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Summary: Piece of GARBAGE
Review: Did Stephen Coonts, or Stephen Coonts' 10 year old grandson write this junk? I couldn't tell. Maybe Stephen Duntz wrote it!
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Summary: Pure fluff
Review: While any book project is a serious undertaking, SAUCER is not a serious book.There are no little green men to wrry about, just an increible stale bunch of venal politician, greedy corporate types, hard charging generals and a guy named Rip who could eat you out of house and home. Oh yeah, there is a saucer (maybe it is alien in origin or maybe it was from the lost ciy of Atlantis) who knows and who cares. This isn't much a book, but if you have 2 or 3 hours to kill and don't want to think about anything serious, this is an okay read.
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Summary: A close encounter with contemporary science-fiction......
Review: After reading Flight of the Intruder and Final Flight by Stephen Coonts, I came across Saucer and thought that the science-fiction angle might be interesting. Allowing for a mildly intriguing plot and some interesting creativity, it wasn't half bad. Our protagonist, Rip Cantrell, is a a seismic surveyor working in the Sahara desert where he discovers a flying saucer encased in rock as it has been buried for centuries after being subjected to the elements. Information concerning the saucer doesn't remain secret for long and now the United States government, the Libyan government, and unscrupulous Australian billionaire Roger Hedrick are all scrambling to take control of the saucer. Finding an ally in Charlotte Pine, a test pilot working with a UFO investigation team, Rip Cantrell narrowly escapes disaster when they both fly out of the desert in the saucer in search of a place to hide the ship and protect its secrets. Upon returning to the United States and stashing the ship away, the lull in activity proves to be short lived. The billionaire Roger Hedrick kidnaps Charlotte Pine while simultaneously stealing the saucer and forcing her to fly it to his Australian estate. Hedrick has grand plans to auction the ship off to any county who wants to exploit its technology. Rip Cantrell is now faced with the harrowing dilemma of rescuing Charlotte Pine and re-aquiring the saucer while other foreign governments attempt the same thing and at all costs. In his departure from a mainly military theme, Stephen Coonts makes a worthy attempt at good action and adventure in this book. Although having some corny dialogue between the characters and some over the top (even for fiction) scenarios in the narrative, it doesn't totally detract from the book having some decent appeal to it. If you have a few hours to kill, pick up Saucer and give it a read. You might just like it.
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Summary: "Not The Standard I Expect From Coonts"
Review: I've been a big Stephen Coonts fan for years. He has written some terrific books like "The Red Horseman" and "Under Seige." Unfortunately, "Saucer" wasn't up to his usual snuff. I liked the premise, but the characters seemed flat and the dialogue rather unnatural. There wasn't a lot of inner thought to really bring out the characters and strengthen the story. I still think Coonts is an awesome writer, but even Barry Bonds strikes out every so often.
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Summary: Coonts does Heinlein
Review: I got a real kick out of this book - especially once I saw it as a tribute to Robert Heinlein. Saucer reads a lot like early Heinlein - strong characters that are more than they appear on the surface, good technology, and a few moral/ethical dilemmas to deal with. Good, fun story.
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Summary: OK for a 10 year-old
Review: I'd read Coonts before, and thought he was OK. I wonder if this was maybe the first book he ever wrote; he should have left it in the attic. This book is really awful, as many other reviewers have pointed out.
Aside from the silly events and unbelievable characters, the thing that surprised me was the lack of realism in the hardware described. Anyone who has written books involving military aircraft, for example, should know that the F-16 has side-stick controllers; the pilot never puts "both hands on the stick". He'd have to reach all the way over to the right hand side of the cockpit with his left hand to do that. And since it is fly-by-wire, the added strength of the second hand wouldn't be needed anyway. And a National Guard F-16 pilot who shoots at a flying saucer would never just fly away afterwards, wondering if the saucer was hit or not. Duhhh.
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Summary: A decent story
Review: Either you will like this book or you will hate it, as you can probaly tell by reading other reviews on this page. I personally am a big King fan, and found this book a quick read, and enjoyable.
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Summary: I bought this by mistake...I saw Coonts and thought Koontz
Review: Not worth time or money. Look onward for your next reading material... I bought the audio version, listened to it in my car and threw it away as soon as I finished. The only reason I listened was the obvious one...I had nothing else in the car.
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Summary: A waste of time and money
Review: I bought this book at the supermarket checkout counter and completely regret purchasing it. The premise sounded interesting, but after closer inspection, I wanted to burn the book. Rip, the main character, is thoroughly annoying. He is a wet-behind-the-ears college student, yet he is portrayed as an over-the-top genius. In the first 50 or so pages, he uncovers a 140,000 year old alien spacecraft, learns how to open and operate it in a matter of minutes, kicks the ... of a military commander for looking at him wrong, beats the ... out of an armed mercenary and teaches a former Air Force pilot how to fly the alien craft. Oh, and he can eat a lot. The remainder of the book just added more drivel. This book absolutely stunk!
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Summary: Dear God, This Was Horrible
Review: I've read (and enjoyed) some real stinkers in my time, but this is by far the worst thing I've ever read. The characters are two dimensional, the plot completely unbelievable, and the science totally baked. This had the potential to be a very good book, but comes off as some ten year old's flying saucer and women fantasy
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