Waiting

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Summary: not enough real science to be called science fiction
Review: I had high expectations for this book, but found it to be repetetive, lacking good characters and just not enough science. The premise for the existence of the "old people" was flimsy at best. Much of the book was over-explaining how it could happen - with no scientific proof, just some wild speculation. It wasn't all bad though - it was exciting, scary and had some interesting plot twists. I think it could make a great thriller-type movie if someone turned it into a screen play and put a good actor as lead. In the book, I really didn't care at all about any of the characters ... and that makes it a little slow.

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Summary: DO YOU BELIEVE??? YOU WILL, AFTER THIS ONE!!!
Review: believe in what??? well, read this amazing book and see 'what'!!! why is this book touted as a sci-fi thriller when it's as real as can be? my daughter and i both totalllly devoured this book!! wow! what a story! what writing! what characters! i read this book earlier this month and i'm still thinking about it!!! i'd love to see a sequel to this one and sooooon!!! please????

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Summary: Great concept, boring story
Review: I was excited to hear of a concept story of another species hidden among us; a similar idea was expressed in Dean Koontz' Twilight Eyes and in Stephen King's The Ten O'Clock People. I got the abridged audio version of Waiting, and was extremely bored. A very disappointing audio production. Maybe the book is better, but I found this version a waste of time.

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Summary: Gripping suspenseful & well told tale of speculative fiction
Review: Frank Robinson has once again come through with a suspenseful tale that incorporates the best elements of science fiction with those of an action-thriller. His characters, plot and science may each be picked apart--but when Robinson combines them--he creates something that is much bigger than the individual parts.

It is now rare that a novel keeps me up all night reading just for the pure enjoyment of it, but WAITING definitely did. A fun and satisfying read. Highly Recommended.

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Summary: great story, weak characters
Review: As long as the reader doesn't expect an engaging look at the inner psychological nightmare of people caught in the most frightening revelation of human history, then just sit back an enjoy a story that flows like a Hollywood blockbuster, starring Bruce Willis, et al. Incidentally, I have never read any of Robinson's earlier works, so this may well be a departure from the norm.

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Summary: "Waiting" is intelligent entertainment!
Review: Robinson has written the kind of intelligent thriller with "Waiting" that one loses sleep over: while reading "Waiting" I found myself at 3 am thinking that I really needed to get some sleep before my 9am philosophy class; never-the-less, his compelling, page-turning story convinced me to read "just one more chapter" before finally turning in.

In addition to being a frightening and engaging story, Robinson's general environmental thesis will attract anyone with an interest in the current animal rights/environmental philosophy debate (especially anyone interested in the writing of Peter Singer, Tom Regan, J. Baird Callicot, Mary Midgley, and Mary Anne Warren).

Waiting is a captivating thriller which also sustains a clear, though gloomy, intelligence in its thesis with regard to the negative consequences of the human species' tendency to devalue both non-human animals and the planet's ecosystem as the disposable "other."

"Waiting" is keen entertainment. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: A frighteningly believable thriller.
Review: Robinson is a veteran writer who has specialized for many years in exciting novels that take place in the real world, with just a touch of something frighteningly gone wrong. This has been true since his first novel ("The Power") through his collaborations with Tom Scortia ("The Glass Inferno," "The Gold Crew").

The idea that "another human race" evolved alongside our ancestors drives Robinson's latest novel. These people were neither "us" nor the extinct Neanderthals, but someone else altogether. They're a lot like us, they are definitely human, but -- there is a difference.

Robinson's anthropological research is flawless and his veteran craftsman's hand at developing believable characters and constructing a compelling plot never falters.

Once you start reading this book, there's no way in the world that you'll be able to put it down, so you'd better set aside a nice block of hours for yourself.

Incidentally, if you saw any episodes of last year's failed TV series "Prey," and you detect a suspicious similarity to "Waiting," you're right on target. Hollywood scuttlebutt has it that an advance copy of Robinson's manuscript made its rounds of the studios, and "Prey" was an unauthorized adaptation of the novel.

But hey, the book is a thousand times better.

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Summary: Darwin meets Hitchcock
Review: This is a great read: an emotional trip that's also constantly though-provoking. If Alfred Hitchcock made a film of Charles Darwin's darkest nightmares, it would be Frank M. Robinson's "Waiting."

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Summary: I'm not sure why I liked this book...
Review: ...but I did. The author does a fine job of reeling you in while providing just enough details about the Others. I'm a long-time reader of SF and related genres, and I found some original and intriguing plot twists.

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Summary: Waiting...just what I've been waiting for!
Review: What makes this novel so excellent is that as you read it, the real horror of it dawns on you that it could very well be true. Our destiny might just as well be waiting for us. For those who need a great book to read...wait no more, WAITING is just that novel.