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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind No. 1) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2218 reviews
Sales Rank: 1546
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0842329129
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
UPC: 031809029121
EAN: 9780842329125
ASIN: 0842329129
Publication Date: January 29, 1996
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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
Product Description
When the trumpet sounds, where will you be? Passengers in an airborne Boeing 747 find out in this riveting novel by renowned Christian speaker Tim LaHaye and master storyteller Jerry Jenkins. Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun. This fictional account of life after the Rapture delivers an urgent call to today's readers to prepare their own hearts and minister to others.
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 Christianity made simple....Don't Be Left Behind! November 12, 2008
This is a great series! These books minister to every Christians every where.
The books reads like a TV series, you can't put them down! As you look at the world around you, the signs of the coming of the Lord God is soon at hand! Change your life and walk with him. Nothing is impossible.
Embrace The Change!
the world should read this series. November 10, 2008
must read for adults and teens. must read the entire seriesin order. i read all the books in 2 weeks. life just had to be put on hold.
 left behind #1 November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
what a spectacularly awful reading experience ... i am a christian and have studied the very complex book of the bible upon which this claptrap is based ... to so mislead the ignorant folks who read this is an injustice to them ... they would be better served going to bible study group0s in their church ... i cannot believe that the avg review is 4.5 stars ... i looked at the 1st 115 pges of the 554 pages of reviews and at least 90% of the reviews i looked at were one star ... what gives?
 Brilliant concept, plodding delivery... October 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For concept alone, I would give the "Left Behind" series five stars. The way the Rapture is imagined (people disappearing into thin air, an anti-Christ in the form a charismatic political superstar on the world stage, miraculous events in Israel including a defenseless win of a war) is outstanding. What is far less thrilling is the plotting and characterization. Although this series does more psychological plumbing than the usual thriller, the characters are flat and the pacing of the books is maddening at times.
Since I had seen the movie, I started the series with "Tribulation Force" and read through "Desecration." I slowly grew tired of the enterprise, never even getting to the final two volumes. This is a series that goes on way too long and at times gets petty and petulant in making its theological points. The general vibe is, "We're right, everyone else is wrong. End of story." Certainly people are entitled to their opinions, but the hectoring "always right" tone gets annoying after a while.
Recently I found myself curious again and decided to read the first volume. I would say my review remains the same: brilliant concept, plodding delivery. I particularly dislike Hattie's one-dimensional character. There is a sequence in this volume in which she tells of desiring unwanted pregnancies so that her sister, who works at an abortion clinic, can keep her job. I mean, really? That is just plain misogynistic. Hattie is always, throughout the volumes, the harlot in contrast to Chloe's virtuous foil. So much more could be done in creating nuanced characters.
Sometimes the writing (as contrasted with the characterization) is fine. This is a thriller after all, not literary fiction. I would say Jerry Jenkins is no worse than Dan Brown when it comes to prose styling. At times he chokes on poorly written sentences. Sample: "Irene stayed home, uncomfortably past her ninth month carrying their surprise tagalong son, Ray Jr." Overall, though, the narrative moves along smoothly.
Based on this reading experience, I have no desire to finish off the series. There are some very good things in "Left Behind" but there is also much that could be improved.
Politicized Ratings Abound October 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
No need here for another synopsis, rather a few words on the widely varying reviews. This isn't 'great literature' nor the finest whatever. What it is is a very interesting read with a fascinating premise. Those of you offended by any positive take on religion probably can't enjoy this. The book could reasonably be reviewed at 3-4 stars based on quality and certainly similar level books are often 'generously' rated at 5 stars by many of the more enthusiastic folks out there. But the 1 and 2 star reviews merely reflect the political 'axe to grind' anti-christian attitudes manifested by a ever growing crowd who apparently are more than ready to bring back book burning and perhaps their own modernized version of the Inquisition. Enjoy!
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