White Plague

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Summary: Dated, lousy science, no tension
Review: This book suffers from dated (read wrong/inadequate) science, lousy plot-management, lack of proper tension-management. The Master author of the famous Dune series tries his hand at Greg Bear / Michael Crichton's genre (the scientific thriller) and fails miserably. For a work which aspires to world-spanning edge of seat teeth-gnashing plague-thriller this one comes no where near even Twelve Monkeys. Avoid it like the plague (pardon der pun). Ohhh, come to think about it, the protagonist could be a closet homosexual woman-hater (the genetically engineered kills off all women). Is Frank Herbert making an unintentional public confession about his misogyny and latent homosexuality? Tee hee hee....

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Summary: The best novel Frank Herbert wrote outside the Dune series.
Review: This is a story about an American biochemist who travels to Ireland with his family on a business trip or vacation, only to have them blown up right before his very eyes by Irish terrorists. As revenge, he infects their money with the plague, thinking he'll screw the Irish real good, only to have his plague infected money spread across the globe like wildfire, leaving piles of dead humans everywhere. This is a tale of AWESOME Revenge, one not soon to be forgotten by Frank Herbert fans. If you liked Dune or Frank Herbert, I would strongly recommend this book to you.
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