Antibodies (The X-Files)

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Summary: Antibodies- The X-Files
Review: "Antibodies" is the best so far of a decent series of X-Files novelizations, the last three authored by Kevin J. Anderson. "Ground Zero" is a very close second, which was also penned by Anderson.

What is so enthralling about "Antibodies" is that elements from the television series are woven into this story in a manner that that flows naturally with the narrative. Scully's combat with cancer in the TV series is used as a motivating factor in the novel, but her internal conflicts over her potential for motherhood is subtly worked in as well. Anderson does a little better also at injecting Mulder's sarcasm into the dialogue. His quips are more natural than they have been in other novels, which in my opinion came off as being forced.

And the book even has a brief, but significant appearance, of another important character from the television series.

In all, I sensed Anderson's comfort with the characters, and I do hope there are other novelizations in the works. It would be a shame for the series to switch authors again now that Anderson has shown his expertise at crafting an X-File story with characters that ring true to the series in a manner that they don't come off as two-dimentional or even cartoonish.

How about it Anderson? Let's crank out a few more!

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Summary: Can this be called a book?
Review: Here is short synopsis of book (it'll be sarcastic): Some guy finds a miracolous cure for cancer, and other guy kill him and wants to get that cure for themselves. A typicall x -files story. Full of goverment conspiracy and other stuff which existance into this "book" is, if You ask me, totaly replaceable, to put it that way. Story tells us about microscopic computers whith mind of their own. They are being injected into human (or some other) body, and they cure that body by rearrangin DNA. What is wrong with this book? Writing. Development of characters. Lousy conversations. In one word, author does not have skill (no not skil, talent) for writting. This book is written only to collect money from people who watch X-files series on TV and are fans of it. But I tell even to them, consider closely, do you want to buy a trully miserable work (again i must say why it is miserable, but that'll be later on), or do you want to spend some money on something with more value like (I will not say commercial here, choose whatever you think you like, but thrust me, that is not this book)... And finall thought: Book does not keep the reader interested to keep on reading, because of the thing that if you ever watched an X-file serie before, You will know the outcome, and that is frustrating.

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Summary: Interesting Plot
Review: Holding true to the X-Files tradition, this addition to the series presents another creepy mystery that entail the services of Agents Mulder and Scully. A mysterious and ghoulishly disfigured corpse amid the charred husks of a federal genetics laboratory sends the two headlong into the Oregonian hills looking for information. Eventually the two realizes that the 'miracle cure' engineered within the sterile facade of the laboratory is far different than any simple pharmaceutical concoction, but a new kind of nanorobotic creation that holds the promise to heal and cure any illness. The race is then on, against both time and others who would stop at nothing to procure this new technology for themselves.

The pace of the book is reasonably fast, combining the slow intrigue of the unfolding mystery with the action that precipitates from the multiple, simultaneously occuring events. The settings are described well. The various locations are given believable surroundings and support the plot movement. Dialogs are well done and reflect upon the TV characters. It is not a difficult task to imagine the agents speaking the lines in the book, making the story flowing smoother.

The only drawback is the lack of description for the 'hostile party'. The people that Mulder and Scully race against only come into play late in the book, and are only sporadically described with haste. Perhaps this is to add a layer of mystery to the book but it fails to achieve much. Instead the agents are pitted against this well-equipped, yet characteristically impotent party. Not a particularly interesting match-up.

This book is worth reading, at least the first half. It's especially interesting to visualize the developments. Overall, it's an energetic addition to the X-Files family, even if its villains do not live up to their typical cunning and resourcefulness.

-Xiao Zhu

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Summary: Interesting Plot
Review: Holding true to the X-Files tradition, this addition to the series presents another creepy mystery that entail the services of Agents Mulder and Scully. A mysterious and ghoulishly disfigured corpse amid the charred husks of a federal genetics laboratory sends the two headlong into the Oregonian hills looking for information. Eventually the two realizes that the 'miracle cure' engineered within the sterile facade of the laboratory is far different than any simple pharmaceutical concoction, but a new kind of nanorobotic creation that holds the promise to heal and cure any illness. The race is then on, against both time and others who would stop at nothing to procure this new technology for themselves.

The pace of the book is reasonably fast, combining the slow intrigue of the unfolding mystery with the action that precipitates from the multiple, simultaneously occuring events. The settings are described well. The various locations are given believable surroundings and support the plot movement. Dialogs are well done and reflect upon the TV characters. It is not a difficult task to imagine the agents speaking the lines in the book, making the story flowing smoother.

The only drawback is the lack of description for the 'hostile party'. The people that Mulder and Scully race against only come into play late in the book, and are only sporadically described with haste. Perhaps this is to add a layer of mystery to the book but it fails to achieve much. Instead the agents are pitted against this well-equipped, yet characteristically impotent party. Not a particularly interesting match-up.

This book is worth reading, at least the first half. It's especially interesting to visualize the developments. Overall, it's an energetic addition to the X-Files family, even if its villains do not live up to their typical cunning and resourcefulness.

