Mother of Storms
5 journalers for this copy...
"Nothing links person to person like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book."
This is a wild story about a giant hurricane in the Pacific ocean that was started accidentally by a nuclear explosion. Many other hurricanes also spin off from it. The story takes place some time in the near future when the world is linked by virtual reality networks that people use to experience what others are experiencing first hand. A great romp of a story that takes the reader all over the world. I also enjoyed "A Million Open Doors" and "Orbital Resonance" by John Barnes.
This is a wild story about a giant hurricane in the Pacific ocean that was started accidentally by a nuclear explosion. Many other hurricanes also spin off from it. The story takes place some time in the near future when the world is linked by virtual reality networks that people use to experience what others are experiencing first hand. A great romp of a story that takes the reader all over the world. I also enjoyed "A Million Open Doors" and "Orbital Resonance" by John Barnes.
This book is a surprise gift to thallase in Finland. Enjoy!!
Journal Entry 3 by -solaria- at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, October 9, 2010
Received the surprise gift yesterday, thank you so much!! I have been wanting to read this book ever since I heard about it in... was it 2006 or so? Meanwhile, Barnes has become my new favourite author, even though I have read only two novels by him.
Journal Entry 4 by -solaria- at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, January 15, 2011
I enjoy a good climate disaster story, and this got plenty of superhurricanes and enormous storms. There were lots of characters and each one was potrayed with interest, even a child-raping sadistic killer. This is one of Barnes' skills: his touch is very human and he seems to understand _all_ kinds of people. I also felt like Barnes had crammed stuff for several books in this one; other topics were e.g. implants and networks offering people a chance to be another person, human consciousness being loaded inside a machine, a sex criminal is hunted. Complex and interesting.
Released 11 yrs ago (6/9/2012 UTC) at Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
I'll give the book to a fellow Bookcrosser. I hope you will enjoy it!
Thank you for the book!
I honestly tried to read the book, but it just didn't get me hooked. Therefore I gave up after 50 pages or so. I guess there was too much stuff and people in it, although the themes are interesting.
I'll think of a place where to release this so that it can again find more appreciating readers.
I'll think of a place where to release this so that it can again find more appreciating readers.
Journal Entry 8 by Kemppu at Yliopisto/University in Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland on Thursday, July 10, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (7/12/2014 UTC) at Yliopisto/University in Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
To be released at the bookcrossing table at the scifi/fantasy convention Finncon 2014 in the University.
This was one of the "leftover books" that I picked up from the Bookcrossing table at Finncon when the convention ended on Sunday. The book is now back in Tampere... I'm going to release it somewhere in the near future.
I took this from our local BC meeting. "One of the best disaster novels ever" sounds interesting enough! :D