Probe
by CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0812535871 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0812535871 Global Overview for this book
Registered by tobysrus of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on 9/23/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Left behind at the Boston Hostel and taken home to register. Will be released in the future.
Journal Entry 2 by 
haahaahaa98
at USPS in -- BookRing, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, July 1, 2020
haahaahaa98 at USPS in -- BookRing, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (7/1/2020 UTC) at USPS in -- BookRing, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
To be included in hodgepodge bookbox.
Claiming this one from the Hodgepodge Diminishing bookbox.
Later: The opening to this one reminded me a bit of the movie "Lifeforce" (based loosely on The Space Vampires), with a nearly-dead woman who exerts strange influences on those who see her - and apparently has the ability to destroy at the blink of an eye. The story parts ways with "Lifeforce" after that, though the alien-causing-trouble-via-host aspect persists. I found the romance quite hard to accept, with a creepy "Sleeping Beauty" vibe to it - basically, the first two men to see the woman are unnerved or outright hostile, hence her retaliations, while the one who first sees her in the hospital and finds her entrancingly beautiful somehow becomes bonded to her and vice versa. I mean, love at first sight creeps in to lots of stories, but the setup here makes it feel coerced, and while the truth is a bit more complicated, the whole thing put me off.
As for the main (non-romance) plot, it's alien-visitation/spying, with scientists-being-unpleasant elements thrown in - and with occasional passages from the alien's point of view, which should have been more interesting than I found it. Overall I get the impression that the author (better known for light-ish mysteries such as the "Midnight Louie" books) doesn't really have her heart in science fiction...
Later: The opening to this one reminded me a bit of the movie "Lifeforce" (based loosely on The Space Vampires), with a nearly-dead woman who exerts strange influences on those who see her - and apparently has the ability to destroy at the blink of an eye. The story parts ways with "Lifeforce" after that, though the alien-causing-trouble-via-host aspect persists. I found the romance quite hard to accept, with a creepy "Sleeping Beauty" vibe to it - basically, the first two men to see the woman are unnerved or outright hostile, hence her retaliations, while the one who first sees her in the hospital and finds her entrancingly beautiful somehow becomes bonded to her and vice versa. I mean, love at first sight creeps in to lots of stories, but the setup here makes it feel coerced, and while the truth is a bit more complicated, the whole thing put me off.
As for the main (non-romance) plot, it's alien-visitation/spying, with scientists-being-unpleasant elements thrown in - and with occasional passages from the alien's point of view, which should have been more interesting than I found it. Overall I get the impression that the author (better known for light-ish mysteries such as the "Midnight Louie" books) doesn't really have her heart in science fiction...
Journal Entry 6 by 
GoryDetails
at Little Free Library, Thornton St in Woburn, Massachusetts USA on Friday, August 28, 2020
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Thornton St in Woburn, Massachusetts USA on Friday, August 28, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (8/28/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library, Thornton St in Woburn, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it!
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2020 One Word Title challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2020 Science Fiction challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2020 Keep Them Moving challenge. ***
