- Paperback: 380 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; First edition (16 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812575857
- ISBN-13: 978-0812575859
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,326,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A story of the not-too-distant future, and the exploitation of the geothermal resources of the deep Juan de Fuca Rift in the Pacific by multinational corporations. Unfortunately, all the volunteers who are surgically altered for employment at the bottom of the ocean are psychotic.
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WHEN the lights go out in Beebe Station, you can hear the metal groan. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Future thriller needs a sequel,
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This review is from: Starfish (Hardcover)
Not that I wasn't satisfied with it as it was. Believe what the author tells you - this book plays like an underwater Blade Runner. It's glum. There's no hope. Everything's dank and dreary and there's not one character you'd like to have as a close friend. I like that in a book - feels real, like a dysfunctional crew on an off-shore oil platform (at least they're not unionized, that would be worse).Anyway, the best thing about this book is the science, particularly the author's in-depth speculation on "how to get a human to live several miles under water". Everyone's seen the Abyss. I'm sure the author was chuckling watching Bud Brigman descend the fathoms and still survive, even with that transluscent pink oxygenated flurocarbon swill in his lungs. That scene may have been the author's impetus. Or maybe Deep Star Six. The pyranosal RNA thing, however....not too keen on that. Seems like the author was looking for an excuse to keep the deep-sea-ers down there, and the author pulled that from his nether regions. Doesn't matter. Anyway - I wander. Great book. Good writing. Accurate science (I'm a biochemist). Compelling and scary characters. And there will be a sequel. There has to be. I look forward to it.
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What a suprise.,
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This review is from: Starfish (Rifters Trilogy) (Paperback)
I bought this thinking I was going to be getting a throwaway, trashy sci-fi read for my holiday, but I was very wrong. It's a tremendous book that I found very difficult to put down. The ideas are fascinating and compelling and I read and enjoyed the following two books in the series with just as much pleasure.
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One of the best books I've read,
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This review is from: Starfish (Rifters Trilogy) (Paperback)
I've read over a thousand books, many of them sci-fi. I don't remember most of them but I'll never forget this one. The author creates a terrific feeling in the book with good characters and milieu. The most important aspects in a good book are just character depictions and good tension, not necessarily plot but I think this book had all of it. Highly recommended alongside Vernor Vinge's works.
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