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5 comments about Interception.

1. Ever wonder how some books manage slip pass the editors and actually get published? Graham Watkins' "Interception," falls into that catagory.

   Granted, writing about computers and the online world is not easy. A lot of complicated stuff has to be explained. But when you add over writing and bad writing to the mix, we can only hope that the story will get better. And it does for forty pages but on page 295, everything falls apart. Even an Internet newbie will not believe that our hero can be so stupid. Rather then wake his son at two in the morning in order to ask a few questions, the father decides to let him sleep even though murder and mayhem are taking place a few miles away. Mr. Watkins trys to explain this silly decision away, but not even more of his bad, over writing can make it work.

   Knowing what I now know about "Interception," if given the choice of reading this book or watching paint dry, it would be a difficult very decision.




2. A friend loaned me this book. I'm not a sci fi fan but she is.

   It started well, but about halfway through I started speed reading to finish it. I am wondering if the author is trying to cross over from romance novels; that's the overall impression left by the book. I wouldn't bother.




3. My boss read this book and told me that I just had to read it. I didn't think that I would like it, but it suprised me. I thought that it was going to go into a different direction, but the ending suprised me. The two main characters were well written. I thought that it was a little difficult to believe love on the internet, but it is a work of fiction after all. It also shows me that there are some strange people out there that are willing to go to any lengths to destroy people and the world around them. I would recommend this book to anyone that would like a something different to read. It will open your mind.



4. Fascinating story of a female psychologist looking into the (then new) phenomenon of online dating and romance. After a patient's spouse leaves their marriage for a new love found online, Dr. Andi Lawrence decides to find out more about the online romance idea. The man she meets online, and decides to meet in person, don't seem to be the same guy. Maybe this online dating thing is for other people, or maybe there's a lot more unseen going on in cyberspace!



5. This is a book that anyone who thinks they have found 'love' via the internet needs to read. Obviously what happened to the characters in this book won't or at least shouldn't be happening, but it will help you perhaps step back a minute and think about what do you really know about this person other than the nice stuff they were willing to tell you. Have you found out if they smoke, are vegetarians, vote Democrat or absolutely love NASCAR racing and you can't stand any of these things? This was a very interesting book with a unique angle.

5 comments about danger.com @7: Most Wanted.

1. I read this book three times and I thought it was amazing. I'm doing a book report on this book and it's coming out really easy because it's just great. If you are ready to read a story full of adventure, mystery, fright and love I highly recommend this book to all the readers out there and I know you won't be able to put it down for one minute!



2. This book was awesome! If you like books that have there good and bad parts. You would love this book. In this book there is a boy named Andy who found out that he was adopted, and he then wants to find more about his other family. He goes to a lady who can find everything, and he talks to her and gets some information. All I can say is he's in for a big surprize. So if you want to know more you'll have to read the book.



3. Danger.com "Most Wanted" is a well-written story with characters that its teenage audience should be easily able to relate to. There's Andy, a somewhat troubled teenage guy, who's life crashes around him. There's Andy's Mom, a single business-woman who tried to hide from Andy that he was adopted. There's also Syd, who's deep and intelligent, but also sometimes annoying with her name-calling and eating of health food. Therefore, even those are not adopted should be able to relate to something in this story. I gave it four stars because it seems to drag at times, and I didn't think much of the ending, but overall it's a pretty good read. Of course, there's also the Internet aspect, the idea that a story like this could really happen to someone who's not careful with what they do on the Internet. One complaint related to that aspect is when I tried to visit the Internet site listed inside the book, ...... I got a not found error. Very annoying.



