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Blasphemy

By Douglas Preston, Scott Sowers (Reader)

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| Audio CD | 9781427202741

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Book Description

The world's biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to unlock the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself. The Torus is the most expensive machine ever created by humankind, run by the world's most powerful supercomputer. It is the brainchild of Nobel LaurContinue

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Bookreporter.com - BLASPHEMY by Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is probably best known for the series of highly successful novels he has co-authored with Lincoln Child, the most recent of which was the bestseller THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS. Preston also has found success as a solo author of both fictio ... (read full critics)

bookreporter published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

He Sorta Missed the Boat on This One

It seems to me when it comes to Preston and Child, neither gentleman stands alone very well. I enjoyed the action and the SF treatment, but the characters were shallow, and though Preston's expertise in Native American studies was heavily touted in the blurbs, it wasn't very evident in the story. T ... (continue)

It seems to me when it comes to Preston and Child, neither gentleman stands alone very well. I enjoyed the action and the SF treatment, but the characters were shallow, and though Preston's expertise in Native American studies was heavily touted in the blurbs, it wasn't very evident in the story. The entire novel wasn't edited all that well and the ending was terribly weak and anti-thematic.

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Woodenwiz said on Feb 1, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Interesting premise that bottomed out at the end. I guess I was expecting better

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Kevin Kuphal said on Apr 22, 2008 | Add your feedback