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3rd out of 15 books
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Abduction
by
Robin Cook
TEST A group of aliens builds a colony deep under the ocean, for the purpose of watching humans and human society from afar. But what happens when this watching is no longer enough?In the tradition of his highly successful, TV-adapted novel INVASION, Robin Cook again gives us an enthralling blend of cutting-edge technology blended with the possibilities of alien contact.
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by Pan Publishing
(first published January 1st 2000)
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Aug 23, 2007
Michelle
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like strange stories...
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Robin Cook tends to write medical thrillers. This book was most certainly NOT a medical thriller. It wasn't even close to any book Robin has ever written. I found the "Atlantis" story kind of silly and uncomfortable; it just wasn't what I was expecting.
Jun 25, 2007
Kelly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
someone looking to relax
trashy, quick, silly, fun read. just kind of ends. have realistic expectations - it's not that good, but it's creative.
What happens when a small group of deep-sea adventurers find an underwater volcano that is more than it appears? These people are swept away (literally) into a strange experience. After they go through such traumatic humiliation and a surreal "cleansing" process thousands of feet underground they find out that deep underneath the sea there is a never-before-seen species of people. These people live in almost perfect peace and harmony (war or violence are things they do not know of. . . until the...more
This is not your typical medical thriller by Robin Cook. In fact there is nothing medical about it. I have read a lot of his books and really enjoy the Jack and Laurie story line. I even read Sphinx which also was not a medical book. This book is nothing like anything else of his that I have read in the past.
To be honest, I had a hard time getting into this book. It starts out slow for me but, eventually does pick up. Essentially five people were 'abducted' into a secret underwater world. They e...more
To be honest, I had a hard time getting into this book. It starts out slow for me but, eventually does pick up. Essentially five people were 'abducted' into a secret underwater world. They e...more
I felt this was a departure for Robin Cook. He is known for his medical mysteries which I love, but this certainly isn't one. With a name like abduction my first thought was that it had something to do with abduction by extra terrestrials. That would have been good. This book I didn't really enjoy.
It starts off with a deep sea drilling expedition. Unable to drill in their current location with drill bits repeatedly breaking, a team of divers and an submersible head to the bottom of the ocean flo...more
It starts off with a deep sea drilling expedition. Unable to drill in their current location with drill bits repeatedly breaking, a team of divers and an submersible head to the bottom of the ocean flo...more
Contrarian View -- not that bad ! Entertaining !
We've read every one of Cook's books; he is after all quite prolific... But having seen others rather severely pan this novel, maybe our expectations were low. Surprise -- we liked it a lot! OK, maybe it was pure escapism, but we found it a welcome switch from the medico-suspense genre typical of Cook (ala Sphinx, showing another side of Cook's dexterity and topical brilliance). Admittedly not a sci-fi dabbler at all, we found the adventure underw...more
We've read every one of Cook's books; he is after all quite prolific... But having seen others rather severely pan this novel, maybe our expectations were low. Surprise -- we liked it a lot! OK, maybe it was pure escapism, but we found it a welcome switch from the medico-suspense genre typical of Cook (ala Sphinx, showing another side of Cook's dexterity and topical brilliance). Admittedly not a sci-fi dabbler at all, we found the adventure underw...more
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Library e-audiobook downloaded to my little Sansa Clip. Well... I thought this would be the typical medical thriller that I've come to know and enjoy from Robin Cook. However, it's an undersea story like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! Quite a change! If you want to know what the book is about, the explanation is very thorough.
I have to admit that I almost gave up on the book at one point, but I just hate to do that and I'm glad I didn't. I found that I enjoyed Cook's little explanations for the...more
I have to admit that I almost gave up on the book at one point, but I just hate to do that and I'm glad I didn't. I found that I enjoyed Cook's little explanations for the...more
Jun 08, 2011
Molly
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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I fell in love with this book when I first read it at age 13, and I've read it two more times since then.
It's about a very advanced, very secret utopian society deep under the ocean floor. Even though this society is underground (or ocean, I should say) they recreate their environment around them to look just like the earth at the surface. They use phosphorescent fish and shrimp to make the sunrise/sunset, as well as mimicking the stars in the night sky. There's no pollution, violence, poverty,...more
It's about a very advanced, very secret utopian society deep under the ocean floor. Even though this society is underground (or ocean, I should say) they recreate their environment around them to look just like the earth at the surface. They use phosphorescent fish and shrimp to make the sunrise/sunset, as well as mimicking the stars in the night sky. There's no pollution, violence, poverty,...more
The way this book started out was very interesting. A submersible crew goes down to replace
a broken drill bit and takes a scenic detour to explore an interesting formation. They get sucked
down through a portal into a civilization under the ocean. Two divers who try to find out what
happened to them get sucked in too. They are put through an intensive decontamination process
and finally meet up with their captors.
