- Taschenbuch: 576 Seiten
- Verlag: Tor Books; Auflage: Reprint (Mai 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0812533453
- ISBN-13: 978-0812533453
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 10,7 x 3,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (14 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.265.589 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Barnes' prodigious show of talent in Orbital Resistance and A Million Open Doors earned each a Nebula best novel nomination. If the dazzling scope of his latest effort is any measure of worth, a third nomination can be expected. The mother of storms documented here is a global epidemic of lethal hurricanes triggered when a UN missile strike on a hostile nation's underwater weapons array releases tons of methane into the earth's atmosphere. While experts struggle in vain to counteract the consequent, devastating greenhouse effect, coastlines sink, cities are decimated, and politicians maneuver for control. Hope arrives only with a revolutionary plan to harness a comet and trail its cooling ices through the upper atmosphere. Barnes masterfully juggles many narrative elements, ranging from a realistic vision of the mid-twenty-first century to a wide cast of complex, believable characters. A heavy dose of sheer storytelling power combined with hard-edged speculative science--including the twenty-first century's three-dimensional equivalent of television, XV--makes this one of the best disaster novels ever. Carl Hays
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When a tactical nuclear strike releases massive amounts of methane from the North Pacific's ocean beds, global weather patterns transform the entire ocean surface into a massive spawning ground for hurricanes. As perpetual storms threaten to decimate Earth's population, politicians, scientists, and visionaries grope for solutions while ordinary people struggle to stay alive. In the best tradition of disaster novels, Barnes (Orbital Resonance, LJ 9/1/92; A Million Open Doors, LJ 10/15/91) juggles multiple plot lines as he builds to the grand finale. Compellingly orchestrated and filled with fascinating bits of weather lore, this novel will have broad appeal.
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Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Format:Taschenbuch
This book was compelling enough that I am writing this review several years after having read it as I go order a copy for a sailor friend. Does it win top literary awards in any category? No. Will it walk away with the Booker prize? Hardly. Is it a FABULOUS read while on vacation or when wanting a brief respite from the grind. You bet! I think I'll read it again. And if you haven't, so should you.
Format:Taschenbuch
I found none of the characters the least bit compelling or sympathetic. The best characterization in the book is of the different hurricanes! This book is definitely not in the same league as some of the "great" SF disaster novels, such as those by Niven & Pournelle in the 70's. Those guys managed to present characters that at least captured my interest enough so I cared about how things turned out for them. The plot is flat and very predictable--I was surprised there weren't some curve balls thrown into the old formulas. This book, moreso even than most modern SF/adventure writing, portrayed women as the playthings of men who were supposedly doing the important stuff, with the exception of two female characters. Because all of the characters were shown in such a shallow way, it was hard to tell if these two were given even shorter shrift than the males, but I think they were. The sex scenes, especially involving the "redeemed" porn star, were completely unerotic, and unnecessary. Don't bother with this one.
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This book is one of the worst I have ever started to read ("started" because I couldn't finish it). At first glance, the plot sounds interesting; but upon actually reading the text, it is lost in a miasma of cardboard characters and uninteresting subplots. The author goes on at great length about a wholly unbelievable technology (which allows one person to experience another's experiences), much to the detriment of the story. On top of this poor organization, the writing itself is amateurish -- not at all helped by being entirely in present tense, as if the author is hoping to distract the reader from the weak plot and characters. There have been very few books which I've started and been unwilling to finish, but this is one of them.
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Wow, this book really sucks!
This inane, silly novel begins slowly and and then proceeds to go downhill. If you are into cartoonish, unrealistic sex, this novel is for you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. August 1999 veröffentlicht
The Great Cyberpunk Novel not by Gibson or Stephenson
Calling Mother of Storms a cyberpunk novel is a bit inappropriate, as it is also a fine plain old hard SF novel in the Fred Pohl (Gateway) tradition. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Silly science, not plausible
This book starts out as a good complex science fiction thriller, set in the very near future, but as it goes along the science becomes sillier and sillier, to the point that it is... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
A rich tapestry, endlessly rewarding, which deserves reading
This is a rich tapestry of a book, endlessly rewarding. I enjoyed the science, which is made understandable almost effortlessly by Barnes, while the characters were realistically... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. November 1998 von Michelle Hutchinson (mmhutchinson@juno.com)
Starts off exciting and slowly peters out.
This book begins with an exciting and plausible premise of tremendous storms hurling across the world. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
Adolescent eco moralizing
Grotesque eco-fable involving storms, masturbation, big tits, butt plugs and a variety of adolescent fantasies masquerading as mature science fiction. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
Disgusting subplots drown good science fiction
In some ways I liked this book. The stuff about the hurricane was pretty cool. But the endless, tiring subplots about VR child porn and the one orgasm-per-page average got really... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
A first-class techno-sf thriller.
A sweeping story that never loses the narrative thread. There's a lot going on in Mother of Storms, but it always makes sense, and you don't feel overwhelmed with scene-changing... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Oktober 1997 von Glenn H. Reynolds
Flat out Weather on a Wired Planet- Air, Energy and CyberNet
Wanna-be meteorologists take note. Barnes starts with a sub orbital Baby-Nuke strike on the floor of the Arctic ocean, and triggers an enviromental disaster of biblical scope. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
A Rollickin' Good Tale! Fast read, fast pace, fast storm.
Years ago, I was a sci-fi freak. Then the market faded.
John Barnes has revived and revitalized that oh-so-sweet science fiction genre where Common Man can lean his... Lesen Sie weiter...
John Barnes has revived and revitalized that oh-so-sweet science fiction genre where Common Man can lean his... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. März 1997 veröffentlicht
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