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A high-tech adventure thriller about a life-or-death search for a 100-year-old time capsule. Sometimes the past is buried for a reason.
David Morrell's Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Scavenger, Morrell's latest novel, takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule. Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of Creepers, now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. To save himself and the woman he loves, he must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason.
Scavenger is a brilliant, frightening hunter-hunted tale that layers modern technology over the dusty artifacts of earlier times. The result is a surreal palimpsest, one that contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game's clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell's trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make Scavenger a thrill-a-minute page-turner as well as a mesmerizing literary experience.
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Searching for a time capsule.......2007-09-20
This is almost as enjoyable as Morrell's last book to feature these main characters (Frank Balenger and Amanda Evert), Creepers. One needn't have read "Creepers" to become thoroughly engrossed in this story - but it definitely helps, as events from that book are referenced now and again.
I really like Morrell's writing. It's not fancy - in fact, it's the plain-spokenness that compliments the type of books he writes. Occasionally his dialogue is a bit stiff and unnatural. But his sense of storytelling and forward momentum is superb. "Scavenger" is yet another of his page-turners, though revealing too much of the plot would really spoil things. A group of people are selected, due to their varied backgrounds, to participate in the search for a long-lost time capsule. Of course, things get complicated when the searchers realize they are actually players in a complex game - a game over which they have very limited control.
The character of Frank Balenger was developed and explored more fully in "Creepers" - and reading that first will provide a better understanding of his actions and behaviors in "Scavenger" (which honestly doesn't really expand much on the character, unfortunately). Morrell loses a tiny bit of restraint late in the book, amping up the action a bit too much. The result: things go over-the-top a bit. But the book is full of surprises, and I wouldn't mind another Frank Balenger adventure in the future.
NOT HIS BEST.......2007-09-05
I have read most of David Morrell's books and usually enjoyed them, however, this was not the case with Scavenger. It was a little too much and extemely far fetched. Ballenger was a combination of James Bond and Superman! I think this is a fair analysis of the character.
The plot was too complicated and hard to follow. The climax of the book was unbeliveable to say the least.
His previous book, Creepers, was excellent. This is almost a prerequsite for Scavenger.
Keep writing David...I'll continue to read your work....you've just had a bad day with Scavenger!!
Read Creepers first!.......2007-08-14
I've read other Morell's books, such as The Protector, Assumed Identity (etc.) and rated them all 5-star. But this one is a little different. I should have listened to one of the reviewers to pick up Creepers first before delving into this one. Perhaps I would have enjoyed Scavenger a lot more. But this doesn't deter me from picking up Morrell's next book! Cold Eyes
Great, as usual.......2007-07-27
Was a little bit let down with Creeper's, but boy oh boy, Scavenger's restored my faith in David Morrell's ability to produce a top class thriller.
Can't wait for the next novel to come along.
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Receives veteran classically trained stage actor Patrick G. Lawlor's vivid reading style.......2007-07-07
David Morrell's SCAVENGER receives veteran classically trained stage actor Patrick G. Lawlor's vivid reading style, which brings to life the high-tech hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule - a hunt spiced by fear and danger. Any interested in audio stories of high intrigue and danger will love the drama here.
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A remarkable collaboration of art and science celebrating the diversity of seeds.
An orchid seed may be minuscule, so small and light that one gram contains more than 7.5 million seeds. In contrast, a single-seeded Seychelles seed is a nut weighing up to 20 pounds. All seeds have the same purpose -- to travel through time and space until they reach the right place at the right moment to create a new plant.
This large-format book melds art and science in an authoritative examination of the design and function of seeds. Special light and scanning electron microscopy are used to obtain astonishing images of diverse seeds at various states of maturity. Pods, pouches, keys, nuts and other vehicles of dispersal are explained and illustrated.
These time capsules of life for plants familiar and strange are presented in minute, beautiful detail. Microphotographs of the tiniest seeds and extraordinarily detailed cutaway images of larger seeds are combined with text that explains the formation and maturation of seeds and describes how they find their way to becoming a copy of the parent plant. Literary references to plant reproduction are featured as well, along with early botanical illustrations.
Authoritative and richly illustrated,
Seeds offers a fascinating and intimate look at the remarkable reproductive process of plants.
