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Summary: The book is far too short!
Review: This is simply the best book I've read, and I don't say that lightly. I've been a voracious reader for 42 years (eek!) and have found many favorites, but this one tops them all. It has everything that I'd want in a novel, and then some. I was originally attracted to it because it was set partially in Florida, and I'm a big Florida fiction fan, especially that of Randy Wayne White. But this soon twisted and turned and delved into so many more areas--psychological thriller, apocalypse/doomsday (something of which I can't get enough, and most is poorly-written), sci-fi, prophesy, you name it, it's there. And it's so well-written, well-researched; it was hard at times to remember that it's fiction, something I had to keep reminding myself. It's terrifying and oh-so-emotionally satisfying.After reading Domain, I emailed Steve Alten, who very kindly answered and sent me an autographed bookplate. Nice guy, and a great writer; I cannot wait for the next one in the series! I read both Meg and Trench this past week after reading Domain; they're both good, but Domain is the absolute best. Each of Alten's novels is twice as good as the one before it.
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Summary: You Won't Be Able To Put This Down!!
Review: I just finished reading Steve Alten's latest novel, "Domain" and I can't wait for the sequel! I found the subject matter fascinating and loved the characters. I felt like I really knew them. Although a work of fiction, I had a very difficult time finding the line where fact left off and fiction began. It is obvious that Alten did a great deal of research for this book, and it made me want to know more about the pyramids around the world, Stonehenge, the Nazca drawings, etc. I read my first Steve Alten book almost by accident. I thought I was buying a mystery when I picked up "Meg," and was a little disappointed when I discovered that it wasn't. That went away in a hurry as I started reading -- easily one of the best books I've ever read. Alten just keeps getting better and better. Do yourself a favor -- find all Steve Alten's books (Meg, it's sequel Trench, and Domain) -- you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Awful. Awful. Awful.
Review: Uggh. This book was so frustrating to me. I'm not usually a nitpicker but there were just too many things in this book that made me ask "what the heck is this author thinking?"
Supposedly well-educated NASA scientists referring to the "dark side of the moon?" (FYI - there is no such thing).
The Vice President flying from Washington D.C. to the Yucutan -- in a helicopter? Huh? (and in 4 hours?) The Vice President would not fly thousands of miles, to another country, over a thousand miles of open ocean in a helicopter.
Two days after the government realizes something is going on in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, they have a suddenly refitted oil rig on scene? Yeah, right.
NASA and SETI scientists saying an alien signal originates somewhere in the Orion constellation? Ummm. No. (Maybe if they said "in the direction of Orion" but they repeatedly say "in the Orion constellation."
And that's just a few things that really bugged me!
It's obvious the author did quite a bit of research on mythology but the leaps he makes in some of this other stuff is just mind boggling to me.
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Summary: Steve Alten is a master Storyteller.
Review: Domain is the latest in a great string of enthralling novels by Steve Alten. This book revolves around an ancient mayan prophecy about the impending end to the earth as we know it. Reading Alten's writing I find myself doublechecking myself every so often to be sure that it is a fiction I am reading. His writing is so highly researched that you find yourself sincerely believing the story as true. Throughout the book I noticed a very well implimented structure that I compare to a well constructed script, with the synergy of the journal of the father Julius Gabriel and the son Mick's trying to implement his fathers work to stop the end of the world. Whenever a new novel of his comes out, I lose alot of sleep because once you pick it up you find yourself not being able to put it down. I cannot praise this book enough, along with his other two books "Meg" and "The Trench", these are the best books I have ever read and can't wait for the next novel to come out. So get this book and start reading it early because you will be up all night with it.
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Summary: You Won't Be Able To Put This Down!!
