Extinct

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Summary: A GREAT BEACH READ!!!!!!
Review: Charles Wilson's "Extinct", is a great book for the beach . I would recommend this book to any one who likes fast-paced intense thrillers.I think the possibilities of this book is very possible.If you want to know more about this book and why it might be true go to http://www.charleswilson.com/new.html If you liked JAWS, this is better!!!!HAVE FUN AT THE BEACH!!!!!

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Summary: Recommended
Review: Extinct, like Steve Alten's Meg, concerns the modern existence of the Carcharadon megalodon. Beyond that, the similarties really end.
The probability of this book is slightly lower than that of Meg--a C.megalodon working its way into the Mississippi River--but the writing style and character development make up for any plotholes. The ending is done especially well, and could actually make your brain hurt over the possibilities.
Given the choice between this and Meg, I think I'd recommend Extinct first. And before it's too late: NBC is intending to release one of their notorious miniseries, tainting the original story forevermore...
--Gremlin
www.gremlin.net

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Summary: Well-researched shark thriller all the more terrifying
Review: Having mastered the art of the mystery (Nightwatcher, Cassandra Prophecy), Wilson has now achieved success in the sci-fi thriller genre. Extinct suceeds primarily for two reasons: Wilson's extensive research makes this story about a presumed extinct, giant shark's attacks on Mississippi Gulf Coast denizens believable, and consequently, all the more terrifying; His crisp, believable dialogue and economy of description make Extinct an enjoyable page turner. This story does for JAWS what JURRASIC PARK did for cave man movies-- it created a whole new ball game! I just wish these books wouldn't come out during the summer

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Summary: Finally, the book about Megaladon's I've been waiting for!
Review: One of the most chilling moments in Peter Bencheley's "Jaws" is when he discusses the possibility of the existence of Megaladons. I always thought that a story about these gigantic ancestors of the Great white Shark would make for a suspensful tale. When Bencheley wrote "White Shark", I thought surely this was it! Nope, not by a long shot. Then Steve Alten's "Meg" was released, but it was so ridiculously bad, I could only hope the movie would be better. That was before I found I stumbled upon this book. This was the book I have been waiting for! The characters are very well fleshed out and believable. A far cry from Alten's "Meg." Wilson knows that everyone is all too familiar with the "Jaws" formula and he plays it against you. I wouldn't dare dream of giving away any part of this book, but know this, I am so glad I found it. Unfortunately, "Meg" is being prepped as a major Motion Picture, while "Extinct" will be made into a made-for-T.V. movie. Hollywood missed the boat on that one

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Summary: It's a edge-of your-seat, fast-paced story
Review: I read this after reading MEG, a book by Steve Alten. Both books are about the extinct shark, and both are excellent. Although they are told in different ways, in different locations. Extinct hits close to home though, it is easier to put yourself into the character's place while reading when you're reading about things happening in places you may have visited. I reccomend both Extinct and MEG as good summer reads. =

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Summary: Ridiculously implausible, a mass-market jest.
Review: The premise for " Extinct " is tired and over played. How many more novels concerning killer sharks need we have? The book is well researched, the authou obviously having taken great pains to learn about his subject, the prehistoric chacarodon megalodon, ancestor of the great white shark. Then he mixes in the factual aspects of the fish with the rest of the book in such a way one gets the feeling the scenes were written after the rest of the book and added later. Any ties to the megalodon as it was are brutally severed in a premise so hackneyed one wonders why the author bothered to ground it in reality. A potentially good tale is flushed away in uninteresting charachterizations and murky action sequences. In addition, this novel was a miserable choice for an NBC special, which the cover advertises

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Summary: JAWS FOR THE 90s
Review: At first I thought this was just another man eating shark thing, like a rip-off of Jaws. But when I read it, I was absolutely wrong. It was nothing like Jaws, it was set in the Mississippi River. It had a Megalodon instead of some giant great white. Dont let people around the Mississippi river read this one. It has been three months since I stepped into the water, and still countin

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Summary: The charactors in this book are as shallow as the water
Review: It's Jurassic Park "JAWS!" Shame on you Mr. Wilson your theories are ludicrous, and the characters in the book are as shallow as the water in the swamp.Yes this is a "JAWS" rip off not even half as good as the Peter Benchley orginal, but still fun, who wouldn't want to see a 200 foot shark. For sure not a classic but a good vaction read where you put your brain on hold for a while.

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Summary: You may never step in water again
Review: If only half of the facts about sharks that are woven into this tale are true, that's way too many to allow you to ever go into a body of water again--ocean or river. As a blurb on the cover says, "eminently plausible, and highly entertaining straight through to the finale. " An awfully good book, with an ending that obviously sets up a sequel

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Summary: Good Summer read for the Beach
Review: An interesting plot. What if an extinct great white existed. A shark larger than most yachts. What if when it takes a victim the mouth is so large that there are no body parts? It may keep you from the ocean for a while as you wonder just what is that shadow in the water I saw? My only difficulty with the story is that the author does not describe the surroundings well. This makes it more difficult to develop a visual image of just what is going on at sea