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Summary: Thought-provoking and well written
Review: Expecting to read more of the "same-old" doomsday speculation rampant on Art Bell's radio show, this book suprised me with both its message and its scope. With the exception of some of the initial chapters, which provide an overview of recent theories regarding the age of mankind, the entire book was new material for me. It was the first time I'd heard of a "superstorm", how one would form, and the effects such a storm would have. The prospect is terrifying. The book is so well-written, however, that I felt the book's message was a call to action rather than an simply a disruptive alarm. The authors cleverly intersperse realistic-yet-fictional scenes of the onset of such a storm between the factual, sometimes dry prose. The result is a book that is extremely informative and a pleasure to read (similar to "The Hot Zone"). Grounded in science and only minimally speculative(the authors state very clearly where they do so), this book is well worth reading and contemplating. I hope the book finds its way into academia soon.
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Summary: A Classic
Review: This book contains information of events on the horizon that will stun you. It is done in a percise and clear fasion. The Comming Global Superstorm is a must buy.
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Summary: A griping page turner!
Review: I just finished The Coming Global Superstorm. What do I think of it? Its one an incredible read! I picked this book up on Friday and by Sunday I had read it three times! Both Art and Whitley have a way of griping the reader and holding on your attention! Its very hard to put this one down once you begin reading it! Art and Whitley did an outstanding job! the book is well put together and well thought out! They managed to tie in a fictional story of the Global Superstorm with the hard scientific facts.Also includes works from their abandoned book The Edge:Man's Mysterious Past and Incredible Future. Which they manage to tie in logically with the Superstorm. This book is very timely, I would like to thank both Art and Whitley for this book. This may well be the most important book you will ever read! This is no Doom and Gloom book- If we can stave off this Superstorm-and we CAN! Then we have a brilliant future ahead!- And we DO!
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Summary: Fair Weather Warning
Review: Though both Mr. Bell and Mr. Strieber have very vocal critics about their ideas and motives you cannot deny the impact that both individuals have had on our society's popular culture. Continuing to create debate and discussion is The Coming Global Superstorm which I am sure will create a "storm" of conversation with it's readers. Mixing both "fictional" scenarios as well as documented data Bell & Strieber paint what might be a very dim view of our planet's fate, but rest assured there is always a chance for change. Could a storm overtake the entire planet? If it did would we survive? This book takes on questions such as these and as Mr. Bell himself has said "..trys not to alarm, but inform." I may not always agree with the concepts of Mr. Bell and Mr. Strieber but as I sit in my office in SouthEastern Michigan this first week of December and watch the thermometer jump past 62 degrees I can't help but wonder, didn't it use to snow around here at this time of year?
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Summary: Got to be kidding!
Review: Whitley Strieber??? Come on, abductions, implants, etc., this guy is a total JOKE! Now he is an expert on Global Warming? Holy Cow, the only one who is a bigger joke of a jackass is Al Gore, promoting this stupid book (and now an even dumber movie) as scientific fact.
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Summary: Motley Fools
Review: After reading the book, checking sources, seeing the film more than once I have to say to all those who mock and laugh at the premise of the book that this is not a work of fiction, but, a record of Earth's geological past and what is to come. There have been many, many ice ages in earth's history most lasting for between 100,000 to 200,000 years, so, to those who laugh, do so at your own peril.
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Summary: The End?
Review:
"This is the beginning of the end" Art bell says. He is only an innocent civilian walking home from work one day. When heavy black clouds storm over him, he gets scared,and he runs.
This book by Art Bell tells about the incredible weather patterns that are starting to happen more often in our world. This is probably one of the most chilling books I've ever read because it tells about the end of the world. Some of the weather patterns in this book are amazing.
Art Bell has his own one man all night radio show in Pahrump, Nevada. He has written a lot of books on UFO's and the strong beliefs he has on what's out in the universe.
I don't necessarily like storms, but this book really made me think about the world and how long it may last. So if you don't like hearing about the end of the world this wouldn't be a good book for you to read.
-Zach Ramsey
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Summary: Infuriating
Review: The authors say themselves they are not scientists. So why is there no bibliography to support their case? There isnt even sufficient internal citation. I would estimate that they cited a source only 10 times in the entire book. As it is severely lacking supporting evidence, can any person possibly listen to what these two men have to say?
The book itself was terrible. Taken purely on a fictional basis, I would still give this book one star. The book is filled with glaring grammar and stylistic mistakes that are not acceptable in a published work such as this.
The book is also infuriatingly repetitive. The authors run out of material around page 100 and resort to beating their point into the ground for the next 186 pages. In all honesty, I do not recall a single new idea presented after the 100 page mark.
I was very disappointed with this book and do not recommend it, unless you decide to read only the first 100 pages and conduct your own research.
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Summary: A good book, slightly spoilt by psueo-science
Review: This book, which sired the recent blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow", is a well-written and accessible analysis of how global warming may lead to not gradual but catastrophic climate change, potentially destroying much of our current civilisation. Given how the powerful fossil fuel lobby, led by the current US administration, seems determined to ignore such risks to ensure their own short-term profits, it is essential that books such as this exist and are able to present a discussion of wider considerations.
The core of the book is a straightforward presentation of the known facts about global warming, its measured effects on the polar ice sheets, and how that may indirectly cause the failure of the Gulf Stream plunging much of the northern hemisphere into a much colder climate. Worryingly some early warning signs suggest that this may already be starting.
The book then presents a combination of scientific explanations and fictionalised accounts which suggest that such change might not be gradual, but might take the form of a protracted global storm of several weeks' duration and unprecedented ferocity. If this happened in the summer the aftermath would be flooding of biblical proportions. If it happened during the winter it would plunge the world into another ice age.
The authors quote recent scientific evidence suggesting that exactly this happened towards the end of the last ice age, and suggest that the physical evidence is supported by this being an explanation for the biblical flood, a myth shared by many separate cultures.
If the book focused only on these areas it would deliver a clear, powerful message. Unfortunately the authors weaken their message somewhat by also trying to link in some pseudo-scientific stuff about a lost civilisation destroyed by the last such event sending us a message through the zodiac. This is based on the totally discredited ideas of people like Graham Hancock, and sadly taints what is otherwise a reasonable extension of current mainstream science with an unworthy "lunatic fringe" component.
It would have been better to structure the book starting with a very direct account of the proven science, leading into a well-marked extrapolation discussing the "superstorm" concept (using both factual and fictional elements), and ending with the excellent "what can we do" sections. All the pseudo-science rubbish should have been dumped. This would have created a work whose important ideas would have been much more widely appreciated.
I recommend this book, but encourage other readers to apply the filtering that the authors weren't able to impose.
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Summary: Got to be kidding!
Review: Whitley Strieber??? Come on, abductions, implants, etc., this guy is a total JOKE! Now he is an expert on Global Warming? Holy Cow, the only one who is a bigger joke of a jackass is Al Gore, promoting this stupid book (and now an even dumber movie) as scientific fact.
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