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Summary: Kudos to Stirling for a great book
Review: Man created machines. The more machines man makes, the more man depends upon machines for daily living. But will machines ever become conscoius? Prof. John Searle argues that they won't. But the writers of Terminator 2 disagree w/ the professor. These folks create a world in which not only do machines become conscoius, but shortly after becoming conscious, they choose to try to exterminate the human specie. The human specie only confounds the fecundity of the machines.In T2: Infiltrator, seven years has passed since the end of Terminator 2 (the movie). (I haven't seen Terminator 3, yet, b/c I heard that it was only so-so.) Sarah Conor has started a new life in South America. Cyberdine has started a new life in California. Conflict is bound to arise. By 2029, Skynet has spent years refining its research on Infiltrators, which are human-based instead of machine-based. Skynet's latest creation is the I-950, and it sends one back, with several mission objectives, to 7-years-post-T2. I think that this book was written primarily to satisfy us T2 fans. (I watched T2 at least 12 times.) Infiltrator was well-written, and the author does his best to make the T2 story more coherent and more complete. There's even a character in Infiltrator that makes sense of why the T-101 (played by Schwarzenegger in the movies) had a German accent. I enjoyed Stirling's film-noir-like sense of humor, with lines such as the following: "Skynet just went for you; it didn't dance around and tease like this. Probably nothing in its experience had given it any more reason to try anything more subtle than a sledgehammer." This book is pretty entertaining, and if you're looking for entertainment, then read it. Even though sci-fi is not the genre of books that often provides profound insight into life, Stirling's characters are realistic and multi-faceted. In particular, I enjoyed how Stirling depicted the life and thoughts of the I-950, who lived (and sometimes struggled) between the consciousness of a human and that of a conscious machine. And as with any action story written for a male audience, the author develops the extrordinarily intelligent and competent charismatic protagonist in a way that both elicits the young male reader's admiration and shapes the reader's wishful thoughts. As for me, I agree with Prof. Searle. And I think that only God has the power to create conscious things with free will. But if man could develop conscoius computers that had free will, then I would expect them computers to become evil. And reading about these evil machines versus survivalist humans is part of what makes the Terminator 2 storyline so fun. And funny.
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Summary: Actually worth reading and not typical garbage fan fiction!
Review: Many science fiction readers often hold high hopes for books based on movies such as this one, and are more often than not dissapointed. They usually end up as rubbish, as the authors indulge their own fantasies and produce something extremely stupid. As you probably know, by the time you get to the phrase, 'HIVE MIND', it's time to throw it in the trash. However, this book was a very entertaining reading! It did justice to the whole concept Terminator and its characters, and is definantly one of those books I've had trouble putting down. It was slow to begin with, but particularly in the second half of the book, became 'action packed' to use a cliche. And the best thing is, it leaves the story wide open to more books, which I will certainly be looking for. There were niggling details that a fan like me did not like, but they were few. The infiltrator could be annoying at times, having (limited) emotions, however the final battle between her and the Connors is great fun (and rather gruesome). I did not like the fact that at least one Terminator despised humans, which I found spoiled the feel of a relentless emotionless machine. I always liked the idea of a Terminator having emotionless judgement, without any capability of liking or disliking anything (apart from the end of T2). There is also some comedic situations in the book as the socially inept terminators deal in conversation with human beings, particularly near the end (Whoops, I've revealed the fact that there are several terminators in this book). Worth reading. If you can't get it in the library and you are a die-hard Terminator fan, spend the money. It was worth it.
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Summary: not bad, but not too many please
Review: not bad at all. simple as that. its not great, always going to be a franchise, money making scheme, but not a bad one at all. The fact that the reason that the terminators look like Dieter is skimed over in about 5 words is quite anoying, and the fact that the mind boggaling atempt to explain that the pulse riffles were never at any real point in time actually created, and that they simple came into existances is simple not worth reading twice shouldn't put people off buying this book. i'm not an avid fan of the films, but this was easy to stick to, and deffinatly worth sticking with. even though the enevatable sequal will prolly take exactually the same form, this is one to read with you've got the time
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Summary: An excellent yarn
Review: Ordinarily I avoid movie/book tie-ins like the plague. But I bought this entirely on the strength of the author, and I wasn't disappointed. Stirling stays within the Terminator world, but adds his own touches. And he leaves things open for a sequel! Worth the price even in hardcover.
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Summary: t2-infiltrator
Review: pure drek,i have had this book for two weeks its not that i am a slow reader,its just that the book is ...!!! now that i have gone 3/4 into the book i just kept telling myself ''this has got to get better''well it didnt! read at your own risk.
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Summary: none
Review: Sterling combines his masterful storytelling of alternate history and military SF to give the reader an intense, fast-paced, high-tech thriller set in the 'Terminator' universe but a wholly original novel. T2-Infiltrator is a smashing debut of what looks and fans hope will be a long and engaging series. Gary S. Potter Author/Poet
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Summary: A nice addition to the Terminator series
Review: Stirling captures the bleakness of the dark future where mankind has been brought to the brink of extinction by the sentient computer SkyNet. He also captures the bleakness of today where a new terminator has surfaced, and plans on taking out the Connors along with prompting the birth of its own creator, SkyNet. Follow me? The book is a fun read, and I hope that another sequal follows. Stirling did some heavy research, and that shows through actual use of dialogue, and written description of scenes from both of Cameron's movies. Try to find the original two novels as well, and make a great day of it! One dark note is Stirling continued reminder that John Connor is the savior of the human race, and also that his speech patterns haven't changed much since T2. I don't believe anyone uses the word radical anymore let alone twice in one chapter. it's a fun read, and leave it at that. enjoy, and hopefully He'll Be Back!!!!
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Summary: It's ok.....
Review: T2 Infiltrator starts out SLOW...It takes just a hour after John and his mother Sarah escape from the metal factory. So now, they head to South America to lay low and train and get prepared for what is ever throw their way. Then Skynet sends another T-800, but not to kill John or Sarah, but to protect Skynet from John and Sarah. So now as the story moves along, we then meet Dieter; a agent in South America where he is signed to capture Sarah and John because they are the most wanted individuals on earth; they are considered terrorist, and the U.S. wants them BAD!
Now the T-800 then gets a job at Cyberdyne as a security personel. By day she works at Cyberdyne, but at night, she is constructing other T-800's in order to kill John and Sarah. As Dieter gets to know Sarah and John, he gets locked into their struggle, and joins them on their fight against Skynet. Then just when they at least expected it, a T-800 is sent down to South America to kill John and Sarah. It failed. So now, they head back to Los Angeles to finish off Skynet for good. We then meet Enrigue again, she gets her guns, and they go out fighting. The ending is great, but I just wish that the book did not start out slow. Good book, but not a classic.
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Summary: T2: Inflitrator
Review: T2: Infiltrator is a well-written sequel to the second Terminator movie--Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In fact, this book and the two subsequent titles in this series by S.M. Stirling are a much better sequel to Terminator 2 than is the third movie in the series. I had hoped, in vain as it turns out, that the next movie (Terminator 3) would follow Stirling's series. Stirling is a powerful fiction writer and his understanding of combative behavior is refreshing. (See some of his other works such as Drakon and Island In The Sea Of Time.) This one is a good read.
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Summary: LOVED IT
Review: The author really seemed to know both Terminator movies inside & out. I loved this book & hope he writes more! I think this might tide me over until the T3 movie comes out next year!
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