Voltaire
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"When you gaze long into the abyss... the abyss also gazes into you." - Frederick Nietzsche
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Post by Voltaire on Aug 2, 2003 2:22:53 GMT -5
Here's the criteria I'll be using: Story/Plot, Technical Background, Characters, Suspence, and Overall.
Story: 2/2.5 Goliath's about a super-sub run by a bio-mechanical evoluting computer called Sorceress. This super-sub is called the Goliath, and looks like a giant sting ray. However, a nuclear-armed madman's at the controls. There's one wild card, though. Like 2001, the ship's computer is going nuts...
The plot is best described as a combo of 2001 and 20000 Leagues Under The Sea.
The bad side is there's quote a bit unresolved, but there's supposed to be more books in the series.
Technicial Background: 2.4/2.5 Simply amazing. From nanotech to guns to automated subs, everything seems well researched.
Characters: 2.4/2.5
The cast is small, but extremely well developed. The negative side is the characters die in anticlimatic ways.
Suspence: 2.5/2.5
I finished all 400 pages of this book in one night. It's THAT good.
Overal: 9.3/10
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 dollars. Go to the library and read it if you like thrillers in the vein of Clive Cussler.
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