Rating: Summary: Clancy Should Be Embarrassed To Have His Name On This Review: First, let me say that I'm a Tom Clancy fanatic. Until now I didn't care what it was, if he wrote it I bought it -- and 99% of the time I have absolutely LOVED it. Even the Op Center stuff was enjoyable. OK, not as good as the John Ryan/Mr. Clark books, but still good reading.That said, this was one of the biggest pieces of garbage I ever had the misfortune of reading. If I thought Clancy would actually care what I thought, I'd send the book right back to him and ask for a refund. I have no plans on reading any other Net Force title and will probably lay low until the next hardcover comes out. Sorry Tom, you blew it.
Rating: Summary: Not your typical Clancy Review: Disapointing, seems that Clancy is out of his league. Should stick to what he knows.
Rating: Summary: It's hard to believe Clancy would put his name on it. Review: Far fetched in the extreme. Apparently Clancy doesn't know the difference between Virtual Reality and the Real World. It might impress a teenager. A long way down from "The Hunt for Red October".
Rating: Summary: Too confusing! Review: In NF clancy uses too many acyromens and leaves too much to the reader to figure out on there own. NF doesn't tell you how the VR works, or give you a good concrete villian that you really like to hate like in past Clancy books. Maybe the new childrens versions will be worth a peek, but if its anything like this book, count me out
Rating: Summary: Good but not great Review: This book is a decent read if you enjoy Clancy, but for him it is a dissapointment with an unrealistic storyline and universe, for that matter.
Rating: Summary: Great book Read it Review: An awsome book
Rating: Summary: Here's an interesting view of the Internet in the future. Review: This is an interesting concept on Internet enforcment. Although it may sem far fetched to some, I personally do not read to stay in reality. NetForce provides a means to imagine what it could be like with the boom of the Internet, and of course there is suspense, assasins, and a few laughs to keep it going. Some areas were hard to follow, but I still enjoyed the book. I didn't have any problem putting the book down from time to time with out hesitation. I am a Clancy fan, I don't bother reading to many other fictions outside of Crichton or Higgins. Good book, no dissapointment. JT
Rating: Summary: Good adventure - small errors keep it from being great. Review: The detailed research and realism that Tom Clancy brings to his other fiction titles seems to be lacking here, the 'net' of 2010 being a hash of weak acronyms and forced-sounding slang that's supposed to convince us these net-riders are hip. It may just be that, where William Gibson and Neal Stephenson get to make it all up, Clancy & Pieczenik aren't making as drastic a leap forward. A solid premise and interesting concepts as The Selkie suffer from limited exploration, and even the villain seems a bit cardboard. A smattering of technical errors (Michael's instead of Michaels', virgil instead of VIRGIL, among others) distract the eye from the presentation, making it seem like the book was rushed out the door to coincide with the ABC Made-For-Television production. There are at least two Net Force 'juvenile' titles out, but I wonder how well the titles will fly with the real net-savvy kids out there.
Rating: Summary: Net Force is worth every cent and more! Review: Net Force, by Tom Clancy and Steve R. Pieczenik is truly an outstanding book. After reading through the first several pages I could not put it down! It is probably one of the best books I have read this year. The book flows smoothly, but has its problems. The end was good but not great. It could have used some work, but altogether was good. I definitly think that it deserves 4 stars and nothing less. It was truly an outstanding book.
Rating: Summary: Gibsonesque Review: Appearently Tom Clancy HAS been reading William Gibson. This reads like a Gibson novel, but not quite with all the pizazz. The rest of the book is classic Tom Clancy, but he could have left out his version of William Gibson's version of the future. Nothing new here. Seems like Mr. Clancy is reaching for new material and is falling short. Just like he did with Rainbow Six.
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