Appearing Live at the Final Test

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Summary: Subtle, Compelling, and Snappy
Review: APPEARING LIVE AT THE FINAL TEST is a real eye-opener. This compelling book, which I read, practically non-stop in two sittings is at once subtle and snappy. It's cinematic in both vision and effect, --clearly written by a filmmaker, -- and reading it can only be compared to the discovery of a new way of experiencing time and vision. Irrationally, I kept comparing it to my first scuba diving experience, my first adventures in Central Asia, my first trip to a vinyard....Not a book for the fait-hearted armchair traveller perhaps; this apocalytic work of art rarely looses sight of the small and lovely details that make us human.

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Summary: Save The Humans!
Review: John Teton has the intelligence and matching literary skills to blend the world of astrophysics and hip street smarts into a compelling, imaginative and provocative cautionary tale of humanity peering into the abyss. Throughout this dark scenario of nuclear holocaust are potent and pithy shreds of hope and enlightenment as expressed by his main protagonists. No sentimentalist here; however, Mr. Teton somehow manages to engrave enough warmth and heart-to-heart in a cold, heartless setting by threading a splendid(if not hilarious) sense of humor throughout the story. Like all good cautionary works, there are equal amounts of tension and resolution: the final effect is that we as individuals might just be capable of tipping this all too precarious scale...one way or the other. In other words, Mr. Teton serves us a stimulating literary plate of hope and hopelessness and through his substantial character development we learn that with enough imagination, energy and positive thinking we may just pass the final test after all.

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Summary: JOURNEY OF HOPE
Review: John Teton's first novel, APPEARING LIVE AT THE FINAL TEST, is an odyssey of optimism and hope in the face of catastrophe and all that is flawed in the human psyche. Can a nuclear holocaust be prevented? What if one occurs? If you've ever wondered, read this book. It's a compelling, imaginative, and wholly original examination of an issue of unparalleled urgency.

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Summary: A Terrifying Masterpiece
Review: Never before has a story moved me with such force to face the unknowns of our existence. The story takes the reader through a gamut of emotions...from the depths of utter lonliness and dispair to the heights of the transforming powers of love and hope. The story is a call to action and promises to transform those who choose to listen.

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Summary: if the world could only read one more book...
Review: this is a book that will open your eyes as soon as you let it. read the book.

as a teen in america i am able to see the importance of this book on a large scale, any age, sex, or color will grow from reading. this work was written for the world's benifit