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Title: Greenwar by Steven Gould, Laura J. Mixon ISBN: 0-8125-7116-9 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Fast-paced thriller
Comment: This is a dandy adventure story. In the center of all the action is Gulf Stream, an offshore structure dedicated to research and "green" industry. Add a group of ecoterrorists determined to destroy it, a dedicated group of employees striving to save it from all enemies including economic difficulties, undercover agents, a hurricane, a bit of romance and a wayward octopus named Louis, and you have the setting for some interesting action. It has a nice mix of male and female characters, with Emma Took (who designed Gulf Stream) taking the lead. I had some difficulty sorting out all the characters at first. And despite the drawings of the Gulf Stream, I didn't always know where the action was taking place -- but that may just be me -- I never could read a blueprint. Overall a satisfying read which kept me from opening other books, and which would probably translate nicely into a film I would like to see.
Rating: 2
Summary: A good book for an airplane ride or overnight in a hotel
Comment: Talk about misrepresentation! Tom Clancy is probably cringing at the use of his name in conjunction with this mildly written, some-what entertaining work. Totally predictable, with a dismail cliff-hanger (perhaps "ditch-hopping" is better) ending.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Book -- Read It Soon!
Comment: This is a very good book. It's an eco-thriller, based on a deep-sea energy generation platform whose engineering and economics seem far more believable than, say, NASA's chances of occupying a new space station on-time and on-budget; science fiction, but set in the *very* near future. There are good good-guys, and bad bad-guys, and good bad-guys, and bad good-guys: lot's of character development motivated by ethical conflict. There's also a generous dose of Man vs. Nature, handled, I thought, fairly well. Although I don't scuba dive, the underwater sequences seemed very believable.
I've reread this book several times now, and I'm glad I got it in hardcover. If you've gotten this far in this review, I think you'll like this book, too.
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Title: Crown Of Slaves by David Weber, Eric Flint ISBN: 0743471482 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Humans by Robert J. Sawyer ISBN: 0765346753 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alien Taste by Wen Spencer ISBN: 0451458370 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Chindi by Jack McDevitt ISBN: 0441011020 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 1633 by David Weber, Eric Flint, James Baen ISBN: 0743471555 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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