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State of Fear 1275 reviews
Michael Crichton, 2004
Unfair Negative Reviews Grounded in Politics
+ Very Engaging Read
+ State of Accuracy
Politically motivated negative reviewers give this book low ratings because they disagree with the author's premise, not because of any literary deficiency in the book.
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Unholy Domain 45 reviews
Dan Ronco
Kunati Inc., 2008
Dangerous Future
+ Fast moving and intriguing
+ Techno Thriller
+ Predictive of Ethical Quandaries
+ 'We have met our enemy and that enemy is us'
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Breakpoint 55 reviews
Richard A. Clarke
Putnam Adult, 2007
Former Counterintelligence Expert Under Clinton Writes a Near-futuristic Novel
+ Read for the ideas, not the plot
"Breakpoint" by Richard Clarke--although I generally don't read fiction other than classically good stuff, and ordered it by accident--"Breakipoint" is an excellently written novel with timely considerations. Exactly in line with my own thinking (and in Jimmy Carter's recent book), Clarke has the ...
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PeaceMaker14 reviews
Dan Ronco
Daniel J Ronco @ Associates, 2004
"In many ways, it seems like an artificial life form."
+ From J. Kaye's Book Blog
+ Peacemaker - Review & Interview
Dan Ronco, with PEACEMAKER, promises us another writer cast in the Chalker mold. Here he shows how flimsy the wall is that now separates man from machine, animate from inanimate. With the advent of talking, feeling software entities, even an adolescent geek like his character, David Brown, could ...
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Next480 reviews
Michael Crichton
HarperCollins, 2006
Next
The last work of Michael Crichton.
He has a kind of arrogant attitude towards his readers, but I generally agree with him.
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Shock Wave (A Dirk Pitt novel) 108 reviews
Clive Cussler
Pocket Books, 2002
Top Shelf
+ Diamonds are not a man's best friend
+ Another Pitt Adventure
One of the best Clive Cussler novels I've read, and I've read quite a few. Gripping adventure as always. Cussler never fails to deliver. Shock Wave will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Cussler uses a topical situation on which to base his story around, and as always some ...
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Digital Fortress : A Thriller916 reviews
Dan Brown
Unknown, 2000
Fun But Unbalanced
Digital Fortress offers up nail biting suspense but only with characters that could have used greater development. The heroes and villains lack depth and complexity but nevertheless follow a plot line that is interesting and informative and with occasional surprises to make this an overall good ...
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Deep Storm135 reviews
Lincoln Child
Anchor, 2008
The discovery of a lifetime ... Salvation or Devastation?
+ Classic thriller action ride
+ The Scientific Discovery of all time?
Dr. Peter Crane, ex-military, experienced in submarine environments, graduate of Mayo Medical School, is called to the Storm King Oil Platform off the coast of Greenland. Having experience in classified projects, he's offered a position in the secret Exploratory and Recovery Facility (ERF) ten ...
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Blade Runner
Philip K. Dick
Gollancz, 1999
World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn’t ‘retiring’ them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal -- the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for ...
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Cryptonomicon834 reviews
Neal Stephenson
Avon, 2002
Nerds of the world, rejoice! Stephenson pens a zinger
+ Fantastic. Stephenson's best.
+ Count me as a fan
+ NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT......
+ Cryptonomicon
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Cryptonomicon834 reviews
Neal Stephenson
Avon, 2002
Nerds of the world, rejoice! Stephenson pens a zinger
+ Fantastic. Stephenson's best.
+ Count me as a fan
+ NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT......
+ Cryptonomicon
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Breakpoint55 reviews
Richard A. Clarke
Putnam Adult, 2007
Former Counterintelligence Expert Under Clinton Writes a Near-futuristic Novel
+ Read for the ideas, not the plot
"Breakpoint" by Richard Clarke--although I generally don't read fiction other than classically good stuff, and ordered it by accident--"Breakipoint" is an excellently written novel with timely considerations. Exactly in line with my own thinking (and in Jimmy Carter's recent book), Clarke has the ...
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Shock Wave (A Dirk Pitt novel)108 reviews
Clive Cussler
Pocket Books, 2002
Top Shelf
+ Diamonds are not a man's best friend
+ Another Pitt Adventure
One of the best Clive Cussler novels I've read, and I've read quite a few. Gripping adventure as always. Cussler never fails to deliver. Shock Wave will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Cussler uses a topical situation on which to base his story around, and as always some ...
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Next480 reviews
Michael Crichton
HarperCollins, 2006
Next
The last work of Michael Crichton.
He has a kind of arrogant attitude towards his readers, but I generally agree with him.
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State of Fear1275 reviews
Michael Crichton, 2004
Unfair Negative Reviews Grounded in Politics
+ Very Engaging Read
+ State of Accuracy
Politically motivated negative reviewers give this book low ratings because they disagree with the author's premise, not because of any literary deficiency in the book.
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Digital Fortress : A Thriller916 reviews
Dan Brown
Unknown, 2000
Fun But Unbalanced
Digital Fortress offers up nail biting suspense but only with characters that could have used greater development. The heroes and villains lack depth and complexity but nevertheless follow a plot line that is interesting and informative and with occasional surprises to make this an overall good ...
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PeaceMaker14 reviews
Dan Ronco
Daniel J Ronco @ Associates, 2004
"In many ways, it seems like an artificial life form."
+ From J. Kaye's Book Blog
+ Peacemaker - Review & Interview
Dan Ronco, with PEACEMAKER, promises us another writer cast in the Chalker mold. Here he shows how flimsy the wall is that now separates man from machine, animate from inanimate. With the advent of talking, feeling software entities, even an adolescent geek like his character, David Brown, could ...
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Deep Storm135 reviews
Lincoln Child
Anchor, 2008
The discovery of a lifetime ... Salvation or Devastation?
+ Classic thriller action ride
+ The Scientific Discovery of all time?
Dr. Peter Crane, ex-military, experienced in submarine environments, graduate of Mayo Medical School, is called to the Storm King Oil Platform off the coast of Greenland. Having experience in classified projects, he's offered a position in the secret Exploratory and Recovery Facility (ERF) ten ...
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Unholy Domain45 reviews
Dan Ronco
Kunati Inc., 2008
Dangerous Future
+ Fast moving and intriguing
+ Techno Thriller
+ Predictive of Ethical Quandaries
+ 'We have met our enemy and that enemy is us'
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Blade Runner
Philip K. Dick
Gollancz, 1999
World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn’t ‘retiring’ them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal -- the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for ...
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