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An oversized format/presentation to display close-up photos and electron microscopy images.......2007-05-08
The general-interest public will find more accessible Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy's SEEDS: TIME CAPSULES OF LIFE. Alexandra Papadakis edits this stunning natural history of seeds, which uses an oversized format/presentation to display close-up photos and electron microscopy images of seed evolution. The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew are involved in this reference's publication, which obtains some astonishing images and focuses on the diversity, design and function of seeds the world over.
Stunning Photos.......2007-02-06
This book and the companion book "Pollen" will wow both professionals and layman. Buy it just for the beauty of the superb photos or for the detailed data. Lay these books out on the coffee table and you can be sure they will be picked up over and over again. The photos mezmerize with the sheer magnitude of nature's design.
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The 15th edition of the Time Out Film Guide now weighs in with more than 16,700 reviews, all written by knowledgeable critics who have a real love of film. AMong the book's highlights are extended reviews of 100 keynote films from the history of cinema (from the likes of Citizen Kane to the groundbreaking Man With A Movie Camera), all illustrated with large stills or poster images. There's also an obituary roll-call of 600 recently deceased film personnel and a fully updated directory of film-related websites. Its unrivalled coverage of international cinema, film festivals, Hollywood and Bollywood, blockbusters, forgotten marvels, silent films, industry obituaries, documentaries, and esoterica includes extensive cast and crew listings. Included too are reviews of notable international DVD releases from the past year and detailed website listings, along with the extensive cross-indexes that are the series's trademarks.
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Save your money and check out the website.......2007-01-12
Time Out book guides are impressive but with a website, Time Out Film, readily available, and other sites like IMDB and Box Office Mojo that provide virtually all the information you need to know about movies, books like these are irrelevant, unless you just like the feel of leafing through thin pages to check out how your favorite movies rate.
As Good As It Gets.......2006-09-23
I've bought them all, Ebert's movie guide, the ones by Maltin and Mick Martin, and the Videohound book. This one is the best of these. This is a huge book (and five pounds heavy) of 1800 or so pages and a large footprint. What makes it so good is that the reviews are not only longer than those in other books (except for Roger Ebert's), but they are more sophisticated in their analyses of the movies. They don't use a star system, but by the time you have read the review you know exactly what the author thinks of the film. The cast lists for each movie are reasonably comprehensive.
The special features include 27 appendixes of movies by category, i.e. drama, thrillers, comedies, Italian movies, etc. There is also a cast and director list. The best thing about the cast list is that it lists all the movies that an actor was in by the year of release, and that is not done in the other books. Sometimes I want to know the most recent movies that an actor was in, and this book tells you all you want to know in this regard. On the negative side a lot of minor and not so minor actors don't make the list. A further index lists movies by subject, i.e. if you have a fixation regarding lighthouses you might want to see "The Oyster and the Wind" or "The Phantom Light.
I still buy the other books so I can compare some of the reviews, but this is the one I always pick up first.
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Everyone knows that a good canon debate doesn't get interesting until you reach the realm of the top 100. But by listing the top 1,000 movies, as the editors of The New York Times have done with this fat, readable collection of reviews, you get to skip all that huffing and puffing about quality and head straight for the fun. With a little elbow room, there's space for ineffable stuff like Mr. Hulot's Holiday and The Match Factory Girl. Room, too, for the nuance-free Mrs. Doubtfire and the free-falling Die Hard (which makes it, yep, right next to Diner). Pillow Talk squeezes in just one down from The Piano. What's really new about this book, though, is that the reviews have been culled from the Times's archive--reaching back to 1931. So you can read Vincent Canby reacting to Taxi Driver in 1976, just days after first seeing it: "The steam billowing up around the manhole cover in the street is a dead giveaway. Manhattan is a thin cement lid over the entrance to hell, and the lid is full of cracks." Not bad for a guy on deadline. Bosley Crowther, who preceded Canby, fares less well, waving off Rear Window as Hitchcock's "new melodrama, " and Psycho with, "It does seem slowly paced." By contrast, Janet Maslin's more recent reviews hum and gush, unraveling the merits of Pulp Fiction and Lone Star. At collected-Shakespeare size (999 pages), the title is probably too vast for schlepping around, but go ahead, try reading just one. With plenty of international selections, including usual suspects from France (Truffaut), Italy (Fellini), and Japan (Itami), as well as some unusual ones from Brazil, Mexico, India, and Czechoslovakia, there's enough canon fodder here for at least five "Top 100" books. --Lyall Bush
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In The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, the film critics of the Times have gathered the original reviews of their list of the best. Covering every conceivable genre, from comedies, dramas, and science-fiction to foreign films, musicals, and others, this book provides the student with an essential resource. How were Psycho or Fantasia originally received? For movies that are often subsumed in their own legends, the original review is a corrective lens for a hindsight that is often anything but 20/20. This volume also includes and introductory essay by Janet Maslin and modern postscripts to movies that survived their original trashing to become classics.
