false <![CDATA[The Digital God]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1242765778m/6480894.jpg 43995 18 In the heart of North Carolina's Research Triangle stands a corporate laboratory much like the others nearby. But behind its walls, America's top scientists work around the clock to attain the holy grail of the 21st century-a supercomputer that surpasses the power of the human mind. Appointed by the President as ethicist to Project Trinity, Dr. David Tennant finds himself in a pressure-cooker of cutting edge science and colossal ambition. When his friend and fellow scientist is murdered, David discovers that the genius who runs Project Trinity was responsible and that his own life is in danger. Unable to reach the President, and afraid to trust his colleagues, David turns to Rachel Weiss, the psychiatrist probing the nightmares that have plagued him during his work at Trinity. Rachel is skeptical of David's fears, but when an assassin strikes, the two doctors must flee for their lives. Pursued across the globe by ruthless National Security Agency operatives, David and Rachel struggle to piece together the truth behind the Project Trinity, and the enormous power it could unleash upon the world. As constant danger deepens their intimacy, Rachel realizes the key to Trinity lies buried in David's disturbed mind. But Trinity's clock is ticking... Mankind is being held hostage by a machine that cannot be destroyed. Its only hope--a terrifying chess game between David and the Trinity computer, with the cities of the world as pawns. But what are the rules? How human is the machine? Can one man and woman change the course of history? Man's future hangs in the balance, and the price of failure is extinction. 5951641 book 2003 The Footprints of God total:1059|5:225|4:372|3:316|2:107|1:39| 1059 3814 1389 140 1 4 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 21 17:40:12 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 25 00:14:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 11:59:06 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 12:55:27 -0700 2009
Enjoyability: 3.5
Re-Readability: 2
Character Development: 2
Complexity: 2.5
Writing Style: 3
Believability: 1.5
Overall: 2.42

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New Yourk, Scribner, 2003
459 pp. $25.95
0-7432-3469-3

A narcoleptic scientist and his psyciatrist set off on a journey from North Carolina, all the way to Jerusalem, and back to New Mexico, all the way pursued by the NSA. Sound like your d...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 25 12:58:34 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 13:00:50 -0700 2008 4 1 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 15:25:13 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 15:26:16 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 06:52:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 07:32:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 09:43:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:44:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 20 15:40:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 15:43:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:56:34 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 15:46:02 -0700 2009
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Fantasy is not usually my genre. But the scifi/fantasy aspect of this book is not what I had trouble with per se. The problem for me was the pseudo theological premise of the book. My faith is Christian and I have very definite beliefs. But the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 23:16:02 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 23:26:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 19:50:07 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 17:48:45 -0700 2008
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The novel chronicles a super secret laboratory work which serves the pur...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 18:22:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 19:14:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:19:02 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:19:02 -0800 2008 Sleep No More) kept me thinking about the subjects for months after finishing the book. This book, however, was not what I expected.

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