Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  2232 reviews
Sales Rank: 4850
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0842329129
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
UPC: 031809029121
EAN: 9780842329125
ASIN: 0842329129
Publication Date: January 29, 1996
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Amazon.com Review
Piloting his 747, Rayford Steele is musing about his wife Irene's irritating religiosity and contemplating the charms of his "drop-dead gorgeous" flight attendant, Hattie. First Irene was into Amway, then Tupperware, and now it's the Rapture of the Saints--the scary last story in the Bible in which Christians are swept to heaven and unbelievers are left behind to endure the Antichrist's Tribulation. Steele believes he'll put the plane on autopilot and go visit Hattie. But Hattie's in a panic: some of the passengers have disappeared! The Rapture has happened, abruptly driverless cars are crashing all over, and the slick, sinister Romanian Nicolae Carpathia plans to use the UN to establish one world government and religion. Resembling "a young Robert Redford" and silver-tongued in nine languages, Carpathia is named People's "Sexiest Man Alive." (This reviewer, a former People writer, finds this plot twist plausible.) Meanwhile, Steele teams up with Buck Williams, a buck-the-system newshound, to form the Tribulation Force, an underground of left-behind penitents battling the Antichrist. Ex-presidential candidate Pat Robertson briefly outsold Michael Crichton with his apocalypse novel The End of the Age (now available on audiocassette), and the similar The Third Millennium sells well, but the Left Behind series is the absolute champion in the race to make the Book of Revelation into racy thriller reading. --Tim Appelo
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 Last days of earth August 20, 2010
Smiley (Texas)
This may be listed as a fiction, but it is a must read for anyone who reads and believes the Bible!
Enjoyed audio book version from my local public library... July 15, 2010
Christopher Theophilus (from "The Green Mountain State" of Vermont)
I listened to this book on audio cassette tape which I borrowed from my local public library. It is a page-turner, and partly it engaged me so fully because it is about a subject I was already interested in.
At age 17 or so, I started reading the Bible and came to believe in its truth and authenticity. Since then any subject mentioned in the Scripture is of interest to me.
So when someone writes a fun and fast (yet serious too) novel about the end times predicted in the Book of Daniel (in the Christian Old Testament = Hebrew Bible), as well as being predicted in the Book of Revelation (in the New Testament), of course I couldn't help but be carried along by the novel.
One caution: I bought a sequel of "Left Behind" at a local thrift shop for two dollars, thinking that I would enjoy it as much as the "Left Behind" audiobook. The sequel was a dud...I was bored with the extremely slow pace of the plot...its title is "The Remnant".
So if you get "Left Behind" and enjoy it as I did, be warned that not every other book in the subsequent Left Behind series ("The Remnant" was # 10 in this series) is of equally good quality.....as the first book of the series (I think it's the first of the series), entitled "Left Behind".
p.s. I did not find the original book that started off the series, "Left Behind", to be depressing....it does not have all nonbelievers (not believing in the divinity of Jesus) perishing in some holocaust, but rather offers hope that salvation (safety and happiness, ongoing into the future, permanently) are available to all, as I recall. (It has been several months since I listened to the "Left Behind" audiobook.)
Final p.s.: I do not know what theology exactly is correct and accurate for the events predicted in the book of Revelation in the Bible; so this review does not constitute any endorsement of the theology which the book may adhere to (as to exactly what the true interpretation of the predicted future happenings is).
 I'm late to the game, but enjoyed the quick read June 13, 2010
ccreader (Oklahoma)
I haven't read any of the others in the series, but recently picked up this title after having been told by several friends at church that I might enjoy it (I'm very into post-apocalyptic stuff). Tho the character development is slow, I rather enjoyed the Rayford Steele character and his transformation from cynic into hero. I prefer something grittier and more realistic (like the creative commons book The 7 Bowls I downloaded from [...]), but for the pure political all-encompassing view of the thing, it was really interesting. I'd recommend Left Behind to those fascinated by the Rapture of the Church and what it could mean for the non-believers of the world.
A Good Read For All June 7, 2010
Scott Meade (Earth and Other Realms)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved what Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye did with this story, although I don't believe that the Rapture will occur before the Tribulation. Either way, it was a great novel set during the last days of this world. The characters are so realistic that I found myself loving some while despising others. The novel ends at a point that forced me to read the next one because I just had to know what happened next. Whether you believe in God or not, this is a must read for all.
over all May 19, 2010
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
heres the deal if u dont like to read i suggest the tapes these books are very long and there are a lot of them. if you do enjoy readimg read these books! they are life changing and eye opening absalutely the greatest! if u took the time to look at these reviews buy the book
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