From this point it gets a little too stereotypical. Why are other civilizations alw...more
a broken drill bit and takes a scenic detour to explore an interesting formation. They get sucked
down through a portal into a civilization under the ocean. Two divers who try to find out what
happened to them get sucked in too. They are put through an intensive decontamination process
and finally meet up with their captors.
From this point it gets a little too stereotypical. Why are other civilizations alw...more
This book is not Robin Cook's usual genre of writing; with this book, he departs from his usual medical mistery and takes a shot with Science Fiction and that's the only reason I have read it. Not that I didn't heat great things about Cook's medical mistery books, but I just don't like that genre, however, if you give me good fantasy or sci-fi books to read, I'll take them and start right away.
This book is about a voyage to the depth of the ocean, where researchers find a new civilization (no a...more
This book is about a voyage to the depth of the ocean, where researchers find a new civilization (no a...more
Does Inner Earth exist?
This book proposes the possibility that flying saucers are not from outer space but from "primary humans" living in paradise in the Moho layer, between earth's crust and mantle. I feel that's plausible. I've always had that feeling "we are not alone". hah.
This book proposes the possibility that flying saucers are not from outer space but from "primary humans" living in paradise in the Moho layer, between earth's crust and mantle. I feel that's plausible. I've always had that feeling "we are not alone". hah.
Well, I don't think I'l be picking up any other title from Robin Cook anytime soon. What a dissapointment this book was. With all the books and review, I was expecting Cook to be a real story-teller. This book could have been written by a 13-year-old with a thesaurus. (No offence to 13-year-old out there). The characters were shallow and unpredictable, the scenes were boring an nondescript. I was very unimaginative. Even basic things like the character Suzanne always saying, "My Word!" At first,...more
Okay, first I must admit that I wasn’t paying attention to what I was checking out at the library. I listened to this book, checked out from the online library. I looked at the title and the cover and thought “okay, that looks different.” I’d never read Cook before, so I checked it out and added it to the TBR. Then, I started it…..
I DO NOT do aliens. And while the Interterrans aren't necessarily aliens, they are not exactly human. So, to say that I actually finished this book says something. Aft...more
I DO NOT do aliens. And while the Interterrans aren't necessarily aliens, they are not exactly human. So, to say that I actually finished this book says something. Aft...more
It has been years since I read my last Robin Cook novel, and while I loved it (Invasion, for the record), I worried that Robin Cook was an author who only appealed to the teenage version of myself. Abduction only half-dispelled that myth.
Cook is a compelling author. His characters may be a bit one-dimensional, but he sticks them in to wholly believable scenarios. Unfortunately, he spends too much time building the fantastic world of Interterran and devotes much too little time on the human's sub...more
Cook is a compelling author. His characters may be a bit one-dimensional, but he sticks them in to wholly believable scenarios. Unfortunately, he spends too much time building the fantastic world of Interterran and devotes much too little time on the human's sub...more
If you like Robin Cook, if you like formulaic books, if you don't care much for character development or a complex plot, then by all means, pick this up and read it like you would eat cheap candy at Halloween.
In Abduction, Robin Cook departs from his usual genre of modern medical mysteries and lands squarely in the arena of science fiction--a place I seldom go. But as usual, the quasi-plausible, bent science of his convoluted plot intrigued me enough to keep me going. If the characters are stereotypical and rather wooden in the way they express themselves (although Cook has gotten better, over the years, at writing natural-sounding dialogue), the ending has enough irony packed into the last couple of...more
Wow, even I couldn't get through all of this, and I'm a sucker for a dime-store paperback. One reviewer said to read it like you'd eat cheap candy at Halloween. Love that description! Like not actually tasting the candy you snarf down without thinking, I can't claim to have read all of this since I just skimmed most of it to get the gist and have some sense of closure at the end. Thus it becomes number two on my Read/Abandoned list. Sorry, Robin Cook. This is a very early book, though, so maybe...more
This is a startlingly bad book. Cook's premise is that half a billion years ago humans evolved, grew powerful, and moved into a spacious and habitable hollow shell (!) between the Earth's crust and mantle. They lived there for 500 million years, not interacting with the surface world, until humanity evolved again, completely separately (!!). A group of modern-day humans are kidnapped by the the shell-dwellers and taken to their undersea city. Our heros' escape is facilitated by the fact that all...more
It was an interesting diversion from his usual medical mysteries.
well to be frank this is my first book of Robin Cook.and my sole reason to read his book is because he is known for his medical thriller novel.so i am a bit disappointed.This book about a group of people exploring the sea while repairing drill.they then sucked into a city under the sea called Santara.a bit like Atlantis.even Atlantis next to this city.the story quite slow.most of story about the so called primary human technology and way of life.not a great start to read other novel of Robin Coo...more
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This is one of the two worst science fiction books I have read, the other being Ancient Future by Traci Harding. It gets one star because I actually finished it, whereas with Ancient Future I threw it down in disgust about a quarter of the way through.
