Rating: 
Summary: save your money
Review: This book was a real disappointment and written mainly in two parts. The first 29 pages of this book were interesting as they
dealt with the time the author spent in the Amazon. Pages 30-113 were simply a synopsis of the activities recorded on the SurvivorSucks internet bulletin board six months earlier. Not only does the author build his ego up to be larger than
life in the second portion of this book but page after page he compares himself to a real life James Bond character - something he is clearly not. For a self-described "world-traveller" this book reveals nothing more than a typical narrow-minded rich American exploiting third-world people for his own profit.
Rating:
Summary: save your money
Review: This book was a real disappointment and written mainly in two parts. The first 29 pages of this book were interesting as they
dealt with the time the author spent in the Amazon. Pages 30-113 were simply a synopsis of the activities recorded on the SurvivorSucks internet bulletin board six months earlier. Not only does the author build his ego up to be larger than
life in the second portion of this book but page after page he compares himself to a real life James Bond character - something he is clearly not. For a self-described "world-traveller" this book reveals nothing more than a typical narrow-minded rich American exploiting third-world people for his own profit.
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Summary: Arguably the Best Spoiler Story Ever Told
Review: This is possibly the best "spoiler" story ever told. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of spoiling and how to share this intel to a global community. The setting of this book starts out innocently enough with a normal guy who is on a vacation in Brazil. A chance encounter with a few people who interacted with the Survivor production crew leads to a thoroughly enjoyable tale of spoiling one of the most popular, if not the most popular, reality TV series of our time.This book has both humor and drama as our hero (self described normal, every day guy) decides to share his story over the internet. Almost immediately you feel the highs and lows of his adventure where just a couple pieces of missed intel lead to a ferocious attack of villains (flamers, possible CBS plants, and just generally bad guys) on his spoiler thread. In true internet fashion, these virtual attacks are repelled by white knights (supporters of the spoiler thread and truth) and ChillOne who, true to his name, manages to keep his cool during this whole adventure. This book is a fast paced journey that parallels the real Survivor TV series and the reader is held in suspense, not knowing whether ChillOne "wins" until the final Survivor is announced.
Rating:
Summary: Arguably the Best Spoiler Story Ever Told
Review: This is possibly the best "spoiler" story ever told. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of spoiling and how to share this intel to a global community. The setting of this book starts out innocently enough with a normal guy who is on a vacation in Brazil. A chance encounter with a few people who interacted with the Survivor production crew leads to a thoroughly enjoyable tale of spoiling one of the most popular, if not the most popular, reality TV series of our time. This book has both humor and drama as our hero (self described normal, every day guy) decides to share his story over the internet. Almost immediately you feel the highs and lows of his adventure where just a couple pieces of missed intel lead to a ferocious attack of villains (flamers, possible CBS plants, and just generally bad guys) on his spoiler thread. In true internet fashion, these virtual attacks are repelled by white knights (supporters of the spoiler thread and truth) and ChillOne who, true to his name, manages to keep his cool during this whole adventure. This book is a fast paced journey that parallels the real Survivor TV series and the reader is held in suspense, not knowing whether ChillOne "wins" until the final Survivor is announced.
Rating:
Summary: Is it possible to give less than 1 star?
Review: What a waste of a book deal! And to think that they let garbage like this get published when there are so many worthier writers out there. The worst part is, however, that there are people who actually are willing to buy this crap.
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Summary: The Spoiler Revealing The Secrets Of Survivor
Review: What would you do if you happened to stumble across clues that would help you determine who would be the winner of one of the reality television shows- Survivor?
That is exactly what happened to the author of a book entitled The Spoiler Revealing Secrets of Survivor. One month before Survivor Amazon was to be aired on television in February 2003, the author, known as The Chill One (the author has preferred to remain anonymous), was vacationing with some buddies during New Year's Eve in the Brazilian Amazon. Fortunately, he happened to be in the right place at the right time, when he discovered the location where Survivor Amazon had been filmed, photographs of Survivor plaques hanging in the hotel complex where the crew stayed, photographs of the Tribal Council and Challenge venues. He was also able to make contact with some of the hotel's personnel who had clued him in on some of their observations.
Putting together the puzzle, the author believed that he knew who were the final four and final two contestants. Armed with all of this information or as he calls it "intel," The Chill One decided to gradually divulge all of this information on one of the Internet spoiler discussion boards.
The primary goal of the author was to become the most memorable spoiler, the most accurate, and the most infamous of the spoiling world.
For those of you who do not understand the difference between a spoiler and someone who is intent on ruining the show, The Chill One asserts: "To ruin a show is to force people to read and review information of what was going to occur in some forum or environment populated by those who clearly do not want to know. It's tipping them off to something they didn't ask for. Spoiling, on the other hand, is telling people what's going to happen, based on whatever clues you believe you have deciphered, in a place where everyone DOES want to know the result and welcomes it."
What follows is a running commentary of the various messages forming part of the thread posted on the Internet board. Quite interesting, the reader has an insight as to the dynamics of these groups and the constant inter-play among the participants. Provided you are into reality shows, as well as Internet discussion groups, the book will prove to be a must read. This review first appeared on the reviewer's book reviewing site Bookpleasures.com
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