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What!? Where's BEACH BLANKET BINGO???.......2007-08-04
You've got to hand it to the New York Times film critics. For one thing, they have the absolute best NAMES of anyone in the cine/crit biz. Can you ask for better monikers than Vincent Canby, Bosley Crowther, Hilton Kramer or(my favorite) Mordaunt Hall? More recent critics like Janet Maslin, Stephen Holden or A.O. Scott (not included here, he's so new) may not have such professorial sounding handles, but they more than make up for said lack in their actual writing, which in all their cases generally reflects a critical sensibility which is both casual and scholarly. They likely benefit from the increased seriousness with which the artform itself has been taken over the past century and from simply having a sense of film history that their critical forebears could not have possessed. (They know that the movies are NOT some passing fancy that in time may go.) And stylistically, they tend to be leaner, meaner and much less flowery than,say, the aforementioned Mr. Hall.
But times do change, and critical writing styles along with them. What makes this book so fascinating is that its editors have seen fit to re-print the original reviews, unedited and unannotated (although editor Peter M. Nichols notes in his preface, that almost every film's "cast box" has been expanded and terminology, in some instances, changed). If the reader, takes in Mr. Nichol's preface and/or Janet Maslin's introduction, he or she won't be surprised to learn that many of the actual reviews included in this volume are indifferent or downright negative. Browsers casually thumbing through this reference work on the "thousand best movies," however, are likely to be a bit more puzzled to find one negative review after another.
It happened to me, I opened the alphabetically arranged volume to the "D's" and immediately found a fairly negative critique of DIVA and a fairly lukewarm one of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES. That's when I opted to read the introductory remarks, but even then it wasn't quite clear just how these 1,000 best were picked or just who did the picking.
Yes, aside from the actual reviews, there are Top Ten Lists for the years 1931-1998 (the volume itself was published in '99 and is thus about due for an update), but these don't necessarily correspond to the selections either. For instance, the 1967 John Boorman film POINT BLANK gets a so-so review from Mr. Crowther, and is not included in the list of the year's best (suggesting that his colleagues were similarly unmoved by the film). So who decided, in the interim, that it really IS a gem (rough and uncut though it may be)? Editor Nichols? Janet Maslin? General critical consensus (which seems doubtful in this case).
Nichols explains in the preface that we can expect such turnabouts "for films that have risen in common estimation..." since their initial reviews were published. That's certainly true in the cases of BONNIE AND CLYDE, CHINATOWN and GRAND ILLUSION (to cite his own examples), but again I ask you, how to account for the inclusion of POINT BLANK?? Or--to go from a Lee Marvin vehicle to a Lee Remick starrer--why is even a good, solid drama like the above mentioned DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES included? That film is something of a sentimental favorite of mine, since I was 13 when I first saw it and felt very grown up indeed to be able to "understand" this obviously adult drama. But objectively speaking, can one really include this relatively modest revision of a TV drama on a list of the all-time greats of CINEMATIC history.
Well, not to worry. In the last analysis, one man's canon is another man's fodder, so it's probably best to not fret too much what's included or not included on this or any "best of" volume. What you get, if you're lucky, are some good tips on things you might otherwise have missed. Taken in that spirit, the NYT guide joins many others in aiding movie lovers of all stripes to make some intelligent selections. In this case, you just have to keep in mind that the significant factor is not the actual review but the fact that someone somewhere along the line ultimately saw fit to include the movie in this esteemed reference guide of record.
As far as the actual 1,000 best films ever made. You could argue about that until the cows come home...from the movies.
