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Summary: Looking for some fun?
Review: You will find it here. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy a page- turner that doesn't disappoint. Not great literature, but great fun.
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Summary: "Saucer" is a stinker
Review: I was so excited to find a book like this on the shelves! I had very high hopes for it, and had heard great things about the author. I could not even get halfway through the book, though, before adding it to the pile to go back to my used book store. Ugh! This book reads like it was written by a juvenile. In this case, do NOT judge a book by it's cover - pass this one up...unless you need good kindling for a fire. Even then, don't spend good money on it!
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Summary: Great book, great writer!
Review: This is a fast-paced, white-knuckle read that I was pleasantly surprised to find. I won't go into plot detail (it's been covered ad nauseum), but I will say that if you want to read a book that's hard to put down, fun, enjoyable, with great characters, then get this book. It really is a great read.
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Summary: Awful
Review: I read the first 40 or so pages and I can not believe how bad this book is. The reviewers giving one star below have it right. This book reads like it was written by a junior high school student. Don't waste your time or money.
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Summary: Stunning in its awfulness
Review: I agree with the other critics there; this novel is just plain bad. I am a fan of conspiracy novels and reading the back of the book, it sounded interesting. It goes downhill after reading the book jacket. First, the writing is atrocious, and I even stumbled on incomplete sentences. Second, I absolutely wanted to kill the main character Rip about 20 times in the book. He is unrealistic, egocentric, and the whole bit about he eats a lot...i could care less. Third, I just didn't buy that these two people figured out how to fly the saucer in 5 MINUTES!!! From all the characters from Rip, the President, and Egg they are all unlikeable and I could really care less about what happened to Rip or the Saucer. Yes I threw the book away with about 60 pages to go...I just couldn't take it anymore.
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Summary: Brain Candy
Review: I would have loved this book as a young boy. I enjoyed reading it, but felt a little guilty afterwards. Kind of like catching yourself watching cartoons for several hours. The reactions of the Govt, the wealthy businessman, and the hero and heroin do not follow a real world logic. I can't imagine that there is a world leader idiotic enough to adopt a "shoot first, ask questions later" policy with a UFO. Lots of Hokey theories. I could go on and on. The Greatest American Hero was a little Hokey too, but I still love that show. This book is what it is. If you don't expect anything more than brainless entertainment, you will be a happy customer.
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Summary: drivel
Review: It's the old story: Boy meets flying saucer, boy loses flying saucer, boy gets flying saucer. Along the way there's some anaemic romance, tired science, and fight scenes about as bland as yesterdays mac & cheese. The only real virtue of this book was that by the time my flight landed, it was over.
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Summary: Sure, It'll Fly to Mars - But Can It Make Missouri?
Review: Whiz-kid seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell finds a still-functioning 140,000-year old flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone. The U.S. Air Force isn't far behind with their recon satellites, sending out UFO investigator and top test pilot Charlotte "Charlie" Pine. A seedy Australian multi-billionaire sends out his own goon squad to reclaim the ancient artifact for an international auction, and the Libyan government is getting into the act with an air assault that just might stop them all.Under those circumstances, what's a good, patriotic pair of red-blooded Americans to do? Why, take the saucer out of harm's way for starters, of course - even if the only way out is to fly the damn thing to safety. You can't have more fun than this book. It's a non-stop roller-coaster ride of adolescent fantasy/action-adventure. The first half is often very, very funny, with Rip and Charlie making headlines around the world as a fleet of invading aliens, as they zip in and about various highway coffee shops for a bite to eat before taking off into orbit to evade heat-seeking interceptor missiles. The second half is where the uglier adult action begins, with the Rupert Murdoch-esque Australian weapons contractor getting his hands on Charlie and the saucer...but, of course, there's a great deal more fun to be had from there. Ignore the nay-sayers who simply missed the point. None of this book is meant in any way to be taken that seriously. It does manage to raise some interesting questions regarding human evolution and ancient civilizations, but they are only lightly touched upon and more or less glossed over in favor of the Disneyland action-ride. So just hop on in the cockpit, and aim for the stars - or Missouri, whichever comes first.
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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: Seems to be written by a 12 year old for an 8 year old... Absolutely terrible.
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Summary: Sure, It'll Fly to Mars - But Will It Make Missouri?
Review: Geological whiz-kid surveyor Rip Cantrell stumbles over a 140,000 year-old flying saucer lodged in Sudanese sandstone, and before he and his science team cronies can say "exploit E.T.," the secret is out and everyone's making a grab for it. The U.S. Air Force sends its UFO investigators, including hot-shot young test pilot Charlotte Pine, who takes a mutual liking to Rip. By the time a tipped-off Australian billionaire and the Libyan government make a move on it, Rip and Charlotte have figured out how to fly the still-functioning ancient technology - and do so, fast, to escape all the aforementioned parties and figure out what best to do with the saucer. Many zany hijinks ensue. This is easily one of the most fun books I've ever read. It's part action-adventure, part sci-fi speculation, part spoof, and all entertainment. The entire first half is often very, very funny, with Kip and Charlotte making intentional and unintentional headline news on their flight to escape all authorities. Things turn more serious when the power-players catch up to the hot-rodding young whippersnappers, intent on capitalizing on their particular hot-rod. It all comes to a roller-coaster conclusion in a mini-World War III in Australia, with every major power on Earth hell-bent to either own the twenty-first century's leading edge in technology, or destroy it to insure that no rival nation gets it. Ignore the nay-sayers. They missed the point. This book is just plain kick-in-the-pants fun, from start to finish. Enjoy.
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