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Title: Artifact by Gregory Benford ISBN: 0-380-79195-1 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.68 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Indiana Jones meets Particle Physics
Comment: Perhaps I'm biased because I like Benford's style: I couldn't put the book down. I read it straight through, just stopping once for lunch. It's not Benford's best book because his others are all so great, but it was much better than I expected after reading the other reviews here. Benford mixes in plenty of realistic science, archaeology, and university politics with the action of the plot. At the end of the book, an interesting "Technical Afterword" puts the sci-fi in context with "real" physics.
My favorite line from the book is typical Benford: "He had noted that the noise in a room rose as the square of the number of people in it..."
Rating: 2
Summary: BARELY ENTERTAINING AND HARD TO READ
Comment: I've read other Benford books before, and this does not compare to his previous work! The heroine here is an immature and reckless and chain-smoking, crazy woman called Claire. She's an amateur archeologist who STEALS a precious artifact from Greece just to get revenge on the Greek co-director of the dig site. The Greek dude, Kontos is guilty of sexual harrasment to Claire, but Claire, the crazy woman that she is, is guilty of GRAND THEFT of a national Greek treasure. I also consider her GUILTY of all the TROUBLE caused by her theft! Her utterly brainless ... actions lead to a WASTE OF US TAXPAYER MONEY because the US has to launch a major military operation to try to FIX UP the consequences of HER THEFT! Lots of people lose their lives (Greek and American) because of HER STUPIDITY!!!!!!! And guess what? She lives in the end, she gets her man and has a happy ending! How stupid! The plot of this book is totally majorly [dumb]! Mr. Benford, if this is what has become of your writing talent, I believe you should stick to PHYSICS and stop trying to be an SF/Adventure/Romance writer!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 1
Summary: [Weak]
Comment: I found the science vaguely interesting (particle erotique); but the main premise of an adventure -- which this novel pretends to be -- is likeable characters; and it is here that the book fails. Also: the Greece of the novel is cartoonish; it feels like a bad Latin-American country in a Hollywood movie. Finally: the heroine's Bostonian mother must have been some ingenuous Baroque music buff to listen to a piece for harpsichord by Vivaldi (of all the composers)... While I understand that a sci-fi writer doesn't need to show superior sensitivity and taste, I hate it when a writer of sorts tries to fool the reader. Just stick to your Einstein, Mr. Benford.
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Title: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington by Robert E. Rubin, Jacob Weisberg ISBN: 0375505857 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Digital Fortress : A Thriller by Dan Brown ISBN: 0312263120 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 05 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B00005JKZY Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 25 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.97 |
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Title: Deception Point by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027387 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) ASIN: B00009TB5G Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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