Science fiction by it's nature contains elements of the fantastical, imagined technologies and futures and realities which can strain belief. And that's okay, it uses these elements to imagine a different life for humanity, perhaps to make us think...more
Science fiction by it's nature contains elements of the fantastical, imagined technologies and futures and realities which can strain belief. And that's okay, it uses these elements to imagine a different life for humanity, perhaps to make us think...more
Alas, my run of bad books continues. Unlike The Woman in White, I did manage to finish Abduction but mostly from a morbid curiosity to see just how bad the book could get. I read this book as part of the Medical Mystery Madness challenge but the book only just barely qualifies.
Abduction suffers from some Cook's typical weak one-note characterizations. In this case, it's the two rampant homophobes, the beautiful lady scientist, the nebishy entrepreneur and the nobel chauffer (excuse me, submarin...more
Abduction suffers from some Cook's typical weak one-note characterizations. In this case, it's the two rampant homophobes, the beautiful lady scientist, the nebishy entrepreneur and the nobel chauffer (excuse me, submarin...more
Perry the boss came from flight to his vessel, gone to submarine. Accidentally gone in to undersea world called Interterra , spent some time guided by Arka and Sufa, traveled in air taxi. Due to homesick wanted to go home, took hostage - came to above the sea layer - landed nearby island - rescued by fisherman - helped to the nearby harbor. To Interterra's council of elders used their technology and put them back in time - 17th century. And it ends...
I think if Hollywood need to make movie of it...more
I think if Hollywood need to make movie of it...more
Abduction by Robin Cook was a fun read but it had the feel of, to put it very crudely, Michael Crichton’s jealous and much less talented younger brother trying to prove to the world that he can do it too. Yes, Robin Cook isn’t Crichton’s relation at all but I compare every author who tries to pull off ridiculous stuff like this to him because I can’t help but think that Crichton either could pull it off, or would no better than to try and do so. Cook is known for his medical thrillers, a couple...more
Robin Cook's books are normally a good read and I enjoy them. Have read about everything that he has written.
This book is as good as it gets. It is a good read for those who like novels with a medical background and mystery and suspense involved.
Cook is able to capture our attention very quickly and does not let us go until we have finished.
Enjoyed it.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
This book is as good as it gets. It is a good read for those who like novels with a medical background and mystery and suspense involved.
Cook is able to capture our attention very quickly and does not let us go until we have finished.
Enjoyed it.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
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Quite possibly my most favorite read of Robin Cook's "fantasy" novels. I like all his books but he seems to have two ways he writes. Sometimes the scenarios are so realistic I start thinking twice about ever going to a hospital again and some, like this book, deviate into a more fantasy based medical scenario. As far as medical suspense I think he is one of the best and his 2 different writing styles keep things interesting.
Une histoire très intriguante, mais gâchée par des personnages stupides et détestables dont on finit par souhaiter qu'ils se fassent éliminer par les "méchants"... Si on arrive à oublier les protagonistes - qui feraient littéralement honte à leur espèce en tant qu'"humains de seconde génération" (à comprendre en lisant le livre), Abduction (Rapt en français) reste malgré tout intéressant et agréable à lire.
I've never read Robin Cook before, and this was not a good first start. The plot was rather shopworn -- humans stumble upon an utopian society only to discover it has what they consider a "dark side" and try to escape. It was like watching an episode of the original Star Trek, but at least those plots were devised 30 years before this book was written. Cook does give a new spin on the ending of this aged plot line, but it wasn't enough to save the book.
This book was a quick, easy read. It was not what I was expecting from Robin Cook and I’m still out on whether I liked it or not. Where was the medical suspense? Everything was just too perfect and too perfect equates to too boring. I didn’t really like any of the characters. When the book started, I believed that I would like Perry; however, his character was very weak. On second thought, I didn’t like this book….
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Librarian Note: Not to be confused with British novelist Robin Cook a pseudonym of Robert William Arthur Cook.
Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who combined medical writing with the thriller genre of writing. Several of his books have been b...more
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Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who combined medical writing with the thriller genre of writing. Several of his books have been b...more
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