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Summary: There's noting quite like it in the World.
Review: Matthew Reilly has given the action-adventure genre a great big adrenaline boost with Ice Station. No book I have read yet can compare to what he has achieved. Even with his first book, Contest, he still excelled to an extent over both Cussler and Grisham, although the writings are disimilar. - I should know, too, I've read three versions of it!
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Summary: Hmmmmmm!
Review: Well, what to say about this, Mr Reilly isn't bad as such, this is apparently only his second novel so a lot of the problems can be excused. He writes a fantastic action scene, lots of detail but without holding back the action, great descriptive writing and he almost did too much research into the various technical aspects of his subject, but, the main problem is lack of depth in the non-action, plot based sections of the book.(plus the fact that, although the plot is set in Antarctica during the Antarctic winter the characters spend more time in and out of the water than Ricky in Flipper, Haven't these people ever heard of death from exposure?) Some of the later action asks for so great a suspension of disbelief that you are left wondering at the sheer implausibility (could three seperate countries get such large numbers of special forces soldiers to Antarctica in the middle of a blizzard in winter within three days?) He has written a great movie script (even including detailed descriptions of the special effects shots) and this should be read as such, It might be a good idea to wait for the movie then read this as if it were a novelisation.
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Summary: Outstanding Praise for ICE STATION
Review: "ICE STATION grabs you like seeing a Glock pointed at your head. If you want action - and I mean serious action with hard-as-nails marines and cutting edge weapons - then pick up Matt Reilly's ICE STATION." -- Richard Marcinko, author of The Rogue Warrior Series"The pace is frantic, the writing snappy, the research thorough. Deaths and derring-do aplenty, plus high-tech gadgetry and old-fashioned heroics. Unputdownable." - THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS "Supersonically paced...This is a seriously good book." THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (Australia) "Indiana Jones goes to Antarctica...'Ice Station' is a ripping read...fast and inventive, with lots of action, and is obviously backed by good research about weaponry, science and international jealousies." - NW MAGAZINE "Once you start reading ICE STATION, you're not going to want to be interrupted by anything. The whole thing moves at the speed of light. Matthew Reilly instantly catapaults himself into the top rank of adventure/suspense writers." Warren Murphy, GRANDMASTER and THE FOREVER KING THE STORY: At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within the coastal ice shelf. Something trapped inside a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of metal. A team of divers is sent under the ice shelf to investigate. What they find is potentially the greatest discovery in the history of mankind. It is the discovery of a lifetime. A discovery of immeasurable value. A discovery that nations would kill for.... But then in the space of a few minutes the divers are suddenly and brutally killed. Contact with the station is lost. The only clue to what happened is a frantic distress signal sent out on an open frequency. THE RACE IS ON... Led by enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a team of Marines is rushed to the station to secure this discovery for the United States. They are a tight unit. Tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did. In a land without boundaries, the only law is survival. More explosive than DIE HARD and faster than SPEED, ICE STATION is the most breathtaking action-thriller you will read this year - it won't just thrust you into the back of your chair, it will literally leave you gasping.
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Summary: I liked it, its well worth the read
Review: The hero and the story reminds me of E.E. 'Doc' Smith, The hero is so straight he doesn't have a backbone but a titanium rod where it should be. He has the firm attitude, I'm right and I'm going to win. I like Mr Smith books as well. (I found out Matthew is from OZ, reading some of the comments well after reading the book)
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Summary: Excellent, worth every cent!!
Review: This is an excellent book, the descriptions are vivd, the realism is great, and i loved every second of it. I had a hard time putting it down. I read the whole thing in one day it was that good! a must buy title!
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Summary: All Action, no sense.
Review: Reilly has a great sense of action and what will work on the big screen - Unfortunately, this does not translate into a working knowledge of how things work on the page. Although this book has more action crammed into it than most adventure series, Reilly's one dimensional characterisation, confused prose and liberal views on the use of little things like nouns and verbs, render it a poor homage to Grisham and Spielberg.
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Summary: Great Action... Weak Grasp of Reality
Review: Reilly has written a strong action-adventure story; it is a compelling page-turner. Unfortunately, most of the action is unbelievable upon reflection. Techno-thrillers require both research and character development. I wish Reilly had spent some time on the former, and some pages on the latter. I left the book in a Thai hotel room ... it wasn't something I wanted to re-read in the future. All in all, a very good read-once book.
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Summary: Good in parts, reads like movie outline
Review: Ice Station is fast-mvoing but I got the feeling that it was converted from a film script. Every time the story slowed down, some new element was thrown in. Sometimes this worked, sometimes it didn't and I didn't think much of what the object under the ice turned out to be -- too comic strip. It didn't have the same sort of realism that Clancy's books do, particularly with the military. But it's a quick read that will keep you entertained, esp. if you like blockbuster movies without much beyond the action.
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Summary: Fast paced, furious action, in a concievable situation.
Review: This book really is EXCELLENT. I really enjoyed it. Contains all the action necessary for a Hollywood blockbuster plus the story is well concieved. The books contains alot of little factual / historical tidbits that makes this a very very interesting novel.
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Summary: Fast, furious, action-packed and exciting. Don't put it down
Review: Set in the icy cold of the Antarctic - this book heats up fast. Allies turn into enemies, and trust becomes dangerous to your health in this fast moving and action packed book. The story starts moving from the first page and it doesn't stop until the very last page is over. The decriptions are detailed enough to keep you informed but fast enough not to slow the action down. A US Recon Marine team is sent to investigate a strange (and potentially priceless) discovery at one of its Antarctic Research stations and get more then they bargined for. They have to deal with dangerous animals, hostile & deadly "friendly nations" and even traitors within thier own ranks determined to protect the mysterious discovery for the United States of America - even from Americans if necessary. I had a couple of minor problems with some aspects of the plot but they were not annoying enough to detract from the overall enjoyment. It was written by an Australian but the research is so thorough and the writing so fluid you accept the American hero's at face value. Definately worth a look
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