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Title: Nano by John Robert Marlow ISBN: 0-7653-0129-6 Publisher: Forge Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: NANO - a wake-up call to the world
Comment: If you haven't read Nano by John Robert Marlow, I strongly encourage you to add it to your list-at the top. It is plausible, scientifically accurate, and timely.
While I certainly believe it will be the next blockbuster movie, more importantly this exceptional work is a wake-up call for those who do not yet understand the tremendous potential (good and bad) of advanced nanotech. Marlow understands both the science and the politics governing advanced technologies, and accurately depicts several near-future potentials of nanotechnology.
Where Michael Crichton uses extremely unlikely and largely debunked theories as the basis of his latest novel (Prey), Marlow uses simple extensions of known science. Nano is a plausible, fast-paced technothriller, and is destined to become one of the best of the best. While Crichton fans will love this book, don't mistake John Robert Marlow for Michael Crichton; Marlow employs cutting-edge technology in a believable manner, describing science within the bounds of the generally-accepted. While Nano is techno-fiction, it could one day be techno-fact. While simple, the characters are entirely believable, as is the characterization of the various government organizations.
Nano is crafted in such a way as to bring all the frightening potential of advanced nanotechnology to the mind's eye. I easily pictured the events as they transpired, and hung on every word and plot twist. Further, Marlow accurately details some of the ethics involved in the decisions we must begin making now, in order to minimize the potential downsides and maximize the benefits of nanotechnology.
Anyone who understands history will see that the politics he describes should be taken seriously. Anyone with even a modicum of understanding of nanoscale science and technology will rapidly come to the conclusion that this writer has done his homework. "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth," said Archimedes. Advanced nanotechnology is that lever, and Marlow's Nano describes the many ways in which it may be used.
From a "wake-up call" standpoint, this is the most important piece of fiction written to date.
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent, but a couple of problems
Comment: This book has some exciting action sequences and, as other reviewers have pointed out, will probably make for a fun movie. But it has two big problems that kept annoying me throughout. The first is that it's uncertain of its audience. It makes far too many references to earlier nanotech and science-fiction books, often without particularly explaining them. As a longtime follower of nanotech, I was familiar with most of them, but if the book is aimed at people who're already up on nanotech, it could have dispensed with a lot of the elementary introduction to the field. It was jarring to see repeated instances of basic explanations followed by obscure references that no newcomer could hope to get.
The second problem is more structural: this book has no real climax. It builds to an entertaining full head of steam early on, then repeats the "bad guys have the heroes right where they want them, but heroes wave a magic wand and the problem is solved in a way that'll look great on a movie screen" formula several times, each one no more suspenseful than the last.
Not an awful book by any stretch, but I think it'll work better on screen than it does in print.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Read! Not to be missed!
Comment: Smart, outrageous, well-written and generally just a fantastic read! Actually it was my husband's book and what started as a curious glance ended up in me finishing this book in one day! Enjoy, you won't regret it! Mary
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Title: Cyberterror by R. J. Pineiro ISBN: 0765343045 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Nanotechnology and Homeland Security New Weapons for New Wars by Daniel Ratner, Mark A. Ratner, Mark Ratner, Dan Ratner ISBN: 0131453076 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 22 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Codex by Douglas J. Preston ISBN: 0765307006 Publisher: Forge Books Pub. Date: 08 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Engines of Creation by Eric Drexler ISBN: 0385199732 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 16 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea by Mark A. Ratner, Daniel Ratner, Mark Ratner ISBN: 0131014005 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 08 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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