The Gray Eminence Speaks.......2007-05-13
There have been stretches of time in which I was almost oblivious to movies and recently I decided to repair my cultural lacunas. I signed up with Netflix, moved a recliner to the living room and stocked up on Diet Coke. Now, what to list on my queue? Most of those movie books have such abbreviated descriptions... If I'm going to wile away a couple hours, I need to be convinced it's time well spent. I spotted the updated and revised (through 2002) best 1000 movies according to the Times, and noticing the inclusion of a couple obscure favorites, bought the book. The movies are in alphabetical order with the personnel listed first and the date of the review at the end of the narrative. Twenty-nine critics lend their views about films going back to 1931. Hollywood productions dominate, though there is a good smattering of independents and foreign works.
The reviews stand as they were written on opening night, without further comment- a very New York Times thing to do. Many of the reviews hold up as well as their subjects- "Casablanca", "On the Waterfront" and "Star Wars" were appreciated from the get go. However, many glossy Oscar winners are excluded: "Dances with Wolves", "Titanic" and "American Beauty" are absent. "As Good as It Gets" is not good enough, but "About Schmidt" is about as good a review as Nicholson can get- it's included. Is there a Merchant-Ivory film that was somehow overlooked? Highly unlikely.
In the back of this compendium, the Times lists its 10 Best for each year. Quite a few of these movies do not have their review among the currently favored 1000, though their fall is not explained. Of course, the most striking contradiction is to find a movie that was condemned as irretrievable trash on release, only to have wormed its way up from the flotsam. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is such a movie. R.A.'s review from 1968 will crack you up.
I'm sure everybody will have a few favorites that didn't make the cut. How could a movie as hilarious as "A Fish Called Wanda" not be included? Kasdan's poignant "Grand Canyon" was somehow overlooked. Yet, a few great but obscure productions are recognized. The marvelous documentary "Brother's Keeper" is included.
In the preface, A.O. Scott comments on the vagaries of cinematic appreciation. Most of us are more influenced by trends and buzz than we realize. And, if you are overdosed on a particular genre, the best of its kind may pass without notice. Still, I wish a current summation about the great classic movies had been included, even if it meant the Times had changed its mind. In conclusion, I'm still using my Guide, though if it persuades me to rent a movie, I'm not apt to admit it.
Time to update.......2007-01-21
A notoriously contentious activity, this book is sure to start a few arguments. Picking 1,000 movies to label "best ever made" is not easy and will create some surprise at omissions and inclusions. For instance, the inclusion of "Face/Off" - which initiated my Nicholas Cage veto - and the omission of Princess Bride, is indefensible. It is a parochial list also with Hollywood movies reigning supreme. However, I love the use of contemporary reviews for each movie. Reading Frank S. Nugent's response to opening night at The Wizard of Oz in 1939 is magical and gives the movie fan a nostalgic experience. You may guffaw at some of the preposterous choices and wish for a more current update (1999 version) but you will enjoy these critical reviews of your favourite movies.
Before the Rain must be Macedonia's greatest film, EVER.......2007-01-06
I won't say this is an indispensible book. Swap one film reference book for another and you're likely to learn about films and directors you otherwise wouldn't. The operative word there was likely. I've had Ebert books, Pauline Kael books, VideoHound's books, Entertainment Weekly references, etc. They are all good, but the critics works especially.
As opposed to getting a shortened synopsis and rating system, you can get a critical eye, with contextual perspective and a detailed analysis. The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made offers that. And not from one voice but from over a dozen NYT critics over the decades.
I don't abide by those who call this dated. It was published when it was, and though there may be updated editions, this is still a fantastic book to have. After all the majority of films made were in the 20th century, and the influence those films and filmmakers have resonates now. Including the archived reviews, which feature the NYT tradition of refering to people as Mr., Mrs., Ms. etc., each films leading castmembers, their characters, the lead production credits and film lengths are given. Plus a year-by-year list of the paper's Top 10 films, and an index of the films featured categorized by genre and country of origin.
Oddly enough though is that there are reviews in this that are negative and sometimes scathing. Perhaps this is because the films were appreciated by other Times critics, enough to place them on the Top 10, or the films themselves have proven better than initially thought. Neither Bonnie & Clyde or Chinatown made the Top 10 list.
