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It came out of deep space, an alien ship one fourth the size of our moon, protected by an impenetrable force field, destroying the earth's biggest cities with cold, methodical precision. One by one, they went down: New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles -- no one knew how to stop it, no one knew exactly what it was. The army was powerless, President Whitmore was stunned, and the people were beginning to panic. Enter a ragtag team of unsuspecting heroes who know survival isn't the main thing, it's the only thing. David Levinson, a cable man and gifted hacker who could tap into any computer system and stand it on its ear in minutes; Jasmine Dubrow, an exotic dancer and a gutsy single mom who would kill an alien barefisted to save her young son; Russell Casse, a broken-down crop duster with a weakness for Jack Daniels and hopeless causes; and Marine Captain Steven Hiller, a frustrated would-be astronaut who has the right stuff and knows it. Although they aren't fully aware of it, the fate of what's left of the world depends on them. It will take their combined grit, intelligence and courage to survive, and to uncover a devastating UFO secret that has been hidden from the public for more than 40 years.… (meer)
If you've seen the movie, you've read the book. There are some minor differences. The back stories of some characters are a bit more fleshed out, or there are bits of dialogue that didn't make it into the movie. Worth reading if your reading options are limited and you have some time to kill, otherwise watch the movie. ( )
This is a very fast read. I loved the movie and like the book. It covers some areas that are not in the movie (would have just slowed the movie down). This book is well written for a moive spin-off. It would be a great intro book for someones entry into SciFi. ( )
A reasonably adept novelization of the movie "Independence Day", which is a special-effects loaded tale of alien invasion and human resistance. Hackneyed and not terribly original, the movie was at least effective as a tale of human resistance against superior forces, as is this book. But there are much better books in the annals of science fiction with similar themes. ( )
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The sea of tranquility was an eerily still wasteland, a silent crater-shaped outdoor tomb of ashes and stone.
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As the rebuilding began, one fact quickly made itself abundantly clear: the human spirit, like the supple, tenacious weeds already beginning to push their way up through the ruins, would once again reassert itself together, smarter, and more unified than ever.
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This work is the novelization of the Roland Emmerich film Independence Day, not the film itself.
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It came out of deep space, an alien ship one fourth the size of our moon, protected by an impenetrable force field, destroying the earth's biggest cities with cold, methodical precision. One by one, they went down: New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles -- no one knew how to stop it, no one knew exactly what it was. The army was powerless, President Whitmore was stunned, and the people were beginning to panic. Enter a ragtag team of unsuspecting heroes who know survival isn't the main thing, it's the only thing. David Levinson, a cable man and gifted hacker who could tap into any computer system and stand it on its ear in minutes; Jasmine Dubrow, an exotic dancer and a gutsy single mom who would kill an alien barefisted to save her young son; Russell Casse, a broken-down crop duster with a weakness for Jack Daniels and hopeless causes; and Marine Captain Steven Hiller, a frustrated would-be astronaut who has the right stuff and knows it. Although they aren't fully aware of it, the fate of what's left of the world depends on them. It will take their combined grit, intelligence and courage to survive, and to uncover a devastating UFO secret that has been hidden from the public for more than 40 years.
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Het aftellen is begonnen, de dagen van de wereld zijn geteld. 2 juli. Over de hele wereld wordt het dagelijks leven verstoord door onheilspellende atmosferische verschijnselen. Satellietverbindingen worden op onverklaarbare wijze verbroken en iedereen verkeert in de greep van de angst. Langzaam wordt duidelijk dat de wereld in bezit is genomen door buitenaardse machten die maar één doel hebben: de vernietiging van de mensheid. In de loop van de dagen verandert de wereld voorgoed en onherkenbaar.
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