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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Edition: 1st
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Forge Books
Manufacturer: Forge Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: January 08, 2008
Publisher: Forge Books
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Studio: Forge Books
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The world's biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to reveal 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 Laureate William North Hazelius. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the creation of the universe? Or will it, as some predict, suck the earth into a mini black hole? Or is the Torus a Satanic attempt, as a powerful televangelist decries, to challenge God Almighty on the very throne of Heaven? Twelve scientists under the leadership of Hazelius are sent to the remote mountain to turn it on, and what they discover must be hidden from the world at all costs. Wyman Ford, ex-monk and CIA operative, is tapped to wrest their secret, a secret that will either destroy the world…or save it. The countdown begins…
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Blasphemy by Douglas Preston was so well-written that it took me only two days to finish. Preston always seems to write something that is well worth the reader's time, and this includes the books he co-writes with Lincoln Child. It seems like lots of people are bashing this book on the basis that it is "anti-Christian." I would argue that Preston is bashing anyone who takes their beliefs to the extreme, both in religion and in science. I think Preston does a great job with this book in showing ... Read More
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How many caricatures can an author pack into a story? Let's see...venal televangelist, evil missionary (all religious folks here are venal), the nefarious lobbyist, the rough-talking Pres, mad scientist, former CIA guy & a love interest...a pantheon of default values.
From the numerous promos I was pexpecting a combination Phenomenon of Man and The Singularity is Near. Instead, it's canned dialogue and a plot as predictable and phony as they come. Here Goes ***** Warning - Spoiler ... Read More
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The superficiality of the book "Blasphemy" is of course a factor not in its favor. On the other hand, one sees that the author is able to weave a number of story strands together in a competent and entertaining way. The question that is central to all of these strands is the nature of religion, and the meaning of religion in the lives of people today as a transformative agent. One recognizes that science is not currently a religion, but the book emphasizes really how close it is to becoming one. ... Read More
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This is a novel by Douglas Preston.
Looking through the reviews on amazon.com, one sees a spectrum of opinion. This is one of those kinds of books. I find myself all over the place about it.
I found that the book started off very slow and is a choppy read in many ways, but reads better nearer the end. It is hard to tell in some ways what Preston's message might be.
I won't go into details so as not to spoil the book for people who have not read it, but the book ... Read More
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This story has its problems. However, I still found myself wanting to know how it ended. And whenever it is difficult to put a "book" down (or, in my case, turn the CD player off), the story is doing what it is supposed to do... entertain.
You know the plot. A grand particle accelerator has been constructed on the Navaho reservation at a cost of $40 billion. Things aren't going as planned, and the President's science advisor has sent in a spy to see why the accelerator isn't up and running. ... Read More
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