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Summary: It sets a high standard for reality-based computer fiction.
Review: New, top quality science-based fiction is getting scarce. It is refreshing to read a story that could really be happening. The premis was excellent as well as scarey for those of us who rely on PCs and the internet. It was easy to imagine myself in the story, not merely observing. Characters were a little two dimensional and innocent (or guilty) but that was a minor deterant from the overall enjoyment of the book. If there is any real criticism it is the fact that by time I read the book some of the technology was obsolete (although speech recognition is still in its infancy.) All-in-all a very enjoyable read and I pray Mr. Pogue will write more in the same vein.
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Summary: somewhat entertaining but not worth the effort
Review: Parts of the story were interesting but it completely failed to grab my interest. Some good ideas but they weren't fleshed out in.
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Summary: Another awesome book from David Pogue
Review: Reads like a Tom Clancy novel. It is very well written and is suspenseful to the end. Definitely a terrific novel.
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Summary: This book is for Apple Macintosh owners only.
Review: The book is only interesting and reable for owners of Apple Macintosh Computers. It is obvious that the author has a problem with the fact that Apple is not and was not the predominate computer company of this century. I am a computer programmer and I found some of the MAC specific technical stuff hard to follow.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK - MUST BUY
Review: This book is a must read.
Most books that have to do with computers are crummy and you know that non of that kind of stuff will ever exist, or happen, but the book Hard Drive was much different, everything in the book was possible and may/could happen. It was not like other fictional computer books AT ALL.
The end of this book was really surprising.
It took me a while to understand the plot, but once I started understanding it I could not put the book down.
I'm 12 years old and read the boook in school, I got in trouble a few times, but it was worth it.
I recommend this book to ALL readers.
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Summary: GREAT!!!
Review: This book is great! Buy it now! I especially like how the Mac is portrayed. You do have to know a little about computers in general but, if you're here looking at this on the Web; you know enough. Great Book! 5 Stars!!!
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Summary: Very interesting and tecnical
Review: This book was very interesting for Macintosh owners. I am a Macintosh computer consultant and found this book to be very beleivable. I even learned some stuff about Mac programs.
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Summary: A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Review: This is no ordinary technothriller, if I may say so myself! It's a must for any computer or Net fan: a plausible, scary thriller about a nasty computer virus shipped out on 250,000 commercial software disks...accidentally. Or was it?
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Summary: Historical Fiction
Review: Though David Pogue offers an intreaguing story, this book has become completely outdated and should only be read with an open mind: I found it helpful to think of it as a "history" book on computers. The author obviously knows Macs - or knew them - but has zero literary style, and the story line has become somewhat outdated as well (do we become frantic when a virus gets on the "InterNet," as he calls it, now? In the book they did).An easy, breezy read to be taken with a grain of salt and lots of patience.
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