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Summary: NBC don't ruin a good book!
Review: This book combined the medical suspense like all his books, but also added a little bit of science fiction. I found myself liking the characters and the storyline. I really hope that the NBC show is half as good as the book itself
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Summary: different but good
Review: very different from his usual types, but equally well written. would recommend this book to all Robin Cook's fans, and to sci-fi fans alike. He successfully brought his normal style of writting and combines it with alien encounters. The main characters are well written and believable as they race against time to find a way to save mankind. A must read book for every Robin Cook fan
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Summary: Exciting
Review: This is not the type of book I would normally read, but I read all books by Robin Cook. Invasion was a can't put down book. Leave it to Cook to add excitment to a done to death story line
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Summary: Not bad, not his best one though
Review: This book was different from previous Robin Cook . Although I was disappointed that it was about aliens (I don't like this kind of fiction), I managed to finished it because I was curious to know how it would end .I hope this kind of storyline (with aliens) was the first and the last time
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Summary: Engrossing Medical Sci-fi
Review: In "Invasion", Robin Cook leaves the earthly realm of disease to pose the idea of the ultimate invader: a disease that originates from outer space. Cook's usual cast of heroes and villains battle each other physically and philosophically; interestingly enough, the 'villains' are trying to clean up earth's environment, which lends a nice ambiguity to half the book. I also enjoyed the fact that Beau, the first character to be 'invaded', never completely loses himself or his love for his girlfriend Cassie, no matter what other changes he goes through. Despite the death and destruction the infected wreak on the heroes, the lead characters, I felt, were more deeply drawn than in many of Cook's novels. There are cliches and obvious plot points, but the story is still gripping and intriguing. Could use a sequel, as Cook leaves the door open for future 'invaders'.
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Summary: thrilling
Review: Wait -- don't pick up that shiny black rock. This thriller is more of a science fiction alien invasion story than a medical thriller, involving a worldwide takeover from outer space. The aliens are out to change mankind, perhaps for the better (?). But nevertheless, the human instinct is to resist the invasion -- that is, those few remaining uninfected humans. Are there enough left to save humanity? Comparing this book with other outer space takeover attempts (Michael Crichton's Prey comes to mind), I would say this one is a winner. I found it captivating, easy to read, and a page turner I couldn't put down.
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Summary: Galactic Infestation
Review: I was very interested to see how Robin Cook would handle science Fiction so I picked up Invasion (orig. title Galactic Infestation). I had no problem with the overall plot but the writing was horrendous.INVASION is the story of a microscopic invasion of Earth. An ancient civilization seeded Earth life with a dormant DNA sequence. Then every hundred million years or so a probe was sent to see how life had advanced. The current probe has just landed and found life at a good stage for colonization. Individuals are infected with a prion-like activator and flu-like symptoms ensue. After the flu runs its course (about five hours) the person is changed and tries to infect others. The infected people quickly gain control of large amounts of capitol and set up a foundation to preserve the planet's environment. As key individuals are taken over money is made available, pollution spewing factories are shut down and the uninfected are targeted for infection. That's the story and it could have been good if not for the writing. I get the feeling that with a guaranteed bestseller that the effort for good writing just wasn't put in. Robin Cook, master of the medical thriller, manages to make some medical blunders. Blunders that as a doctor he should not make. But it doesn't stop there. He goes on to show a complete lack of understanding of the news services and how they are treated. A story that the President and the other world leaders have all come down with a mysterious ailment all at the same time is reported by CNN in a 30s pulp style and no one pays attention to it. Simple planetary motion also proves too much for the author. Then in a real glaring bit of bad writing the head alien/infectee, who has access to all of the human's memories, is unfamiliar with the term dinosaur. Even architecture is not safe from the author. The mansion being used by the infectees has a ballroom based on a famous ballroom in France but is located both at ground level and downstairs. Infectees from around the world are collecting at the mansion which sits on five acres. The descriptions of the hordes of arrivals should have people pressed shoulder to shoulder but the house and the grounds remain sparsely populated. And it just goes on and on like this. Readers will recognize the influence of other recent science fiction movies and books. If you have seen the NBC mini-series and were hoping for a better version, you will be disappointed.
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Summary: Read Cook's Novel "Abduction" Instead
Review: This book was quite OK, but I did not enjoy it nearly as much as Cook's other novels, of which I have read many. This book is more science fiction, but with a medical bent to it. I think his book, "Abduction" was much better science fiction (which I rated five stars). This particular book was, I felt, a modern-day version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and I couldn't get that thought out of my mind for the duration of the entire novel. The characters are great, and believeable, and the plot was fine, just not as great as his other books.
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Summary: Under Cooked
Review: Invasion does not live up to my expectation of Robin Cook. Unbelievable story, far fetched sci fi. His med thrillers are always based on a plausible idea gone bad; this Invasion is a disappointment, I sped read the last 70 pages to get the misery over with.
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Summary: Absolute drivel
Review: I'm stuck in an airport with a ninety minute flight delay and nothing to read. Not much to pick from at the Corpus Christi Airport bookstand. Took a flyer on this book. Egad, what a putrid read. Where to start ... paint-by-numbers plot? Character development? dialog? sanctimonious BS enviromessage? Convenient narrative manipulation? We'll start with the character development. There isn't any. Everybody in the book is pure cardboard. The neurologist, the doctor, the student, Cassy, ... take your pick. I didn't buy any of them. Dialog is simply wretched. A tin ear for human speaking doesn't begin to cover the author's lack of grasp in this matter. Maybe its just too much time in the medical books. There's no way English is this guy's first language. I won't bother with the rest. The book had no redeeming features. By the end I was rooting for the virus to put all these poor saps out of their misery.
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