Review: I just finished reading Steve Alten's latest novel, "Domain" and I can't wait for the sequel! I found the subject matter fascinating and loved the characters. I felt like I really knew them. Although a work of fiction, I had a very difficult time finding the line where fact left off and fiction began. It is obvious that Alten did a great deal of research for this book, and it made me want to know more about the pyramids around the world, Stonehenge, the Nazca drawings, etc. I read my first Steve Alten book almost by accident. I thought I was buying a mystery when I picked up "Meg," and was a little disappointed when I discovered that it wasn't. That went away in a hurry as I started reading -- easily one of the best books I've ever read. Alten just keeps getting better and better. Do yourself a favor -- find all Steve Alten's books (Meg, it's sequel Trench, and Domain) -- you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Great fictional and actual history story line
Review: If I could I would rate this book a 6 but it would not let me. Mr. Alten's use of Christian and Mayan mythology work hand in hand to provide a very engrossing story. So far I have read all of his books and love all of them so much they all get a 6 from me except for the newest book Resurrection. It was a highly unusual story and all but I could only rate it at 4. I would recomend reading everything he has written.
Rating:
Summary: Awful. Awful. Awful.
Review: Uggh. This book was so frustrating to me. I'm not usually a nitpicker but there were just too many things in this book that made me ask "what the heck is this author thinking?"
Supposedly well-educated NASA scientists referring to the "dark side of the moon?" (FYI - there is no such thing).
The Vice President flying from Washington D.C. to the Yucutan -- in a helicopter? Huh? (and in 4 hours?) The Vice President would not fly thousands of miles, to another country, over a thousand miles of open ocean in a helicopter.
Two days after the government realizes something is going on in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, they have a suddenly refitted oil rig on scene? Yeah, right.
NASA and SETI scientists saying an alien signal originates somewhere in the Orion constellation? Ummm. No. (Maybe if they said "in the direction of Orion" but they repeatedly say "in the Orion constellation."
And that's just a few things that really bugged me!
It's obvious the author did quite a bit of research on mythology but the leaps he makes in some of this other stuff is just mind boggling to me.
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Summary: 3.5-4 stars
Review: Good read. Mr. Alten really did his research. I probably like the book because I have been to many of the places in the book. Good read.. well researched.
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Summary: Comic book fun
Review: Just back from a month in the Yucatan and before I left picked up a couple of beach reads set in the local one was "Domain" and the other was "A Tourist in the Yucatan". If you LOVED Erich Von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods," and believe in NASA moon-landing conspiracies, then Domain is a book for you. If you are a skeptic who can suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride of B-grade science fiction, you might also enjoy this book but don't expect much based on fact. As basic entertainment it is comparable to an X files show this does ok. but there is not much in the way of facts here. sophomoric interpretations of archeological legends that were explained away ages ago are the underpinnings of a story that's rife with material filched from an undergraduate screenwriting class. It's a comic book, which is ok as long as you don't expect more. But for God's sake, if you really want to believe that this thing is talking about SCIENCE, you might as well be a member of the Flat Earth Society. If you want to read a thriller set in the Yucatan check out James Brumfields "A Tourist in the Yucatan" Here the author nailed the settings and the science!
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Summary: Precariously Ambitious
Review: Steve Alten is a guy with really big ideas. He has certainly done his homework in coming up with the premise of this very ambitious novel. Alten works with the documented theories of the students of "forbidden archeology," who have come up with all sorts of wild speculation about connections between ancient cultures such as the Mayans and Egyptians, along with alien overlords, energy fields, and ancient prophecies. Alten utilizes this outlandish knowledge to build an epic novel that has everything - natural disasters, divine intervention, political treachery, aliens, giant monsters, supernatural phenomena, war and destruction, and the epic battle between good and evil. This novel is a real page-turner and the plot elements are certainly intriguing. Unfortunately things start to get out of hand during the very busy climax of the story, which Alten turns into an increasingly ridiculous attempt at a biblical-scale epic, with a rather cheesy love story in the background. The supernatural phenomena are especially lacking in credibility. This novel is recommended for its sheer ambition, though you will also see that Alten is a little low on subtlety, and needs to rein in his huge ideas a little more effectively. [~doomsdayer520~]
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