- Paperback: 704 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 5 edition (1 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330373994
- ISBN-13: 978-0330373999
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (163 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 209,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A remote antarctic research station, a strange alien presence and a group of hardy survivors trying to stay alive until help arrives? Sound familiar? Well, Matthew Reilly's debut novel is something of a mish-mash of several well-worn paths, borrowing liberally from movies like "The Thing" and "Die Hard" (among countless others) to create what really is the equivalent of an action movie in print. A distress call from the research station in the Antarctic prompts the arrival of a crack team of US commandos, eager to claim as their own the extraterrestrial prize discovered buried in the ice. Several station staff have already met mysterious deaths in the cavern where the supposed 'spaceship' has been found but a team of French soldiers also have their eyes on the treasure and before long all hell breaks lose as a band of soldiers and surviving scientists find themselves fighting for their life against what may be an inhuman enemy. At just over 700 pages, it's a hefty read but there is a distinct lack of padding and the plot is efficiently and tantalisingly constructed. Reilly's gifts do not lie in characterisation or believable dialogue and we are force- fed a diet of stock characters and some dialogue so banal that even Jean-Claude Van Damme would feel embarrassed to utter it. But what the book does deliver is action and plenty of it. The pace is relentless, as the reader is hit with one amazing set piece after another. Credibility is stretched to breaking point on several occasions, but that doesn't seem important. Ice Station will keep you turning the pages until the very end to create a pyrotechnic explosion of action and adventure. It is going to make one hell of a movie! --Jonathan WeirEND
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"Grabs you like seeing a glock pointed at your head. If you want action--and I mean serious action--then pick up Matt Reilly's "Ice Station,""--Richard Marcinko
"Some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thrilled in a long time...non-stop action, lots of explosions--and a little bit of conspiracy."--"Chicago Tribune"
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thrilled in a long time...non-stop action, lots of explosions--and a little bit of conspiracy."--"Chicago Tribune"
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Ice Station is a good read. it is one of those books to read as a source of escape when you are in the train, plane or any other time consuming movement. Not a story with a great deal of intellectual strength. An action packed thriller that involves lots of explosions, guns, fighting etc. Fast-paced and adrenaline stirring, this gun-blazing, heroic action book is capable of holding any lover of thrillers from beginning to end.
The plot begins with a team of US Marines led by the Shane Schofeild who answers a distress call at a remote Antarctic research station based on the worries of some scientists who found a possibly alien object deep beneath the ice, a discovery that caused the lives of two of their divers .Even before Schofeild and friends start an investigation, they suddenly themselves at risk from everybody. It isn't only the USA that is interested in the discovery. Several other countries are interested in having a stake in the ship, at all cost. That involves killing, and destroying for it. That is where the adrenaline starts flowing in the gun battles that ensued, the hilarious characters, actions and conspiracies.
I just read it after Flash of the Sun, and like the plot of the stories. Here Reilly captured it all. To show that he's the master of the plot twist, Reilly throws includes a series of gripping narratives and hair spinning encounters that includes a fighter jet that turns invisible, a far-reaching government conspiracy, a hovercraft chase, and a scientist framed for murder. The plot carries no serious moral statement. If you like unusual military thrillers, this is your pick
The plot begins with a team of US Marines led by the Shane Schofeild who answers a distress call at a remote Antarctic research station based on the worries of some scientists who found a possibly alien object deep beneath the ice, a discovery that caused the lives of two of their divers .Even before Schofeild and friends start an investigation, they suddenly themselves at risk from everybody. It isn't only the USA that is interested in the discovery. Several other countries are interested in having a stake in the ship, at all cost. That involves killing, and destroying for it. That is where the adrenaline starts flowing in the gun battles that ensued, the hilarious characters, actions and conspiracies.
I just read it after Flash of the Sun, and like the plot of the stories. Here Reilly captured it all. To show that he's the master of the plot twist, Reilly throws includes a series of gripping narratives and hair spinning encounters that includes a fighter jet that turns invisible, a far-reaching government conspiracy, a hovercraft chase, and a scientist framed for murder. The plot carries no serious moral statement. If you like unusual military thrillers, this is your pick
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
so hard to put a Matthew Reilly book down. this one is fast paced, action pack, hell of a read. so enthralling i neglected everything around me, i just couldn't put it down..
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As you can see by scrolling through these reviews, opinions are mostly of either the extremely good or the extremely poor variety. To sum it up:
Is the book really well written and masterfully phrased?
No
Do the characters have well developed personalities?
No
Is the story original or well thought out?
No
Does this book deliver on every one of it's promises?
ABSOLUTELY YES!!!
So if you are looking for another literary masterpiece to delve into after finishing War & Peace and Catch-22 (both of which I read, by the way) you've come to the wrong address. But if you're open minded enough to throw believability completely out of the window and pretend that you're reading an action novel that feels as though it could be a script of a high profile big budget hollywood movie, than this novel deliveres.
This book is, at its core, an action masterpiece very few other books in the same genre can rival.
So yes I admit: I loved it!
Is the book really well written and masterfully phrased?
No
Do the characters have well developed personalities?
No
Is the story original or well thought out?
No
Does this book deliver on every one of it's promises?
ABSOLUTELY YES!!!
So if you are looking for another literary masterpiece to delve into after finishing War & Peace and Catch-22 (both of which I read, by the way) you've come to the wrong address. But if you're open minded enough to throw believability completely out of the window and pretend that you're reading an action novel that feels as though it could be a script of a high profile big budget hollywood movie, than this novel deliveres.
This book is, at its core, an action masterpiece very few other books in the same genre can rival.
So yes I admit: I loved it!
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Ice Station
Another good read . As a person who does not read a great deal i found this book an enjoyable read and hard to put down.
Published 29 days ago by John
Fast-paced, but a rather far-fetched plot
It depends on what you're looking for in your reading, I guess. I would classify the book as a nice vacation read. Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. C. Vaandrager
Ice Ice Baby
The general story revolves around a group of scientists in antarctica finding a strange object deep beneath the earth. Read more
Published 2 months ago by EvE
Quite Simply, Dreadful
The blurb promises a rip-roaring adventure. The content delivers total drivel and a gratuitously racist ending (or perhaps the author really does believe that Chileans in the 1970s... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. W. Manley
Suddenly...
Only a quarter of the way through but am getting a little tired of everything being "suddenly..."
How big is that pool that it took them so long to swim to the edge... Read more
How big is that pool that it took them so long to swim to the edge... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andrew
Non-stop action!
I love Matthew Reilly and this book is no exception! The way Reilly writes about his hero Shane Schofield is incredible and some of the action in the book would not look out of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jordan
Over the top, non stop action
What appears to be a spaceship is found buried deep in the Antarctic ice. US Marine Shane Schofield and his team are sent to the Wilkes ice station and face various enemies who are... Read more
Published 7 months ago by NoWireHangers
Book review
Matthew Reilly is the king of page turners. Loads of action and adventure at a speed that makes you dizzy.
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. T. Martin
Good old-fashioned thrills
I felt like this thriller was in the tradition of writers from an older age, like Forsyth and Dick Francis. That's no bad thing! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Chris Watson
Ka-boom!
Did you see Team America: World Police and think it was a serious action thriller? Do the words 'irony' and 'restraint' and 'skill' have little meaning to you? Read more
Published 12 months ago by M. S. Richards
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