-Xiao Zhu

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Summary: Boy, I miss Mulder *sniff*
Review: I can't even remember where I acquired this ABRIDGED auidobook but I just re-discovered it hidden way down in the bowels of the storage compartment in my vehicle while I was searching for a missing glove (which is, alas, still missing). It rates about a four for me for keeping me entertained while on my long drive to work. My drifty mind wandered only a few times.

The story reminds me very much of something Dean Koontz could've cooked up (I love the way the Koontz writes even when he gets over-the-top silly and meanders off into pages and pages of mind numbing description). This book is fast paced (this author apparently doesn't share Koontz's proclivity for longwindyness) and tells a story of a boy and his dog infected with a cancer, gun-shot wound, burnt to a crisp curing, form of nano-technology. Don't ask. My pea brain can't comprehend it. Anyway, one of the scientists who worked on this technology is also infected with these nano-critters. But he went and infected himself with the bad kind (duh!) and instead of fixing whatever ails him they make him break out with big tumorous lesions and whomever he touches dies of plague-like symptoms. Why? Ya got me. Plague-man is desperately searching for the boy and his dog because he believes their blood will cure him (boy, dog and their mom are hiding). Along the way he touches a few people and grossness occurs. Scully, Mulder and The Smoking Man make a few appearances but this story doesn't bring them to life in any exceptional way and it lacked Mulder's morbid sense of humor (the book would've rated much higher if these characters came alive a bit more). Overall it was interesting, a little icky and very sad at times reminding me of a classic X-Files episode without the Mulderisms.

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Summary: A Great Entry in the Tradition of The X-files
Review: I have read most of Mr. Anderson's X-files work. He does and excellent job of capturing the mood and spirit of the television series, while also providing a promising and thrilling story. Hats off to him, may he continue to bring us fine additions in the fields of science fiction, Bravo!

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Summary: Antibodies- The X-Files
Review: Kevin J. Anderson is the author of the book that I read called "Antibodies." This book is about a diseased-ravaged body found in a federally funded lab called Dy Mar genetic research lab. Dr. David Kennessy is a cancer researcher at Dy Mar, and was experimenting on a dangerous microscopic bio-machine that could cure any disease, but the real reason for experimenting is to save his leukemia-stricken son. Agent Fox Mulder and agent Dana Scully from the F.B.I were brought to the case. Scully fights to save the life of an innocent boy while Mulder fights a diseased-stricken man with a slightest touch brings agonizing death. Anderson did a great job of describing the details of the book so you could easily follow what was going on. Anderson's book was great from the second chapter on, when the building was burnt down with the person with the virus still inside the building. Kevin J. Anderson shows a lot of characterization when Mulder and Scully were introduced in the third chapter. Anderson also injected Mulder's sarcasm into the dialogue more than the TV series. In the TV series Scully's fight with cancer is used as a motivating factor in the novel. Overall I think that this novel had an interesting plot, a wonderful storyline, and was well written. Even if you're not a fan of The X-Files like me, it still makes for an interesting read.

BY:Najibullah Motahedy Per:4 Cass

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Summary: Entertaining
Review: The subject matter here more appropriately should reside in the realm of science fiction, but here we are, taking a technology that will someday help billions of people, and complicating it with conspiracies and paronoia. But what else would a person expect, as this is THE X FILES and a lot of rationality is out the door anyway: give the audience what they want, mind-numbing entertainment. Regardless of this, the novel here is nevertheless well worth reading as it introduces the new science of nanotechnology to many people who have never heard of it before. The story is actually very well done in spite of it's sensationalism and exaggerations, with Mulder and Scully investigating the explosive destruction of a cancer research lab under mysterious circumstances. The plot developes superbly from there and is quite good to the end. However, if you desire to learn more about nanotechnology and what it can mean to you personally, read THE FIRST IMMORTAL by James Halperin, this is informed and well-thought-out science fiction, probably eventually to become science-fact in the decades to come.

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Summary: Better than an eposide!
Review: When DyMar Laboratories is destroyed by protestors, no one gives it much thought. But when the security guard at the wreck site dies from a sudden infestation of tumors it becomes an X-File.

Antibodies trots out a familiar sci-fi standard, the infected victim. In this case the man is infected with nanorobots that can kill a human in minutes, and completely dismantle the world in hours. That is if they get the chance to mutate. Apparently only an assassinated scientist's pet dog holds the key to a cure. Kevin J. Anderson's third (and looking to be final) X-File novel recycles concepts used in Dean Koontz's novel Midnight as well as Greg Bear's classic Blood Music (of which Anderson injects a sly reference to). End result? An entertaing weekend diversion that won't strain your brain. Recommended.

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Summary: Awesome Summer Read
Review: Wow! I really like science fiction shows and if you like them too then I would greatly recommend this book. Antibodies is a sci-fi book filled with action, adventure, and excitement. This book is one of the best books I have ever read.

Once you start reading you can't stop. Yes, it is that good. Mulder and Scully are on the case again. Recently the Dymar lab for cancer research has burned down to the ground by animal rights group that seems to not have existed. When the rubble was cleared, all but one of the researchers' bodies was found. What were they really researching in Dymar? Is the government trying to cover it up? Read this awesome book!