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Originally Posted by Redlemon
Hey, they just announced his new book, and it seems like a perfect example for dobster's theory.
Sounds like Government propaganda to me.
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Yeah, I actually picked this up in the airport a couple years ago, because I liked the Andromeda Strain, and especially Jurassic Park, so I figured, what the hell.
Here, have some spoiler tags, if you honestly care about reading this book. (hint: don't).
Spoiler:
it was a completely ridiculous book. About a third of the reading done, you realize it's propa-bullshit, but you're on a plane with nothing else to do. So I read it. God.
The "action hero" type in the book is not the main character. The main character is kind of geeky, lacks self confidence and is not cool like the action-hero character. The action hero character knows how to manipulate weapons, knows several languages, is a genius in science, can beat people up, and gets everyone out of every situation(I suspect Chrichton sees himself as this dude when he dreams). And he convinces the main character that Global Warming is a myth.
In the book, they have to stop this group that supposedly "fights" global warming and raises awareness about it. The group had stolen heavy, very expensive machines that send strong vibrations through the ground; seismic-type vibrations.
Their goal is to line these machines up on some island in the Pacific, cause the undersea ground to "break" and shift and cause a tsunami, which would hit California just in time for their highly-publicized global warming conference, so they could blame it on Global warming.
There were also parts where this group causes lightnings to strike near the good guys in an attempt to kill them..
Anyway, there you have it, a clusterfuck of bullshit with cool scientist action heroes, who save the day, and my mind is just thinking *sigh* each time I think of this book. Not literature, just pure propaganda. Also, I remember Chrichton's note after the book: "Everyone has an agenda, except for me".. He deserves a punch in the face for that one, I was just superpissed after wasting my time with this.