But this is a trifle, and enforces the critical need that films, as art & commerce require.
If you are a devoted film lover as I am, this book is a terrific member of any collection.
Um, there have been films released since 1998..........2006-11-18
This book is quite dated. It was published in 1999, and unless you want to focus on movies from 1931 to 1998, this is a poor choice.
There is no good reason why this book has not be updated, such as "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" which has been revised, adding 17 newer movies, and deleting 17 of the prior 1001 movies. (I wouldn't have minded them simply adding the 17 movies, without deleting any older movies.)
Another good choice is Peter Travers' new "1000 Best Movies on DVD."
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Time capsules have been used for thousands of years to store for posterity a selection of objects thought to be representative of life at a particular time. Such vessels have the dual purpose of causing participants to ponder their own cultural era and think about those to come.
This work is a cultural history of five thousand years of time capsules and other related time-information transfer experiences. It examines both the formal and the popular culture aspects of the time capsule, from its roots in ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian building foundation deposits to the present utilization of spacecraft probes and other extreme locations. The deposits of 3000 BCE deliberately had no definite date and time to be opened; in 1876 CE came the idea of target-dated deposits. Also discussed are how "real" time capsules work, notional and archaeological time capsules, the height of the time capsule's popularity from 1935 to 1982, the preservation of writings in time capsules, keeping time in a perpetual futurescape, and turn of the century hype surrounding millennium time capsules.
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Beginning in the 1970s, Andy Warhol collected and stored the remains of his most unusual life in 612 brown cardboard boxes, the so-called Time Capsules. To date, only 100 of these boxes have been opened and examined. Everything Warhol deemed interesting and worth keeping--from precious objects to the most quotidian of souvenirs--was gathered together in these prosaic containers. The collecting strategy was straightforward enough: Warhol would keep an open box beside his desk, dropping in the daily flood of correspondence, magazines and newspapers, gifts, photographs, business records, collectibles, and ephemera that passed through his hands. This Time Capsule in progress would be taped shut and dated by an assistant when Warhol deemed it complete. Today, Warhol's leftovers provide us with the possibility for entering the atmosphere and curious cosmos of a life whose 15 minutes of fame may never really end, despite its physical end having long since passed. This first publication of Warhol's most personal diary will help the careful reader to reconstruct the artist's personality. Each and every item contained in Time Capsule 21 is meticulously revealed. This particular box was chosen because it contains a phenomenal amount of Warhol's art from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as common documents that have turned out to reveal facts about Warhol's life and work--that have, for instance, led to the dating of the drawing Dead Stop (1954) and the establishment of an approximate date for Warhol's first meeting with Leo Castelli. Also included are many images that Warhol used for source material. Leafing through Time Capsule 21, the reader has only to let each object take him or her on a journey into the murky past of The Factory, Studio 54, and Warhol's other haunts.
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A very dubious and "edited" time capsule.......2006-04-23
"Box 21" is an interesting package, but not something I'm likely to ever go through again. It's interesting only the first time 'round.
The people left in charge of Warhol's world are trying so hard to make money from it. They are sure to be selling each and every "time capsule" he kept. It's a way to keep themselves going and what he would have wanted.
The people in charge of Warhol are not to be trusted. I suggest anyone wanting to really learn about him not buy anything from the Warhol institute, foundation, museum, whatever guise his money is still feeding them.
Believe me, if this book had been good, I'd be praising it. Don't waste your money. Although Warhol would've liked it if you had.
Just in time.......2005-08-29
Brought to us with care by a colloboration between the Andy Warhol Museum and a German museum, the Museum for Modern Kunst.
Currently (August, 2005) you can see an online exhibition of this time capsule at the Andy Warhol Museum web site. There's information about just 50 of the time capsule objects (more info than in this book for those 50), including not just text but also audio and video. You can see and hear Andy and Candy Darling among others. You can also zoom in on an object, which you will wish you could do with many the picutures of many objects in the book. Even with a good magnifying glass, some writing may not be readable, being either too light or too much a scrawl.
The book is well-packaged with good binding, cover, layout, foreword and guided tour of the time capsule. The text of the contexts is at the end of the book, which does give more room to depict the object in the main body of the book, but means having to go back and forth to the back in order to learn a little about the object. The text for each object is sparse, but you often learn, for example, just who it is in a certain photo. Unfortunately, the text often doesn't tell you any more than the picture does. To be really helpful, the 7-page guide could have been considerably longer.
