Link

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Summary: Excellent book, definitely big screen material
Review: I will have to say that this is one of the best books I have read in a good while. What interested me most about this one was how he tied established facts and beliefs into the plot of this book. It defintely makes you wonder about everything that we "accept" regarding the history of our planet.

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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: This book has a great plot and keeps your interest. I love it when authors tie in facts with the fiction that make the story seem so believable. This is done in LINK and it adds great detail to the book.

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Summary: Great idea, poor writing, bad editing
Review: It's always sad to see a good idea trashed by bad editing. Walt Becker is a fine storyteller, but a mediocre writer; the niceties of grammar and language are beyond him. A decent editor could have saved this book; someone with a knowledge of verb tenses, someone who knew the difference between 'bellow' and 'billow'. As a professional proofreader and copyeditor of Science Fiction, it always annoys me to see a good tale go to waste. It's unfortunate that no-one took the time with this one.

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Summary: Fantastic Read
Review: You will love this book. Becker is an excellent writer, with LINK praised by Clive Clussler, Nelson DeMille, and People Magazine. An adventure thriller you cannot put down!

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Summary: Great premise, wonderfully executed!
Review: This is a marvellous book. The story is fascinating, full of surprises and twists on every page. The characters are a little thin, but they don't stand in the way of a terrific story, beautifully crafted. If you liked the Indiana Jones stories, you WILL enjoy this book.

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Summary: Great premise, terrible execution
Review: An idea is a terrible thing to waste, and Becker takes a fascinating premise for a novel and detroys it with awful writing, tissue-thin characterization, and thinly veiled proselytizing. I am always willing to give an author the benefit of the doubt, but this book is so bad I would dissuade anyone from even thinking of reading it.

I always get suspicious when an author is decribed as a "director and screenwriter for film and television" but no details are provided for projects he wrote or directed. In this case, perhaps it's because Becker's screenwriting is as wretched as his novel writing.

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Summary: Neat premise that drags on far too long. . .
Review: Walt Becker's book, "Link" started off with a bang, sustained that bang halfway through the book and then believe it or not---imploded. Excuse the explosion metaphors but that's all that this book really inspires in me. The character's Samantha, Jack and Ricardo were interesting for a while, as was Dorn--the bad guy, but just about the time they all left Africa and headed for Bolivia, my mind started wandering and I kept looking not only at my watch, but at the end of the book trying to calculate how many pages I had left to read. Not a good sign. If Becker had kept the story simpler and not thrown in the DEA and Bolivian drug lords--it could have been a really compelling story, instead it just became tedious, and then at the end---rushed and convoluted. If Becker decides to write a sequel to this book--and gee I wouldn't be surprised if he does--let's hope he remembers that simple is the way to go.

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Summary: Interesting story, dismal style
Review: I must admit that I feel envious when an exotic, fascinating premise is treated in such a pedestrian style. Wish I had thought of it first!

Since Becker's only stated credentials are as a screenwriter, perhaps that's to be expected.

Alien influence on the development of homo sapiens is a fun topic, as Erich Von Daniken showed a few years back, particularly when its sprinkled with a variety of supposedly scientific ideas, but the tedious romance (not worthy of Harlequin), the silly G-men, and the gratuitous gunplay really drag this one down.

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Summary: Thrilling--fun--edge-of-your-seat-adventure!
Review: I ALMOST bought this book when I first saw it in hardback last year--MY MISTAKE. However, now that 'LINK' is available in paperback, YOU can get it, too! Ask yourself these questions: A) Do I enjoy a fantastic adventure? B) Do I enjoy the 'X-Files'? C) Do I enjoy Indiana Jones-type movies? If you answered YES, BUY THIS BOOK, and do it NOW. After purchasing 'Neanderthal' and 'Almost Adam' and one other book that was less than memorable, I thought I was going to be in for something similar in relation to 'finding' the so-called 'missing link' to man's origins. BOY was I WRONG! Adventure from beginning to end, and I found myself wondering from the 3rd chapter WHEN is Walt Becker going to release another book? (SOON, I hope) A little Indiana Jones, Sci Fi and X-Files all rolled into one facinating adventure story that would certainly be a contender for an amazing movie--again ONLY if they followed the book. Fun from start to finish and worth waiting for, but DON'T! Get it NOW and thank me later! Let me know what you think of the book: ([e-mail]) ENJOY!

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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK
Review: READ IT. YOU WILL LOVE IT. I PROMISE YOU