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Title: Door Number Three by Patrick O'Leary ISBN: 0-312-86287-3 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Written for Hollywood?
Comment: This book belongs to a type I've seen more and more recently--a book influenced by film and/or written with an eye to film adaptation.
John Donnelly, a psychotherapist, acquires a new client, Laura. She claims to be the offspring of an alien plus a human parent (the human was abducted by aliens). Her descriptions of her upbringing among the aliens are detailed and shocking. Donnelly thinks Laura is suffering from elaborate delusions brought on by a traumatic childhood. However, he is unable to shake her delusional system. Laura claims the aliens have given her one year to make a human believe her (or something dreadful will happen). She is also trying to seduce him.
The first half of the book consists largely of descriptions of Laura's sessions and Donnelly's feelings--disturbance because he is starting to believe Laura, guilt because he is sexually attracted to her, grief over his mother's death, guilt over his long enstrangement from her.
Then madcap action erupts. It involves government conspiracies, secret agents, murders, colorful characters, love affairs, time travel, alternative time streams, religion, Hollywood, and visits to another planet with fancy scenery. And lots and lots of easy insights and meaningful emotional breakthroughs for Donnelly, his brother Hogan, and several other characters.
I said at the beginning that this book seems to be influenced by film. What I mean is the nonstop action and continual working to entertain the reader, by means of either emotional insights or humor. It doesn't seem to matter which, as long as the reader is entertained without having to think deeply. Fine if you like this sort of thing, but to me it seems rather shallow.
Rating: 5
Summary: Original, Suspenseful, AND Humorous
Comment: A neurotic psychotherapist and his patient who claims she was abducted by aliens, a time machine, a Mad-Hatter-like inventor who hides out in a Catholic church rectory, a homicidal police detective who gets religion, deadly femme fatales addicted to sugar, an endearing pet bird with genetically engineered super-intelligence. These are some fo the elements of this stunning novel, which is as imaginative as Neil Gaiman's "Nevermore." By turns hilarious and suspenseful, with a surreal sense of humor reminiscent of Douglas Adams ("The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), this book is a wild coaster ride, full of surprises and revelations. But it is not purely plot driven. The characters are engaging, original, and come to life. If you're tired of the same old, same old, try this book!
Rating: 1
Summary: Why I stopped reading Sci Fi
Comment: I purchased this book after hearing O'Leary's poem on the car commercial. While the poem was mediocre, it did provide a certain haunting quality I thought I'd find in the author's books.
Unfortunately, that one poem was probably his best work. This book is an example of why I quit reading Sci Fi in the 70's. It reads like a bad nightmare (and I don't mean a nightmare that is so real it is scary - I mean a nightmare from which you wake up and go "HUH?").
There is no real discernable plot in this book. It shows no imagination whatsoever on the part of the author. The author substitutes the shock-value of vulgarity, in actions and language, for plot and character development. It provided no comedic relief, no real drama or pathos, and left me not caring what happened to the characters.
Someone here compared it to HHGTTG by Douglas Adams. No way! Douglas Adams provides class-act comedy. O'Leary doesn't even approach the level of Three Stooges comedy.
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Title: The Impossible Bird by Patrick O'Leary ISBN: 0765303396 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Gift by Patrick O'Leary ISBN: 0312864035 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan ISBN: 0345457714 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan ISBN: 0345457684 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Etched City by K. J. Bishop ISBN: 189481522X Publisher: Prime (OH) Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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