As it is, this book provides a good sense of how diverse Warhol's interests were. It will take a good deal of time to get to know all the objects and, to do that well, may take searching around for supplementary info. Who's Roslyn Drexler, subject of several photo strips? Who's David Tudor, who presented new piano works?
Who's Andy Warhol and what do all these objects from just this one time capsule, tell us about him?
After reading this, you may very well feel ready to begin filling your own time capsules. As a supplement to or alternative for, a diary, it seems an easy but effective way to capture an interval in your development. Ten years from now, you may find your own time capsules more engaging than Andy's.
Boxing.......2004-05-12
Ok, we all know Andy Warhol kept everything, but how boring is that? Not so boring at all, as it turns out. Maybe the Warhol Museum picked the best time-capsule box, maybe they are all full of interesting goodies, but box number 21 is a doozey. And everything Andy packed away is there on the page ready to comb over, connect to paintings, make assumptions and check out like any well trained obsessive. For fans of Warhol this book is a must and the best of fun. Lots of pics, not too much elevated art talk and beautifully produced.
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In first grade, twins Alexis and Adam wrote down what they wanted to be when they grew up and put it in their teacher’s time capsule. Now entering their senior year in high school, they are surprised to find out what they wrote: Alexis wanted to “help people” and Adam wanted to be a fireman. But that was before Adam got sick and their family fell apart. Adam’s leukemia is now in remission but, sadly, so is the twins’ family. Their mother and father are always working—not only don’t they have time for Alexis and Adam, they don’t have time for each other. Alexis can’t even convince them to take a weekend off for one last family vacation to Disney World.
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The Time Capsule.......2007-01-03
I usually don't read this kind of a story line, but when I was at the book fair I was drawn to this book. When I started to read this book I counldn't put it down. At one point a was reading through tears. Both Alex and Alexis insipered me to never let down hope even though it might seem like there is no way you can get out of it.
Read this very good, very sad book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-11-07
Time Capsule is about twins, Adam and Alexis, who are in their senior year of high school and get invited to a reunion were they went to kindergarten when they were little. When Adam was in kidagarten he wrote that he wanted to be a fireman and Alexis wanted to help people, they put these in A time capsule, which they opened at the reunion. Their family is falling apart because of Adam's leukemia, and never really see each other. It's even worse when Adam gets sick the second time! Read this book to find out what happend to Adam and how it affected his family and friends.
This is the best book I have ever read, even though it is very emotional and made me and my other friends that read it cry. It has a very good plot and it is very heartwarming. I would recommened this book to everyone.
Interesting Story.......2006-06-09
Time Capsule follows the Senior year of a set of twins, Alexis and Adam. Their lives are going as smoothly as possible, even though their mother is never home and Alexis suspects her father of having an affair, until Adam collapses from the leukemia that had plagued him in the past.
This was an interesting book, though not quite a "wow"er. I can't say the sad part was effective enough for me, since I didn't shed a tear (which is unusual for me). However, still a great book and I reccommend it.
i know!!.......2006-02-27
i know i know i cried!!!and i am a drummer i am not supposed to cry!! it is sad !!! veryy good tho :)
- drummer dude
A Story to TOUCH your soul.......2006-02-24
This story brings you into the life of two twins, Alexis and Adam, high school seniors.They have common lifes except for a haunting past for Adam. He had leukeima when he was eleven.
The twins parents are always at work, and it seems like a divorce is possible. Alot is going on for these busy teenagers and Alexis is so whirled up, she doesn't see the signs.
Adam is losing weight. Adam has bruises. Adam is in TROUBLE. With the truth of a relapse sinking into Alexis's brain, life spins out of control.
Alexis and her boyfrined split. There are no future signs of recovery in view for Adam. Alexis just wants things to be the same, before Adam ever had cancer. But how can that happen when your brother for eighteen years is hanging on by a finger for life?