4. Cray, Jordan(1998)Danger.com
   1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
   It all starts when Andy finds out that he is adopted. But that wasn't even the bad part. The worst part was that his real dad was accused for murdering his birth mom. Then he wants to find out if it was true or not, because his dad was never proven guilty. So with the help of his best friend, Syd, and the town nutcase, Dolores, they begin to dig up any clues to the murder of Andy's mom. Eventually Andy finds out where his dad works and tries to contact him over the internet. He founds out that his name is Silas and that he works in Maine. At first Andy doesn't tell him who he is, at first he says that he is one of his son's friends. But once he starts to trust this accused murderer he tells him who he really is. Bad idea, Silas shows up at Andy's house! Andy and his mom begin to trust Silas. But Andy sees Silas having a secret meeting with his old cell mate, Bob Treat. Andy and Syd get scepticle, they are beginning to question there trust in Silas. Silas saw some papers on him one day lying in Andy's backpack. He got very upset. Eventually Andy finds out that Silas was doing some "checking up" on his family. He went to Silas house and found papers on Andy, Andy's mom, and her company. Andy and Syd began to suspect that Silas killed Bob Treat. Silas had been digging a garden in the bakcyard, so they began to dig it up looking for Treat's body. Eventually they found it, but Silas found them too. He began to pin Andy to the ground, but Syd came to the rescue!!! Everything went back to normal, and Syd and Andy began to date.
   
   
   I think that the theme of this story is awareness. Because you have to be careful when it comes to meeting people over the internet.
   
   
   I think that you should read this book because it is full of adventure, horror, comedy, and a little romance. It is exciting for people of all ages. I personally really liked it a lot because there was always something going on, it never became boring. It was also very mysterious, and I like those kinds of books.
   
   
   Genre:mystery
   *10+++*
   by: Stacy Brumfield



5. Well to begin with it was very well written and thought out. but i didn't think it was very good...
   To begin with its supposed to be an action book. there was all of 1/2 a page that i was in suspense the rest was boring and drug on way to long. Its was filled with to much mushy content to be like by any male readers looking for a good action book, ans thats what there looking for when the pick up a book with the word "DANGER" in huge lettters at the top.

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4 comments about Goblins Don't Play Video Games (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Adventures of the Bailey School Kids).

1. this book is a good book to read if you are into the eletronic world.



2. If you are into mysteries you would like this book. It is full of adventures and kids getting into mischief. It was great book to read.



3. There are some weird grownups in Bailey City. But could the new computer teacher at school really be a tricky goblin? THE BAILEY SCHOOL ARE GOING TO FIND OUT!



4. my son loves this series it's put the fun back in reading for him!!!!!!

5 comments about The Grid (Windsor Selections).

1. A new, high tech building is ready for occupancy, but as its self replicating computer system, Abraham, is exposed to a child's hunt-and-kill computer game, it recreates itself in a deadly manner. Self awareness follows self replication, and the people trapped inside The Grid become enemies in Abraham's game to hunt and destroy them, following the programming code from the computer game that was incorporated into its system functions. The now self aware building begins killing the humans trapped inside one by one, using whatever it has available; elevators, bathroom cleaning systems, pool cleaning systems, etc. A gory and inventive tale of horror and survival, against an enemy that cannot be rationalized with. This is a great read for a night spent in any modern high rise, hotel or apartment or office. Enjoy.



2. This is a book that truly is more than the sum of its parts.
   
   For example, the premise of the book: A 'smart' super-computer takes control of the building that it was designed to maintain and determines that it needs to kill everyone in it. The plot is derivative of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and the original 'Star Trek' series episode entitled 'The Ultimate Computer'.
   
   The characters are two dimensional, potential plot twists are aborted before they even get started, the English author's attempts to mimic American speech patterns are sometimes laughable.
   
   and yet...
   
   the last 150 pages are gold. They work. I was involved. I had to know what happened next. Somehow the copycat plot and hackneyed characters come together and turn the makings of a for sure 2 star rating into 4 stars.



3. Philip Kerr is a good example of a scientific fiction writer. His books, while unarguably fictional, carry a seal of authenticity brought about by his unwavering commitment to advanced research, plausible plot scenarios, and excellent writing.
   
