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Author:
David Gibbins
By Dell
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $6.99
Our Price: $3.23
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Product Description
From an extraordinary discovery in a remote desert oasis to a desperate race against time in the ocean depths, a team of adventurers is about to find the truth behind the most baffling legend in history. The hunt is on for…
Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time—the site of fabled Atlantis—while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike.
But neither of them could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths. Not only a shocking truth about a lost world, but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.
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Dirk Pitt-ish Science, 2008-12-03
Yes it is the character Dirk Pitt merged with Tom Clancy's tech speak. To some degree the scientific explainations were necessary for the believability of Atlantis being truly found - but they easily could have been scaled back and still worked. That was not a detractor to me. More of bringing the civilization of Atlantis alive would have been nice, since all the scientific buildup preped you for it. This novel is better than many that I have read even with the pacing slowing down for science explanations. I prefered the main character, Jack Howard over Dirk Pitt anyday everyday. But - the plotting had huge holes in it, believability is stretched beyond reasonable limits, characters were too superhuman in intelligence and unrealistic. The premise here is a great one - if the plotting holes, pacing and believability had been shored up it would have been a contender for DaVinci-esque success.
ATLANTIS - More than the City was lost..., 2008-11-06
I read about 20-25 books a year. My favotite authors are Preston & Child, John Grisham and Dan Brown. I enjoy both history and adventure novels so I thought "Atlantis" by David Gibbins had potential...WRONG!
I cannot even decide what about this book I disliked more. The characters are unappealing and unrealistic. I found myself rooting for the bad guys after a while. The "filler" in the book was a bunch of deep sea language that only a college professor could understand. The plot was absolutely boring and predictable. The only reason I did not stop was because I paid $6.99 for it.
I realize that book burning is terrible but in this book's case I would be more that happy to throw my copy on the pile.
Atlantis: the magic title word to sell a boring book, 2008-10-30
The word "Atlantis" always implies mistery, legends, forgotten treasures... that's what the author tried to imply when putting this title to the book. Unfortunately, it fails to deliver completely. Just one word: boring.
I'm a fan of adventure books, and usually enjoy reading Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Preston & Child, etc... They're a great way to relax on holidays or weekends. If you're like me, you'll be used to narrow escapes, amazing acts of courage and paper thin villains that die horrible deaths at the end. That's what these books usually are about. But, above everything, they're FUN. You are looking forward for the next clue, the next ancient ruin...
In this case, as much as I tried, I couldn't go on. I just didn't care about the story, the characters or the action. So, being out there so many good books of this kind, I would advise agains buying this one. There's a lot of good ones out there. This one, despite its promising title, is not.
More adventure, less sedimintary erosion causing equilibrium., 2008-09-19
Being a science major, I appreciated the physical, chemical, and biological refernces riddled all throughout the book; however, I bought a book anticipating ADVENTURE, not simply science. Entire pages and sections of dialoge are devoted to scientific and historical rabble, and adeventure, when it does show up, is sporatic and over very quickly before (wait for it) another lecture on the black sea salinity crisis begins. The characters are also shallow, lacking depth with only their academic expertise giving them any form of identity (actually, the only person who seems to have any substantial form of human emotion is Aslan, the main villian).
To give this book a break, when it DID focus on Atlantis and the cool theories that came afterwards, I was hooked. With this in mind, are you willing to read over three-hundred and fifty pages in order to get to worthwhile substance? If you have a combined PhD in History and Physical Science you will love this book, but even then, you might catch yourself yawning.
Thank goodness, I didn't have to pay for it., 2008-06-24
WARNing DO NOT waste your money on this book!!!!!
I was given this book at the Atlana airport. I was in the airport bookstore and almost bought the book Crusader Gold by the same author. When another customer in the book store advised me against it. He then gave me his copy of Atlantis and said that I should throw it into a "rubbish bin" (trash can for us americans)when I got tired of trying to read it. Well, nine hours later, I was in London looking for the nearest rubbish bin to dump this dreck in.
Basically
The plotline started out pretty good, then turned stupid.
VeRRRRRY long winded dialog about places and science that nobody is interested in unless you are an archeological grad student.
The lead charactors are the three smartest bravest, toughest prettiest people alive. Not to mention incredibly rich. (even the female character was tougher than the terminator). when ever somebody needed to know something. the Girl genius was there with a 10 page explanation of how everything worked, why it worked and what it meant.
I had to force myself to continue reading it but after I finished the book, I kept asking my self why I bothered.
The book really was that bad.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780553587920
ISBN: 0553587927
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2006-09-26
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: 2006-09-26
Studio: Dell |
