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I have read many theories about the year 2012 and the Mayan calendar. I have also read many theories about the 'end times'. Nothing I had read previously prepared me for the unique approach to the end of time that this author takes. We're talking parallel universes where events occur simultaneously. We're talking about aliens from another planet/universe. Or are we the aliens and are they the true reality? Lot of universe-crossing in this story but I'll admit that it draws you in sort of like the unsuspecting fly being caught in a spider's web.
If you like science fiction with a twist, if you are a fan of good vs. evil, if you like your aliens with a bit of humanity, then this book is for you.
Recommended: The Stand by Stephen King
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2012: The War for Souls tells the story of one Martin Winters. An archeologist at the pyramids in Giza where something is happening, something where people around the globe begin experiencing the bizarre effects of mysterious dark lenses rising out of the earth. What these lenses are, and even more importantly whom they serve, sends Winters on a mission to find the truth as the date of December 21, 2012 closes in, a date predicted by the ancient Mayan as the end of time. Enter science fiction writer Wiley Dale, who discovers he is living a plight much alongside Winters' own. The two heroes must find a way to merge their realities in order to save the world from one impending fate.
Over the years, Whitley Steiber has written all sorts of books. From books on vampires to aliens to climate change and global superstorms. Crossing the lines at times between Fiction and Non-Fiction. Now, he tackles the enigma surrounding belief that the world will end in 2012 thanks to the Mayan Prophecies and with good results. This book is an absolute page-turner. For a science-fiction read, it's actually a pretty good book, much in the same vein of "The Stand" & "Lucifer's Hammer"(an apocolyptic thriller, if you will) and "War of the Worlds". I will agree with the majority that, at times, there were lulls in the book that made me want to put it down for awhile. Yet, I kept on and it ended up worth it in the end.
Will creation end as we know it in 2012 as Mayan Prophecy suggests? Not even the angels in heaven know when the world will end. At any rate, this is an intense read with lots of sci-fi intrigue and action that'll get your heart a pumpin'. I really enjoyed it.
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This is one crazy ride. It's filled with a bunch of incredible and unbelievable situations that just had me shaking me head incredously. There are certainly better "alternate universe" stories out there - but this was so far out in left field that the story somehow kept my attention.
The character development in the story is what saved this book for me. I found myself getting attached to the folks involved in these crazy worlds that I couldn't put the book down simply because I wanted to see what happened to them. Had Strieber not created some characters you give a flip about - I never would have stayed with this one.
This is just a really wierd sci-fi tale that is surprisingly well written and told very well at that.
In regards to Whitley I have to say that this guy had to have written this book under the influence of some whacky drugs or he is paranoid-schitzophranic (or perhaps both). He has one strange imagination....
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As a professional archaeologist, I am always drawn to semi-historical fiction novels and science finction that uses archaeology as a backdrop. 2012 proved to be a somewhat entertaining read, but it could have been a lot better. I don't concern myself with historical innacuracies so much since this is supposed to be a FUN read, not science. And, it was somewhat fun switching between realities (dimensions) and trying to keep up with what was going on in all three worlds. So, in that sense, it was a decent read.
The problem I had with the book is that the the sentance construction was poor and I often had to go back and re-read a sentance and try to figure out what the author was getting at. That was a fairly small annoyance, but worth noting. There were also a number of inconsistencies in the book and a number of concepts that simply weren't well explained or solved. For instance, there was a repeated mention of the melting of the ice caps and consequent environmental issues on the world with two-moons, basically changing it forever, yet in the end there was no mention of how this would be addressed? And, there was no discussion of how that world became what it did in the end.
Again, if you are a quick reader and have a day or two to spend. This book will keep you entertained.
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I started this book with the hope that it would be a great read. I have always been a fan of science fiction and as such, I have read many, many books by authors both famous and obscure. However, Whitley just isn't a very good writer, technically speaking. I know... he's written lots of books. One could only hope that, by this time, he would have improved. Doesn't this guy use an editor or have someone critique his work before he publishes it?
It's not really the general premise of the book that is hard to deal with. It's his sentence structure and pacing, as well as the awkward dialogue between characters. He tends to 'jump' to the good parts like an over-excited kid, and the character development suffers for it. One also gets the feeling that he is trying to write a screenplay instead of a book, making odd generalizations at times that seem like the author is hoping that, through some other process (a movie, perhaps), that someone else will flesh out the story for him. A book by Greg Bear called 'The Forge of God' is a book that succeeds in portraying imminent disaster while also having good characters and a plot line that proceeds in a linear way. