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false <![CDATA[Terminal Freeze]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256060951m/3986318.jpg 3986318 5 Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone…two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle…one of the most remote places on Earth. But for a group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate, an expedition to the Zone represents the opportunity of a lifetime to study the effects of global warming. The expedition changes suddenly on a routine foray into a glacial ice cave, where the group makes an astonishing find: an ancient animal encased in solid ice. It appears to be some kind of giant cat, possibly a saber-toothed tiger. When their discovery is reported back, their parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle—the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local Eskimo group (and a native legend forecasting doom for anyone who disturbs this mythic creature), the scientists make one more horrifying discovery: the beast is no cat…it’s an ancient killing machine. And it may not be dead. Lincoln Child weaves cutting-edge science, Native American legend, and a stunningly stark landscape into a thrilling novel of suspense, using all the skill and attention to detail that has won him legions of fans. 4032307 13 1 2009 Terminal Freeze total:468|5:42|4:133|3:209|2:72|1:12| 468 1525 710 135 1 19 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 06:34:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 06:47:30 -0800 2009 .3
--I picked up this book at the library, despite never feeling more than a middling acceptance of Child's previous fictions. At best middling. I really had no interest in Child. Even the plot summary annoyed me. But I still thought: it...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:59:17 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:08:09 -0700 2009 Deep Storm last year, Lincoln Child sort of missed the boat with Terminal Freeze. While there was nothing bad about it, it suffered from being a retread of Relic, Child's thriller debut with Douglas Preston. He even seems to recognize this when he refers to Frock and his Cal...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 02 07:23:15 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:29:41 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:23:15 -0700 2009
This book was not my favorite of their works. The exploration of the arctic and the assembly of the documentary crew, the scientists, the ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 10:09:39 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 15:42:05 -0700 2009 A group of scientists doing research in a secret army installation in the Arctic ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 11:30:23 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 08:32:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:29:10 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:00:38 -0700 2009
'Testost(erone) tosh' is self-evidently the male version of chick-lit and I must admit I much prefer the manly rubbish compared to the entirely unpalatable (IMHO) female polemic. This genre is always fast, furious, vicious and improbable - wonderful comfort reads.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:44:20 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:44:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 10 12:25:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 12:25:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:54:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:56:06 -0700 2009
I’ve enjoyed all of Lincoln Childs and Douglas Preston’s books and I’ve come to expect certain things from them. There’s almost always a remote location…or if there’s not, there’s a way to make a common location seem remote (like shutting up ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:17:14 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:19:05 -0700 2009
Alaska's F...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:59:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 22:27:08 -0700 2009 Once
The only b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:15:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:03:12 -0700 2009
The setup is similar to Child's previ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:06:48 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:07:53 -0700 2009
The story is about an Arctic Circle discovery of an ancient frozen animal. The financial backer for th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:34:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 11:18:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 01:34:12 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 18:55:28 -0800 2009 Douglas Preston, that I'm sure that if I overheard him speaking to the grocery clerk I'd recogn...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 15 08:30:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 08:38:55 -0700 2009
Here's the plot: A scientific team is investigating the effects of global warming on a glacier in northern Alaska. They are based at an old DEW line station. The glacier keeps calving, great chunks breaking off. A cave i...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 28 17:40:15 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:01:48 -0700 2009 I think the author, Lincoln Child, is trying to channel Clive Cussler. That's not necessarily a bad thing. When I read Cussler's first book, I thought his character, Dirk Pitt, was some kind of stupid cross between James Bond and Jacques Cousteau. In other words, a scuba diving, plane flyin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:53:44 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:09:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 07:03:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:09:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 14:39:11 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 14:42:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3986318