Just finished Crisscross over lunch. Loved it as much as all the other RJ books, but I have a question. <Spoiler space follows>
How did Coop end up getting blown up? Jensen spotting his mangled remains shocked me, and I kept waiting for an explanation of what happened after Jack removed the bomb. Since it was still in the house to blow up on Jensen, I figured there would be more exposition.
Thanks for any input.
Hank Woolsey
How did Coop end up getting blown up? Jensen spotting his mangled remains shocked me, and I kept waiting for an explanation of what happened after Jack removed the bomb. Since it was still in the house to blow up on Jensen, I figured there would be more exposition.
Thanks for any input.
Hank Woolsey
hwoolsey Wrote:Just finished Crisscross over lunch. Loved it as much as all the other RJ books, but I have a question. <Spoiler space follows>
Thanks for any input.
Hank Woolsey
Hey, Hank.
I haven't read Crisscross yet, so I can't answer your question (didn't even read it).
But Welcome to the board.
Jim
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
*** SPOILER BELOW! ***
There was a second bomb in Coop's body. The first was the obvious one, the second was hidden in case he tried to remove the first.
Sounds similar to another story we've read, doesn't it?
Blake
There was a second bomb in Coop's body. The first was the obvious one, the second was hidden in case he tried to remove the first.
Sounds similar to another story we've read, doesn't it?
Blake
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Jimbo
Thanks for the welcome.
Blake
Wow. Do I feel dumb
. I just looked back through my book and I must have flipped two pages at once. The transition made such a nice cliffhanger I just wrote it off to FPW leaving me hanging. Finished the book at lunch and now got to read a gem of an excerpt. Kind of like getting an author's preferred edition without having to buy another copy 
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Hank
Thanks for the welcome.
Blake
Wow. Do I feel dumb
. I just looked back through my book and I must have flipped two pages at once. The transition made such a nice cliffhanger I just wrote it off to FPW leaving me hanging. Finished the book at lunch and now got to read a gem of an excerpt. Kind of like getting an author's preferred edition without having to buy another copy .Hank
Which other FPW books have you read? (Or not read?)
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
hwoolsey Wrote:All of The Adversary Cycle, all of the RJ novels, The Barrens, Freak Show, and Dydeetown World.Make sure to check out the Medical Thrillers: The Select, Implant, Deep as the Marrow, and The Fifth Harmonic.
Hank
Plus Night Kill (somewhat similar in feel to RJ), Black Wind (WWII EPIC), SIMS (Genetic Engineering "Ethics").
Have fun exploring the board.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:Make sure to check out the Medical Thrillers: The Select, Implant, Deep as the Marrow, and The Fifth Harmonic.
Plus Night Kill (somewhat similar in feel to RJ), Black Wind (WWII EPIC), SIMS (Genetic Engineering "Ethics").
Have fun exploring the board.
How are the medical thrillers? I've looked at them several times, but the blurbs don't really do much to attract me.
Nice to know about Night Kill. I just read about SIMS in one of the other threads and it seems interesting.
I very much enjoy the supernatural stories fpw tells, which I think is why the medical books haven't interested me. If I'm wrong and that element is in them, I'd be happy to stand corrected.
Hank
hwoolsey Wrote:How are the medical thrillers?
Superb. In fact, I have a hard time picking a favorite out of the four mentioned (though I don't know if I think of Deep as the Marrow or The Fifth Harmonic as being "medical thrillers" in the sense that the other two are).
You can't go wrong with any of those. I'm not sure which I'd pick up first, but I've always been kind of partial to The Select.
Blake
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