Ray Hammond
Paperback | Pages: 389 pages Rating: 3.99 | 1318 Users | 96 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Cloud |
| ISBN: | 0330441876 (ISBN13: 9780330441872) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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2033. The first alien radio transmissions have been received on Earth—a torrent of encrypted information that no human or computer can crack. But the decision to reply is made, and messages of goodwill are beamed into deep space. Thirty years later, just as humankind is expecting a reply from the aliens, the signals disappear. Then scientists detect a space cloud approaching the solar system at high speed. Immense in size, immeasurable in power, this blazing storm of energy is on a collision course with Earth. As one man desperately struggles to decode the original transmissions, Earth prepares to launch a nuclear attack against a seemingly unstoppable foe. As the cloud rages through the solar system, the alien code is finally broken—and mankind realizes that the enemy is far closer than they knew….Itemize Epithetical Books The Cloud
| Title | : | The Cloud |
| Author | : | Ray Hammond |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 389 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2007 by Macmillan UK (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Thriller. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 1318 Users | 96 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books The Cloud
The book is well written. The story was more of a disaster movie script with a overlay of Cyber intelligence and political bungling. The plot had great potential but dropped the ball at several plot twists. In the end the Cloud was a menace without real purpose that was allowed to merrily go on its disastrous way with a new egoistical human devised uncontrollable cyber intelligence at the helm. How was that good for mankind or the universe for that matter? I gave it three stars for the writing.MehAn interesting and original beginning. We then became subjected to a future scope "Nanuck, dog of the North" with two dimensional characters in a boring, predictable ending. No real knowledge of the technology or his use of military personnel or devices at the end.
Immature, paranoid, implausible and internally self-contradictory, clean in terms of grammatical mechanics but poorly constructed and clumsy stylistically. Has the appearance of a brainstorming session's notes preparatory to a grade B apocalyptic disaster movie proposal; cannot say a movie with some similar elements might not be made and be watchable, but that would take different writers doing a whole new story and reading this won't help you or them. If one may perceive a "hero" type in The
Started out well but......The premise of The Cloud was interesting, but there was little in character development, and there were many holes in the plot. This novel would make a decent SyFy network summer film. The concept of artificial intelligence going amok & the military running it's own agenda is not new. However, the cloud itself, as a " wolf in sheep's clothing" was a cool idea. Sending messages and listening for them out space to make contact is just what we humans do in the name of
I gave this book four star because I loved the first half of the book. But then the second half of the book had some actions that seemed rather questionable to me. Like when the AI, Jerome, took over all of the computer networks all over the Earth and cut off communications with the rest of the world. Yet the people in the military bunker in Arizona could still communicate with whomever they needed to talk to. And then there are hurricane force 300 MPH winds blowing and not only helicopter but
The idea is interesting. We receive signals from space. After we reply the signals stop and we find a cloud is approaching. Everything else is a total loss. The writing style is first grade, as in written by a first grade schoolboy telling a story. We are being told almost everything, and shown very little. The little dialog used for exposition is forced and lifeless. The people all behave the same and seem like cardboard cutouts. The love story feels absurdly fake, just like the tragedies that
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