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Vault of the Ages
Poul ANDERSON
Manufacturer: The John C. Winston Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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Archaeologists, studying the past, are handicapped by the fact that relics are usually few and in poor condition. Often, one is not even sure where to look for them. Out of such finds, from tombs, ruined cities, swamps, deserts, and any other place where men of the past have left some trace of themselves, the archaeologist tries to build up a picture of these men's lives and civilizations. but there are great gaps in our knowledge and probably always will be. For Instance, we cannot yet read the inscriptions left by the ancient Cretans, and so are in the dark about many features of their high civilization. .....
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Would you 'restore' an expensive piece of antique furniture by stripping it down to the bare wood, and then re-coating it in a high-gloss polyurethane varnish? If you did, then at a stroke you've probably wiped its value from several thousand pounds down to a few hundred, and destroyed its original character. The same principle holds good for vintage aircraft restoration and preservation. At the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, is a rare Second World War Chance Vought Corsair fighter aircraft. To fully understand the aircraft and unravel the myths and truths surrounding KD431, an enormous research task lay ahead. Thousands of hours of painstaking detail work were required to achieve what initially looked like an impossible goal. The skill and patience of all those concerned was eventually rewarded, but not necessarily with the results expected or at times wished for. The end result was the revealing of what is probably the last truly original Corsair fighter left in existence and one of very few Second World War aircraft displayed in such original condition.
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Researching and Restoring a Classic Airplane.......2006-08-27
The Corsair was, of course, one of the classic aircraft of World War II. About 12,000 were built, about 50 survive. One of the survivors is KD431. This machine, located at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in England is the subject of this book.
Specifically, the book is on the restoration of KD431 to as near war time condition as possible. It is believed that this is the last remaining truly authentic, most complete and original example of a Corsair anywhere in the world. By original this means that it is in its original paint (now 62 years old), and it still has the original paper inspection tags, hand written notes and stensils.
This book is on the restoration of the aircraft, which in most cases meant removing the paint that had been subsequently applied and generally removing any modifications made subsequent to its manufacture. The book is supurbly illustrated with commentary by the author who is Curator of Aircraft at the museum. Fascinating Book!
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- Not her best, but not bad
- A rather mediocre effort that had a lot of potential
- Liked the Sci/Fi aspect
- Kooky!
- Stopped Reading at Chapter Nine
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Killing Time: A Novel
Linda Howard
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Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring, exciting, and original yet.
In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home–with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered.
Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious appearance of Nikita Stover,
the chief investigator, Knox Davis, has absolutely no leads. And while Nikita’s no murderer, she seems to be hiding plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart-talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer–while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and for a world in which she doesn’t belong.
When readers crave a seductive novel of unrelenting suspense with a paranormal twist, Linda Howard delivers time and again . . . make that Killing Time–a captivating, character-rich story that races along on a breathless plot full of action and intimacy, romance and danger, thrills and intrigue.
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Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring, exciting, and original yet. In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home-with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered. Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious appearance of Nikita Stover, the chief investigator, Knox Davis, has absolutely no leads. And while Nikita's no murderer, she seems to be hiding plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart-talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer-while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and for a world in which she doesn't belong. When readers crave a seductive novel of unrelenting suspense with a paranormal twist, Linda Howard delivers time and again . . . make that Killing Time-a captivating, character-rich story that races along on a breathless plot full of action and intimacy, romance and danger, thrills and intrigue.
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Not her best, but not bad.......2007-09-14
In an odd way, Linda Howard reminds me of another prolific and highly successful author: Louis L'amour. It might seem strange to compare a romance writer to the King of the Westerns, but there are definite similarities. Neither has what would be considered great writing style, but both can tell a heck of a story. Both work almost exclusively within a single genre (although Howard has stretched herself a bit more within hers, writing romance-suspense, romance-SF and so on), but both seem to be able to wring more out of "the same thing, only different" than almost anyone else. Both, at the end of the day, are entertaining.
In Killing Time, Howard combines romance with suspense and science-fiction. Without giving away the plot, the romance and suspense portions make a lot more sense than the SF. But that's okay. Howard tells her usual good story, and you'll find yourself wanting to know what happens to the characters very early on. Unlike some other very famous romance authors, Howard seems to be getting better with age. Killing Time isn't necessarily her absolute best work, but it's well worth the cover price, especially if you've got a long rainy day ahead of you.
