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Noontide Night
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Author: Andrew L. Burt
List Price: $12.95
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ISBN: 0967298407
Publisher: Neverworlds Press (May, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 365,915
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Great Read! Edge of your seat exciting!
This was one of those books that I just didn't want to put down. I loved the story, and the characters. This may be classified as a science fiction story, but even if you're not a regular reader of the genre you will enjoy this book. This is very, very near future scenario that is being dealt with. If nothing else it should be a real eye-opener about the possible dangers of this whole Y2K mess. I'm certainly stocking up on canned goods. Let's just hope things don't become this screwed up. Enjoy the book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
A book worth reading for years to come
Well, regardless of what is going happen in those crucial hours when 1999 will become 2000 all over the world -- and I do hope Dr. Burt is wrong -- this book will be worth reading for the next century at least, because of its intriguing characters, its thrilling plotlines and its the deeply humanistic insights into human behavior. And yes, there was no possibly to close Noontide Night after having read the first page, because I immediately was convinced to know the people suffering from that small bug. They could have been my familiy, friends and neighbors ... this is, what makes Noontide Night so thrilling, so frightening (in a way no horror book ever was able to frighten me), ordenary people trying to cope and coming to terms with the results of a problem which has been known but neclected for far too long. Furthermore, even if one is a laywoman concerning programming like myself, you can get some insight in what the problem is and why one should buy a can or two, just in case. A book that won't let you go until you finished the last line.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Couldn't put it down
Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Burt has created believable characters in a situation I wish were a little less believable. It's a good story, and a good thought exercise in what could happen if we are as unprepared for Y2K as some people suggest.
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