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Dead Lines (Bear, Greg) (Hardcover)

by Greg Bear (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345448375
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345448378
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,925,630 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not his best book - by a long way, 16 Mar 2005
By A. Skudder (Crawley, West Sussex) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Lines (Paperback)
It is very hard to express how disappointed I was by this book. The premise seemed to have some potential. I will admit that it sounded a little far-fetched, but I was looking forward to seeing how Bear would manage to find some real-science hook to make it more believable. Unfortunately he didn't even seem to try.

The early Greg Bear books like Eon and Eternity were large-scale SF which had some amazingly though-provoking concepts wrapped up in stories which involved the reader. More recent books like Darwin's Radio have been more down-to-earth and closer to reality, and with a lot more grounding in current science - closer in style to Michael Crichton. Seeing the description of Dead Lines I thought it was going to be another of those Crichton-type books but soon found out that it is actually more like a Dean Koontz book. The only difference is that Koontz would have made a much better job of it.

I still think that Greg Bear is a fine writer within his genre, but on this evidence he should not try straying too far from it. There were far too many loose ends and at the most interesting points the story moves on too quickly when most readers would have probably appreciated more detail.

I really couldn't recommend this to anyone. Greg Bear fans will find it too Koontz-y, Dean Koontz fans will find that Koontz does it better.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book in its own right., 31 Jul 2005
This review is from: Dead Lines (Hardcover)
I havent been heavily into fiction reading since I was 18 (im now 32) but have recently rekindled my passion for reading and its largely thanks to Greg and this book.

Seems a lot of Greg's fans arent that keen on it, horror fans feel other people do it better.... but to me who was simply looking for a good entertaining read, this is a good story with good characters you can get into (the main character is 26 years older than me but still I found him easy to identify with) about a guy struggling to climb out of his own downward spiral while coming up against the latest in mobile phone technology which has horrible consequences with the afterlife.

I think maybe those who are more into Greg's work and/or into horror are dissapointed at the amount of the book dedicated to the high tech futurism Greg's known for and yes theres probably better horror out there, but for me all this is secondary to what for me is the main story about a guy and his ageing friends who are struggling to deal with their sad lives in the wake of past excessess, and the damage its caused to those around them.

If you can open your mind and read it without any pre-conceived ideas about what to expect you should find it very enjoyable.

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3.0 out of 5 stars What Happened.....?, 1 Feb 2005
By S. Gorton "sjgee" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Greg Bear has to be my favorite SF author - he bowled me over with Eon, his intrigued me with Darwins Radio and he has severely disappointed me with Dead Lines. It read more like a horror story than anything else - the only seemingly SF bit lasted for all of 2 pages. I can only hope this was written to fill a gap in hs schedule and I look forward to something more fantastic in the near furture.
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