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Bezig met laden... Darwin's Blade (2000)door Dan Simmons
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Darwin Minor recibe llamadas a todas horas que solicitan su presencia en escenas de accidentes difícilmente creíbles. Como experto en reconstrucción de accidentes, Darwin utiliza la ciencia y el instinto para descubrir las causas reales de los desastres automovilísticos. A pesar de que su vida está organizada para no involucrarse emocionalmente en su trabajo, todo está a punto de cambiar. Una serie de siniestros aparentemente aleatorios le conducen por un arriesgado y peligroso camino. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Darwin Minor travels a dangerous road. A Vietnam veteran turned reluctant expert on interpreting the wreckage of fatal accidents, Darwin uses science and instinct to unravel the real causes of unnatural disasters. He is very, very good at his job. His latest case promises to be his most challenging yet. A spate of seemingly random high-speed car accidents has struck the highways of southern California. Each seems to have been staged-yet the participants have all died. Why would anyone commit fraud at the cost of his own life? The deeper Darwin digs, the closer he comes to unmasking an international network specializing in intimidation and murder, whose members will do anything to make sure Darwin soon suffers a deadly accident of his own. "A literary thriller like no other...A hard-charging, edge-of-the-seat tale."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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I am sure I am not the only person who noticed this...Taking into account the timeline when it was written which at the time the internet was still a fledgling tool. This book is string of Darwin awards stories chained together in a pretty good action story. At that time on the internet these stories were in heavy circulation and the Darwin Awards website was one of the most heavily visited online. Literally every death in this book is on that website. Yet somehow, Simmons being the genius he is manages to take us on an edge of our seats ride. The action in this book is second to none and scathing. The research Simmons did in order to tell this story is amazing. I will say that I did not like the Character of Darwin very much. His macho over the top actionesque machismo is nearly 007ish. But the story is good, the last few pages are kind of pointless but the contrast is there. Simmons just could not resist another Darwin award without closing the story. Considering he did this and did not give more background on the motivations of the criminals left me wanting a little more. This is Dan Simmons though... He has shown his readers that he is capable of writing in any genre and doing it better than the contemporaries of said genre... he gets a pass. ( )