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Mother of Storms
by: John Barnes
Price: $19.25
as of 09/03/2010 02:28 EDTDewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780812533453
Edition: First Thus
ISBN: 0812533453
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: May 15, 1995
Publisher: Tor Books
Studio: Tor Books
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane accidentally triggered by nuclear explosions spawns dozens more in its wake.
A world linked by a virtual-reality network experiences the devastation first hand, witnessing the death of civilization as we know it and the violent birth of an emerging global consciousness.
Vast in scope, yet intimate in personal detail, Mother of Storms is a visionary fusion of cutting-edge cyberspace fiction and heart-stopping storytelling in the grand tradition, filled with passion, tragedy, and the triumph of the human spirit.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- If you like pseudo-cyber-punk...A nice ride... one of the books I decided to keep in my library and re-read from time to time, it's that much fun. The science is reasonable, not over-bearing and the images painted by the text are vivid. The characters take awhile to develope, but are memorable.
Rating:
- A Possible Near Future, Very Well DoneI started to give this 4 stars, but it really deserves 4.6 or so, so I had to round it off to 5. It does move a bit slowly at first, and is sometimes a bit confusing, with too many characters introduced too quickly. Barnes should reread and study the works of Isaac Asimov, who was THE master of clarity. In fairness, it should be said that Barnes descriptions of hurricanes and their genesis are reminiscent of Asimov; it is the cast of characters that is confusing at times.
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Rating:
- An entertaining SF book with some novel ideasA friend suggested this book to read for a bit of relaxation and I wasn't disappointed. Though it starts a bit slow in order to introduce all the myriad characters, it builds up steam and does quite well to keep the attention there. Some of the scenario is not unlike the movie "The day after tomorrow", as the key element is a global superstorm, which effects the whole world, sparing no place.
John Barnes must have gone to a great deal of research as the scenario with massive amount of ... Read More
Rating:
- An entertaining SF book with some novel ideasA friend suggested this book to read for a bit of relaxation and I wasn't disappointed. Though it starts a bit slow in order to introduce all the myriad characters, it builds up steam and does quite well to keep the attention there. Some of the scenario is not unlike the movie "The day after tomorrow", as the key element is a global superstorm, which effects the whole world, sparing no place.
John Barnes must have gone to a great deal of research as the scenario with massive amount of ... Read More
Rating:
- An entertaining SF book with some novel ideasA friend suggested this book to read for a bit of relaxation and I wasn't disappointed. Though it starts a bit slow in order to introduce all the myriad characters, it builds up steam and does quite well to keep the attention there. Some of the scenario is not unlike the movie "The day after tomorrow", as the key element is a global superstorm, which effects the whole world, sparing no place.
John Barnes must have gone to a great deal of research as the scenario with massive amount of ... Read More
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