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“Leaving the horror to the imagination rather than the TV studio’s special effects department has its benefits…”
Herald 29/1/98
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When the disease-ravaged body of Dr David Kennessy is found in the smouldering ruins of the DyMar genetic research laboratory, FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully fear that a deadly manmade plague has been unleashed.
They discover that Dr Kennessy had been experimenting with microscopic bio machines, hoping to cure every disease and heal any wound. In theory his research might provide a miracle cure, perhaps even the doorway to immortality. It was also the only way Dr Kennessy could save his leukaemia stricken son, but when a second corpse turns up, savagely mutilated from within, Mulder and Scully must ask whether the machines created to cure have learned to kill.
As relentless sinister forces close in, desperate for the secrets of immortality, Scully fights to save the life of an innocent boy, while Mulder comes face to face with a man whose slightest touch brings agonising death – and perhaps a resurrection more horrible still.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
First of all I would just like to say that I am a huge fan of the X-files television series. That's why I bought this book in the first place - I thought I might enjoy it as much as the series. The description on the back sounded interesting and at £2 I thought I couldn't really lose out.
After the first chapter I knew I was going to be disappointed. It is incredibly badly written. A very small vocabulary is used, leading to the repetition of words more times than is necessary. The characters of Mulder and Scully are one-dimensional and completely unlike the television series - Scully comes across as cold and Mulder comes across as flippant with his frequent use of one-liners. I didn't really care about the characters as they all dissolved into cliche. It was extremely linear and didn't require much thought.
I think it is safe to say that I will not be buying any more of the X-files novelisations by this author. Antibodies is going straight to the charity shop.
After the first chapter I knew I was going to be disappointed. It is incredibly badly written. A very small vocabulary is used, leading to the repetition of words more times than is necessary. The characters of Mulder and Scully are one-dimensional and completely unlike the television series - Scully comes across as cold and Mulder comes across as flippant with his frequent use of one-liners. I didn't really care about the characters as they all dissolved into cliche. It was extremely linear and didn't require much thought.
I think it is safe to say that I will not be buying any more of the X-files novelisations by this author. Antibodies is going straight to the charity shop.
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One thing I liked about this book is that it seems to have been written so that it could easily be made into an episode - plot wise and time wise. A lthough the book is a relatively quick read, the plot is intelligent, dark and gripping. The authors power to convey the situation to the reader is very strong and the characters are spot on.
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I read this book when I was about thirteen, so I don't know why I'm commenting on it now, three years later, but here goes. Anderson was my favourite of all people to ever write X-Files spin-off novels, and this is my favourite of all. It's an entertaining little two-day read, and actually quite exciting when you get into it. It's a shame that the jacket blurb tells you half the plot--my advice is to just get on in there, start reading the book and nothing else. You won't be disappointed.
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Good story, poorly executed
This is the first X-Files book i've read, and the only one - therefore i cannot compare it to the other efforts. Read more
Published on 5 July 2001
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A briliant read, the best yet, I think
I read this book in three days flat, but don't take that to mean its badly written, its very well-written and you might tink Anderson knows Mulder and Scully himself! Read more
Published on 19 April 1999
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Frightening and sublime!
The best X-Files novel to date! This book goes one step beyond `Ruins` which was the best novel I read last year (1997) and is very well written again by Anderson. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 1998
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Book was vintage X-files and Kevin Anderson
For people that have not heard of Kevin Anderson; you should. Other X-files books he has written , Ruins and Ground Zero ( I think ) , have been spectacular. Read more
Published on 9 July 1998
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Content, and believability
I thought that this latest book was very well done. The content was understandable to me and I feel that the people who read this book and aren't X-Files fans will understand it... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 1998
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Suspensful!
When I first started reading I knew I wouldn't put it down until I was done. Well thought out with the characters of Mulder and Scully exactly as they are on tv. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1998
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This book is very suspenseful and enjoyable.
This, I think, is one of Anderson's best X-Files novels. It is interesting, suspenseful and gives you the feeling of being in the story with the characters. Read more
Published on 31 May 1998
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Anderson shouldn't be writing The X-Files
Let me start this off by making something clear: I am the world's biggest X-phile. You can imagine my excitement two and a half years ago when a hardcover novel was released for... Read more
Published on 16 May 1998
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This can only be described as "The Best of Anderson"
I read this book when it first came out and enjoyed it so much, I recommended the entire X-File series to several of my friends. Read more
Published on 13 May 1998
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Excellent book!!
This book appeals to all of the great aspects of the X-Files genre. It's set mainly in a rustic cabin and a burnt-out laboratory; settings just made for the X-Files. Read more
Published on 12 May 1998
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