   In The Grid, Kerr envisions a not-too-far-off time when computers have finally begun to cross the line between doing man's bidding and taking initiative on their own. Ray Richardson, a prominent architect, melds the most recent progress in his own field with the latest and greatest artificial intelligence to create a "smart building." His creation, a high-rise in the heart of Los Angeles, keeps track of every occupant, changes the molecular structure of the window glass in response to sunlight, cleans its own floors, disinfects its own bathrooms, and even tests for employee drug use.
   
   It can also learn. Through the use of a revolutionary "neural net," the building's computer keeps track of acquired facts and adapts certain aspects of its computing processes in order to keep current with its environment. Best of all, the computer, codenamed "Abraham" by its creator, is programmed to create a new version of its operating system periodically, effectively reproducing itself and creating digital offspring.
   
   After months of intense collaborative effort, the employees of Richardson's architectural firm are close to completing their mammoth project. They're also getting perilously close to killing each other, or at least driving each other insane. As the building nears completion, the normal last-minute problems and delays are wearing nerves thin. But there are other problems plaguing the workers as well, problems that are not so normal.
   
   Various strange computer glitches have raised serious questions about the integrity of the building's technological infrastructure. An investigation uncovers the incredible truth that the central computer, Abraham, has already rewritten a significant portion of its own code, essentially producing a second-generation operating system. The abnormal code reproduction, appropriately dubbed "Isaac," is months ahead of schedule, and the project manager reluctantly decides to fry the whole system with a specialized computer virus and start over from scratch.
   
   Initially, the strategy seems to have been effective. But when a nighttime security guard is killed in a bizarre elevator malfunction and a computer programmer is inexplicably electrocuted at his desk, the real story emerges: Abraham's autonomous code reproduction had resulted not in one new system but two. The computer virus had wiped out Isaac, but Abraham's other "child," Ishmael, is still very much in control. Now the computer has locked the doors, turned off the air conditioning, and developed a program that will allow it to systematically pick off all the remaining occupants one by one. As the body count rises, the remaining survivors must figure out a way to outsmart the computer before it's too late.
   
   In most respects, The Grid is science fiction at its best. Although some aspects of the computer's artificial intelligence are far enough beyond the scope of current computer capabilities to be somewhat dubious, the general concept is realistic enough to be frightening. Kerr manages to convey the technical details necessary for a proper understanding of how the computer works in a way that is understandable and enjoyable even for a technical layperson. And the surrounding story is expertly crafted as well. The character development goes beyond what one might expect in fiction of this genre: the characters who are meant to inspire sympathy do so, and the antagonists come close to engendering true malevolence. Kerr also holds back from giving the computer a personality, an interesting strategy that turns out to be quite effective in portraying a calculating, logical, and unstoppable killer.
   
   Unfortunately, The Grid also embodies some of science fiction's drawbacks. God has no place in any of the characters' lives, and as the story unfolds, it is clear that the author's worldview does not include a divine Creator. Some interesting discussions take place about the ethics of "killing" an artificially intelligent "being," but these stop well short of true profundity. In fact, during one discussion between the computer and one of its targets, the computer professes to believe itself to be God, since it is all-knowing, all-powerful, and electronically omnipresent.
   
   Two of the main characters carry on an extramarital affair through the entire book, a relationship not portrayed as harmful or negative in any way. Ray Richardson, the architect responsible for creating the "smart building," cheats on his wife with some frequency. What little spirituality does exist in the story is Eastern, developed through another major character who is a Feng Shui consultant.
   
   In our rapidly changing world, intelligent computers do not seem very far-fetched, and if computers can develop intelligence, homicidal machines don't seem like too much of a stretch either, as anyone who has seen the Matrix movies can attest. Followers of Christ can take comfort in the ultimate reality that no matter how advanced our technology becomes, we are all the creative result of a master Architect who loves us each individually. As part of his master plan, our lives have true meaning and purpose. And that is a truth that no computer will ever be able to alter.



4. in this cassette there is only the voice of Brent Spiner, who plays all the roles, but he is so realistic that you feel yourself in a sort of trap into a strange building and hope that somebody could help you...



5. A phone book of forgettable stereotyped characters pad this short story to book length. Hard to believe its author also wrote March Violets.