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Summary: It's not Tom Clancy
Review: As I said above it isn't a Tom Clancy. I find his books very indepth and leaves nothing to the imagination. I love his books. I picked up Net Force Cybernation in an airport because it has his name on it. Agian I repeat it's not Tom Clancy and anyone who compairs this book to him isn't going to give it a good review. I loved this book because it was easy reading and got right to the point. A nice change for Tom Clancy himself because I sometimes find it hard following the charachters because it changes so often.
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Summary: It's not Tom Clancy
Review: As I said above it isn't a Tom Clancy. I find his books very indepth and leaves nothing to the imagination. I love his books. I picked up Net Force Cybernation in an airport because it has his name on it. Agian I repeat it's not Tom Clancy and anyone who compairs this book to him isn't going to give it a good review. I loved this book because it was easy reading and got right to the point. A nice change for Tom Clancy himself because I sometimes find it hard following the charachters because it changes so often.
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Summary: Clancy at his best
Review: Clancy's ideas have been a valuable asset to the Net Force series. Being a teenager, I will admit that this book does combine too much unnecessary sex into the action, but the overall outcome of the novel is worth it. This is undoubtedly one of my favorites in the Net Force series, second only to High Wire.
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Summary: A good read that encourages independent thought
Review: Cybernation does a good job of anticipating future questions that may arise with the growth of technology, specifically problems with the Internet & intellectual/corporate rights. They don't answer the questions for you though; which encourages the reader to think a bit.
This book is interesting and an easy read. It has good character development. Cybernation deals with both the character's work lives and their personal lives which allows the reader to better understand them. Action scenes are primarily centered on the martial arts and are strewn throughout to keep your attention. I did not read the first five books of the series, but was able to understand and enjoy this book thoroughly.
I'd highly advise this book to anyone just getting into cyberpunk or anyone interested in computers and possibilities of the Internet who doesn't have a lot of technical knowledge to begin with.
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Summary: A good read that encourages independent thought
Review: Cybernation does a good job of anticipating future questions that may arise with the growth of technology, specifically problems with the Internet & intellectual/corporate rights. They don't answer the questions for you though; which encourages the reader to think a bit.
This book is interesting and an easy read. It has good character development. Cybernation deals with both the character's work lives and their personal lives which allows the reader to better understand them. Action scenes are primarily centered on the martial arts and are strewn throughout to keep your attention. I did not read the first five books of the series, but was able to understand and enjoy this book thoroughly.
I'd highly advise this book to anyone just getting into cyberpunk or anyone interested in computers and possibilities of the Internet who doesn't have a lot of technical knowledge to begin with.
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Summary: Great backdrop for a story...so-so book
Review: Cybernation has a great backdrop...a virtual nation without geographical borders. I would have enjoyed reading more about the Cybernation itself. Instead, the book is a cat and mouse, suspense thriller. The plot and storyline are so-so...there's not much original here. However, the background of a virtual nation on the cusp of formation is exciting...and I would have enjoyed reading about that more.
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Summary: Only a Shadow of Clancy
Review: First, let me tell you a little about the book. This series follows Net Force, a division of the FBI set up to deal with net crimes in 2010. CyberNation deals with a group trying to form a nation based completely on the net. Their main goal throughout the book is to get more people to sign up with them, so that they have the numbers to get the attention of current nations. To get people to join, they disrupt the internet, in a not very legeal way, and so Net Force is called in. The rest of the book is Net Force trying to catch the hackers doing the disruptions.In general this series has a very well thought out discription of what needs to be done to protect and police the net. Having said that, I have noticed that the Net Force books have been going down hill, and this one continues that trend. A lot of time is spent on character development, but no development actually comes out of it. For example, we see Jay Gridley question his upcoming marrage. But in the end, the final decision has nothing to do with the pages of inner questioning that he goes through. Then there is the introduction of new 'toys' for the military, that never show up again. Add to that the fact that every other scene leads to sex, and that there is almost no technology discription, this book is only a shadow of Clancy's work. IMHO this series has become a soap opera, with most of the time spent on generic character development and sex, and very little time spent on the action and discriptions that brought me to Clancy in the first place.
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Summary: Unbelievable! It's so Bad!! :-(
Review: I am always looking for books that will entice my 14-year old son, who so far does not enjoy reading, to love books the way I do. This book looked like it might be just the thing. I read the first 26 pages and found all the gratuitous sex in a book that purports to be for teens very unfortunate, to say the least. I will not be giving the book to him. I'm wondering if all the Net Force books are this inappropriate for his age group. I'm still looking ...
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I am always looking for books that will entice my 14-year old son, who so far does not enjoy reading, to love books the way I do. This book looked like it might be just the thing. I read the first 26 pages and found all the gratuitous sex in a book that purports to be for teens very unfortunate, to say the least. I will not be giving the book to him. I'm wondering if all the Net Force books are this inappropriate for his age group. I'm still looking ...
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Summary: Shallow, trite, predictable... total waste of time!
Review: I can't believe that something like this would be published under the name of such a respected author (Tom Clancy)... who, by the way, is not even listed the writer for the novel. I had admittedly high expectations when reading the book jacket, since the premise seemed quite interesting. After all, with more and more people 'living' online, it doesn't seem far fetched that the distinctions between online and offline communities (and their resultant challenges) would become increasingly blurred. However, this book utterly failed to deliver. While I kept expecting some inventive plot twist or thoughtful character development, what I got instead was embarrassingly adolescent writing and complete predictability. I can't even label this book as a guilty pleasure, since there was no pleasure in reading it, and the only guilt I feel is that I didn't recycle it after the 2nd or 3rd chapter.
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