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Summary: Fantastic, Wild, Magnificent
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If I were stuck on an island for a decade and could take only one book with me, Spider Legs would be the one. Funny, disturbing, shocking, apocalyptic, absurd -- lots of action and suspense. The book with its beautiful setting and odd cast of characters ring in the mind long after most books are forgotten. Long live the pycnogonids!
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Summary: Creepy. I couldn't put the book down. Wonderful!
Review: I borrowed a copy of the book from a friend. It was a bit tattered, as if it had fallen off the back of a truck. But that didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying the book. In fact, I've read the book twice already! It's hard to put down. Fantastic for all ages. I've read some of Anthony's and Pickover's other books, and this is their most unusual. It's a difficult book to describe. It's an ecological thriller in the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," Peter Benchley's "Jaws," and even the "Alien" series of movies. It has humor and horror, science and fantasy, tension and frivolity, absurdity and deadly seriousness. Most of all, it seems to be about love and a concern for humanity. I envy you if you have not yet read the book, because you have something great and mysterious to look forward to. If I were banished to the Mars and could take just a few books with me, this would be among them. The book will probably develop a cult following. Can any of you imagine a motion picture made from the book? Who would you choose to play the main characters? I picture Sigourney Weaver as "Martha". David Duchovny as "Nathan." Jennie Garth as "Lisa." Sharon Stone as "Natalie."
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Summary: Loved this book! Nothing quite like it.
Review: I read the book again. It's got to be made into a movie! One of the best books I've ever read. Loved the weirdness.
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Summary: Incredible action! Interesting science. Buy it.
Review: I really loved some of the characters in the book, especially Martha, the woman with long fingers. I couldn't put the book down and found the unusual sequence of events to be a masterpiece of oddness and scariness -- in the spirit of Vonnegut, Hitchcock, and other geniuses who combine adventure, fear, and wonder. I see some of the reviewers nitpicking at plot "absurdities," but these are precisely what makes the book fascinating. If you read the book a few times, you'll find that the odd logic fits together, and all events are quite plausible, or at least possible, given the complex situations. Buy this book, and feed your head. I hear it's a bestseller.
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Summary: Excellent. Strange characters. Frightning monsters.
Review: The publisher calls this book "the ultimate crustacean encounter," and that it is! The quirky characters and setting enhance the book's appeal. "Twin Peaks" meets "Jaws." The depictions of the sea spiders are among the scariest creature-scenes I've ever read, and some of the attack scenes had me squirming for more. Loaded with fascinating biological facts and oddities. Strange things are born in the ocean's depths... I can't wait until they make a blockbuster movie from this book. It would be more powerful than "Jaws" because the giant sea spiders are more terrifying, more deadly. I notice that the West Coast Review of Books remarked: "Pickover has collaborated on a novel with the prolific Piers Anthony, and the combination of Pickover's theory and Anthony's fantasy should yield an intellectual tour de force without precedent."
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Summary: Excellent. Strange characters. Frightning monsters.
Review: The publisher calls this book "the ultimate crustacean encounter," and that it is! The quirky characters and setting enhance the book's appeal. "Twin Peaks" meets "Jaws." The depictions of the sea spiders are among the scariest creature-scenes I've ever read, and some of the attack scenes had me squirming for more. Loaded with fascinating biological facts and oddities. Strange things are born in the ocean's depths... I can't wait until they make a blockbuster movie from this book. It would be more powerful than "Jaws" because the giant sea spiders are more terrifying, more deadly. I notice that the West Coast Review of Books remarked: "Pickover has collaborated on a novel with the prolific Piers Anthony, and the combination of Pickover's theory and Anthony's fantasy should yield an intellectual tour de force without precedent."
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Summary: A wonderful collaboration between science fiction & science
Review: A great combination of science fiction and science. The two writers have combined their talents to turn out the best book I have seen on the effects of tinkering with Mother Nature and pollution in the ocean. Spider Legs will keep you turning pages and wondering, "What next?" It's spine tingling and will keep you glued to its pages for hours. You won't want to put it down. All-in-all a great book.
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Summary: INCREDIBLY DESCRIPTIVE!!!!!
Review: A very different collaboration than normal for Anthony - but intriging. Did not put the book down until I had read it completely. Hope there is a sequel to follow the subplot from the epilog. Would make a wonderful movie-especially with the level of effects available to the industry today. This would not be a book for the typical Anthony fan, but would appeal to anyone who is an 'avid' reader of all genre. Keep up the good work.
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Summary: Worse than Anthony's "Firefly"
Review: Absolutely the worst "monster" book I've read in a long time. The characters are shallow and uninteresting while the "action" lacks the visceral horror of King, the timing of Koontz and the originality of Barker. It isn't even good Anthony! Nothing in this story was even remotely entertaining and the ending is so bad it's only shocking in its stupidity. A very, very disappointing novel from a once entertaining author.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: An Excellent, enjoyable book. While I thought the environmentalism message was a little over the top, it didn't stop me from enjoying the book. Not only is there plenty of action, but some interesting interpersonal interaction between the characters as well. I enjoyed the love story between Nathan and Natalie, and appreciated the lack of graphic details in the love scene.
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