Event Horizon: A Novel

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Summary: Good book and still scary
Review: After watching the movie Event Horizon I realized that it is to most people more grose than scary. This was the only movie that scared me after watching it over and over again. The book is the same, its a little different than the movie, not totally, things are described better than in the movie and you get a sense of how the characters felt, like how scared they were. Anyways, I really enjoyed this book and the movie the same. If your looking for a good scare then read this book.

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Summary: Disturbing
Review: First,if the good doctor is such a great astro- physicist,how come he doesn't know that the radiation in the middle of a black hole can kill somebody?Duh! And in his emotionally disturbed state,how did he manage to get past the psycholog. screenings and profiles?Security s---- here!

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Summary: If only the film could have been based on the book...
Review: I E-mailed Mr. McDonald personally and gave him a message, which summed-up is the title of this review. I think the novelization is well-written. It departs from the movie in several places but where it does so it makes the story more credible, tightening it up and offering explanations for much of the confusion on the screen, and makes Capt. Miller seem more logical, as well as explaining the Weir/Beast's motives. Moreover, it plays down the gore in the film, particularly the "in hell" scenes. Unfortunately, there are still plot holes, but I blame these on the original screenplay.

It isn't great literature, but if you want a fairly gripping read, it's a pretty good way to spend a day.

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Summary: Excellent writing, too disturbing for my taste
Review: I got this book looking for an SF thriller, I didn't expect something like this. I have read all five Omen books, and had put down the novelization for "Virus" just before starting on EH. I have read plenty of gory stuff and usually have no problem. However, this book was too frightening. Mr. McDonald did his job much too well and he can be rightfully proud of the result. I didn't sleep last night at all! I couldn't close my eyes without seeing the horror, the mayhem (the output of the ship's log kept playing on my frontal lobe), the perversions, and the face of the creature! Body parts flying around OK, but leave the eyes alone! I'm will NOT be watching this movie... The writing is excellent: tight, appropriately gloomy, with good physics, and I cared for the characters; but the developments are not for the faint of heart, the religiously superstitious, or for a midnight reading. How much of it was real, and how much tricks to force you onto suicide? The unholy one also behaves in mysterious ways. Where did the ship go in the end? I don't care, as long as it is far away from Earth. The sad thing is, no character gets away unscathed.

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Summary: If you want a book that makes you think......
Review: If you have seen the movie and really appreciated it, then the book filled all the holes. You have to read between the lines to see it though. I am not sure what you should do first though, read the book or watch the movie. I watched the movie first. To make a long review short the book is short(as is the movie,) but is gripping and as terrifying as the screenplay.

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Summary: If you want a book that makes you think......
Review: This is it. I read some of the "bad reviews" that are already on this website concerning this book. After reading the reviews, I decided that the "bad reviews" were unfounded, and were left by people who just didn't "get" the book.

Black Holes are still a mystery to us, as is death, space exploration, and Heaven/Hell. This book ties all of these things together for an excellent thrill ride.

Good job McDonald, this book goes down as one of my favorites of all time. I have read 100s of Fantasy novels, but science fiction novels just don't interest me. But with this book/movie, I made an exception.