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Title: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Howard McGillin ISBN: 0-671-04518-0 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Audio) Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $9.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (358 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gripping, True, Horror Story
Comment: Preston's true-story accounts of lethal viruses that spread like wildfire, invade, infect, and liquefy the guts of their human hosts read unbelievably--like sci-fi. But it is non-fiction, and is based on his in-depth interviews with characters named in the book. Let the reader be warned: Grisly descriptions of the effects of the viruses Marburg and Ebola on humans are graphic. I was repulsed by some passages, yet totally riveted--I simply could not put the book down. The information is timely, since the federal public health agencies recently told public health agencies to be on the alert for "unusual disease patterns associated with today's events", and our nation has been put on bio-alert. This book will undoubtedly increase your anxiety index, but it will also expand your awareness of the nature of lethal viruses and make you realize how vulnerable, helpless, and underprepared we are to deal with agents for which there are no vaccines and no cure, agents that mutate, jump species, replicate, and spread around the world, burning hot in their host--the human population.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good God This Book Is Terrifying!!!!!!
Comment: Come now, what could possibly be more terrifying than a deadly virus which kills 9 of 10 people? Nothing, huh? Oh wait, yeah I forgot ... it's just outside Washington DC. And oh yeah ... you throw up blood, your organs liquify while you're still alive and you leak blood from your nose, eyes, mouth, anus, etc, until you fall down, have a few seizures, spraying blood everywhere, and leaving yourself a bag of liquified liver, intestine, and brain, all sitting in a pool of blood. And did I mention this entire book is nonfiction?
Gruesome, horrifying, and absolutly wonderful, this book is!!!!!
It's a quick read, so you have no excuse not to read it. But I would recogmend not reading it in class ... you will make some odd faces at the gory descriptions provided by Preston. The novel takes you through the entire history of the virus, (the plot is not just "Oh my God there's an outbreak!!!!!!!").
You'll read it and be obsessed with Ebola for at least a week ... its an incredibly memorable book, and you'll love it, don't worry.
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyable and educational
Comment: Well written chronicle of the emergence of "hot viruses" such as AIDS and Ebola and the surprising apperance of one of these viruses among some monkeys in Reston, Virginia. The details were a bit long at times, but Preston painted the scenes graphically and memorably. I felt I learned a lot from reading the book and did enjoy it.
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Title: The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston ISBN: 0345466632 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Cobra Event by Richard Preston ISBN: 0345409973 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett ISBN: 0140250913 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Virus X by Frank M.D. Ryan ISBN: 0316763063 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 23 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It by Stephen Handelman, Ken Alibek ISBN: 0385334966 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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