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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Surprisingly good eco-thriller Well, what do you expect from `issue' novels? Wafer thin characters, pedestrian writing and a clunky plot interspersed with screeds of propaganda. Well, you get all this in Extinction, sure, but after you plough through the scrappy opening quarter it's actually very readable and surprisingly exciting. The villain is `climate management', apparently the next big ecological issue. It's not the end of the world, you might think, but in this case according to Hammond you'd be quite wrong. The pace is perhaps... more info
It's the end of the world as we know it Ray Hammond, in Extinction, creates a clever sceanrio which pits science versus humanity, with a consequence which is global in scale. The scientific concepts that Hammond introduces are intriguing and insightful. The story presented in Extinction is set fifty years in the future, upon an Earth that has undergone ecological and climatic changes, a result of rising sea levels. Improvements in technology have also allowed corporations to affect the weather, selling sunshine and rain, and the planet has also... more info
The end is near! As a disaster movie fan I really enjoyed this book and think it would make a cracking movie up there beside Armageddon and The Day After Tomorrow.
Set in the not-too-distant future Man has decided to ‘manage’ the worlds climate for the benefit of those who can afford it. The highest bidder gets to buy rain or shine depending on its countries needs. Storms are diverted and all seems right with the world. Until ‘The One’ hits San Francisco (why is it always San Fran that gets the 1st hit in these... more info
Crackerjack first three quarters, disappointing last quarter I gave this three stars overall but it deserves 5 stars for the first part which was a great eco-thriller - but the last part of the book was such a let down in that there was a happy ending, the world is OK again, the downtrodden inherit the earth and the hero laywer gets the girl.. The book cover says ' will there be a day after tomorrow ? ' - hmmm , its was all going catastrophically badly, governements supressing information, witnesses dying, the Big One hits Calfornia and this is dealt with in a few... more info
