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Indlæser... Slipt (original 1984; udgave 1984)af Alan Dean Foster (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. An oldie but a goodie. A flap of a butterfly’s wings — exposure to a contaminated landfill for years, unexpected genetic side effects, and a greedy executive looking to move up make an explosive combination. I wish there had been a follow up story on Amanda’s children. ( ) This is a bad book. It should be ashamed of itself! It makes a lot of promises that it does not keep. SPOILERS AHEAD Jake Pickett is an old man going on 70. He has always been different. He can make things "slip" with his mind. It is not telekinesis - it is molecular decomposition, but he has never used it much. It is just something to amuse the kids on the block. One day he demonstrates his abilities to a middle management type from a large coorporation. This turns out to be a mistake. Soon Jake is hunted across america by an organisation that seems more like organisede criminals than a (semi) legal coorporation. But you can read past that if you make the effort. When you do so, the first 200 pages are thoroughly enjoyable. Fast paced, well composed and building up to an exciting finish. 200 pages is where you should stop reading and burn the book! Any ending you think up for yourself will be better than what A. D. Foster has written. The last 60 pages are an intolerable mess. Everything breaks apart. The main characters act contrary to earlier dispositions, the writing degenerates and having had but a stumbling sence of what he was doing when he used his ability, Jack Pickett now uses it with microsurgical precission. Its bad. The end. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Something strange is happening down at the chemical dump ... Old Jake Pickett is a strange one. He can turn bullets to dust or collapse skyscrapers with his mind. But all he really wants to do with his 'magic' is entertain the poor kids who live, like him, near the chemical dump. Or talk telepathically with his crippled niece, Amanda. Then an international conglomerate decides that the only way to cover up their mess is to eliminate the people who have been affected -- for better or worse -- by the seeping industrial wastes. Now Jake and Amanda are running for their lives. And ours. No library descriptions found. |
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