Moonfall

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Summary: Excellent hard science end of the world novel
Review: My first experience with this author has lead me to seek out other works. I enjoyed the complex characters, the politics and the science.

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Summary: A Beach Book
Review: OK, I read this 500+ page book in two days. But, it was like "Airport" in space. I knew that almost everyone would live happily ever after and I still turned page after page. I kept asking myself why I continued reading and the answers I came up with were it was easy to read and it allowed me to escape holidays under the threat of terrorism and war. It would make a great summer movie.

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Summary: A Beach Book
Review: OK, I read this 500+ page book in two days. But, it was like "Airport" in space. I knew that almost everyone would live happily ever after and I still turned page after page. I kept asking myself why I continued reading and the answers I came up with were it was easy to read and it allowed me to escape holidays under the threat of terrorism and war. It would make a great summer movie.

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Summary: A Beach Book
Review: OK, I read this 500+ page book in two days. But, it was like "Airport" in space. I knew that almost everyone would live happily ever after and I still turned page after page. I kept asking myself why I continued reading and the answers I came up with were it was easy to read and it allowed me to escape holidays under the threat of terrorism and war. It would make a great summer movie.

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Summary: Bland, disappointing
Review: The book cover describes "Moonfall" as "the Titanic in space." The Titanic was a predictable kid's movie. What does that say about this book? McDevitt used the basic outline of "Moonfall" in his earlier novel, "Engines of God", to much better effect. There, a large object fell into the ocean of a planet being explored by archeologists from Earth who faced a deadly tsunami as they rushed to retrieve an invaluable artifact. The difference is that this action was only one segment of the novel and occurred in, perhaps, one hundred pages. "Moonfall" is 500 slow-paced pages filled with predictable events. McDevitt also used the "news bulletin" format in "Engines of God", again with much greater effect. Finally, he introduces so many characters in such detail that one begins to lose track of who all these people are. Each chapter is subdivided into sections labeled with the time that catalogues events, primarily in space and in the US. The object of providing these little snippets into the lives of ordinary people is to give the effect produced by current news outlets as they interview random citizens to get their reaction. The effect is to draw the reader's attention from the few characters who make up the core of the novel. The epilogue leaves open a possible sequel to this novel. I hope it does not transpire.

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Summary: If you Liked "Lucifer's Hammer" you will Love Moonfall!!
Review: This book is an excellant look at the End-of-the world-by-comet-strike type story that seems to be cropping up lately. The story is fast paced with a decent amount of character development. McDeviit's technical presentation is passable and the writing is defintely clean. A definite "Good Read!!!"

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Summary: EVERYONE READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
Review: This book is for everyone not just science fiction fans. BE WARNED! You will not want to put it down and will loose sleep just wanting to read one more page till you are through! From beginning to the very last page it is pure excitment. DON'T MISS THE MOST EXCITING BOOK OF THE YEAR!

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Summary: Boring
Review: This book is simply boring, looks like the script for the next independance day. It should make a lot of money with Hollywood

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Summary: A Must read!!
Review: this book should have been made into a movie. Instead, they made Armaggedon and Deep Impact which are entirely forgettable. Moonfall has it all-a disaster that threatens Earth, people who are trying to fix it, fruitcakes crawling out of woodwork and of course, the Moon exploding(or breaking into pieces, to be exact). Oh, if only you could see something like that on the big screen I'd be first in line. I couldn't put it down. Fantastic book!

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Summary: smooth, interesting read
Review: This is a great Sci Fi novel, I havent read a book this smooth in a long time. The characters are interesting and the storyline moves at a quick pace.