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Labors of Hercules

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Fri Jan-11-08 04:42 PM
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I want to read a kickass thriller...

with a plot centered around climate change. No stupid "Day After Tomorrow" BS... I want the real deal: 400 pages of pure, scientifically accurate, adrenaline-pumping terror.

Who should write it, or has someone written it already??

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Ignis

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Fri Jan-11-08 05:00 PM
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1. Kim Stanley Robinson: 40 Signs of Rain

http://www.amazon.com/Forty-Signs-Rain-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553585800

He has two others after this one if you like the premise. It's not his most gripping work, but it fits your criteria.

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MrCoffee

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Fri Jan-11-08 05:03 PM
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2. "not his most gripping work"

you got that right. that book bored me to tears, and i loved everything else he's done.

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Ignis

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Fri Jan-11-08 06:00 PM
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6. Yeah, it wasn't stellar, but it was an interesting take on...

the intersection of public policy and rapid global change. I don't know what happened to KSR recently, but the writing just wasn't up to his usual standard.

I have to admit that my favorite KSR book remains The Years of Rice and Salt. Highly recommended, and a good break from his usual hard, techie SciFi.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Fri Jan-11-08 05:05 PM
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3. "The Terror" by Dan Simmons.

Climate change garners a brief mention near the end.

But it's as profound mention of climate change in a thriller as you're going to get.

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annabanana

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Fri Jan-11-08 05:26 PM
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4. I think the EPA, or the NOAA actually has written the

"what can we expect to see with Global Warming". . scenarios. But the Administration of Lies and Secrets made them take it out of their reports before the were released. (just too gloomy, evidently)

(for real)

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Stinky The Clown

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Fri Jan-11-08 05:56 PM
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5. Michael Crighton's "State of Fear" was a good story

Too bad his views are so cave-mannish and the plot leads to a place I suspect you don't to go.

But it was a page turner. And the viewpoint is very cleverly hidden until near the end of the book. In fact, it is almost insidious in its avoidance of an early reveal of Crighton's perspective.

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Labors of Hercules

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Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 PM
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7. Crichton is a moron.

And a climate change denier if I'm not mistaken.

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Stinky The Clown

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Sat Jan-12-08 10:58 PM
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9. Correct on both accounts .......

.... as alluded to in my post.

But as a story, it was pretty good.

I read it before I knew his point of view. He's very sneaky cuz he never lets his point of view come out until near the end of the book.

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mvccd1000

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:03 AM
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8. If it's scientifically accurate...

... it's probably not going to be very scary. Not unless it's set several generations into the future, anyway. And who knows what science will be capable of by then?

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rug

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Sat Jan-12-08 11:05 PM
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10. . . . . it will be much shorter than 400 pages.

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