A rather mediocre effort that had a lot of potential.......2007-08-18
Imagine burying a time capsule. What would the contents mean to people who may uncover them a hundred or so years from now? In this book, Linda Howard explores the havoc that something so seemingly innocuous wreaks into the future.
It was New Year's Day in 1985 when the small town of Peke County buried a time capsule to be reopened after a century. Twenty years later, it was dug up and the contents were stolen. At first, chief county investigator Knox Davis thought it was simply a prank by the local school kids. However, with several murders involving those who helped bury the time capsule, Knox knows that the murders all relate to the missing time capsule. Then comes the sudden appearance of Agent Stover. Knox's instinct is what made him very good at his job; and his instinct tells him that Agent Stover is hiding a lot of secrets.
Nikita Stover is an FBI agent from the future, sent to capture the killer. Eager to prove herself to the Agency, she never expected that her mission would be sabotaged. Shortly after her arrival, she finds herself marooned in a time that wasn't hers, betrayed by one of her own, with no knowledge of how to go back to her own time. Worst of all, she doesn't know if another assassin would be sent to kill her. Stranded in this strange land, Nikita knows that she must work with Knox if she were to catch the killer and have any hope of returning home. But Nikita must also battle her growing attraction for Knox, knowing that there can never be a future for them.
I loved just about every book of Howard that I have read, and SON OF THE MORNING is one of my favorites. I was impressed with the depth of research that she has done in writing that book and enjoyed the characters and time travel concept. Don't assume the same in KILLING TIME, which is actually more of a sci-fi than time travel. Although entertaining enough, it unfortunately lacks the suspense and adventure of SOTM. And while it seemed that Howard was aiming for a fast-paced thriller, the first half of the book is confusing at times, which left me wondering what happened to the sinister atmosphere that I have come to expect from Howard in her thrillers? I missed that feeling of anticipation that I had while reading SOTM and also DREAM MAN. I had pretty much guessed who the villains are early in the book. The book does get better towards the end and I did like the ending and admit that it did make me smile.
KILLING TIME was mediocre at best and really needed more twists and turns. I am glad I borrowed this from the library and recommend you do the same.
Liked the Sci/Fi aspect.......2007-08-08
Personally, I really enjoyed the Sci/Fi time-travel aspects of this novel. I thought Linda Howard did a believable job of integrating the near future and the present. And what a cute ending!
Kooky!.......2007-08-08
Obviously Linda Howard is a must read, but she manages to surprise us yet again with a wonderful paranormal twist in Killing Time! On January 1, 1985 teenager Knox Davis watches as a time capsule is buried in front of Peke County Courthouse, Kentucky. Knox counts thirteen items in the time capsule, but the newspaper reports only twelve. What's the extra item, he wonders? Fast forward to 2005, and Knox is now chief county investigator (and single, girls, after his fiancée died). Everyone's puzzled and bemused when someone digs up and steals the time capsule in the dead of night, and the only thing the security cameras record is a bright flash. What's going on? Our boy Knox, a wonderful mix of dogged nerdy investigator and lean, sexy alpha male, is determined to figure it out. It seems a string of peculiar murders are related to that mysterious thirteenth thing in the missing box! Enter FBI agent Nikita Stover, who makes Knox's sleepy sexuality snap to an instant red-hot alert. Hoo! He's determined to get into bed, into her, as quick as he can. Interestingly enough, though, he doesn't only want sex, he wants her. And there's something not quite right about Nikita... The surprises just keep coming in this book, and you'll never guess the twist at the end.
Stopped Reading at Chapter Nine.......2007-08-05
When reading a book, I always make sure I have enough time in the day/evening to finish it (otherwise it's constantly on my mind the next day or until I finish it). However, this book was an exception. I stopped reading at chapter nine...and forced myself to finish it a few days later. Linda Howard has been a favorite of mine and I am slowly collecting her books. This one won't be staying in my collection. The flap review made it sound decent and entertaining.
"Smart-talking" Nikita - wouldn't really be the way I would describe her. Sure she had a few cute lines...but "Smart-talking" indicates quick wit and sarcasm. Didn't see much of that. Knox - I could have connected with Knox if he had been placed in a different book with a different plot and with a different female. Otherwise, without the support of a good herione, he kinda fell flat which was disappointing because I could have liked him....
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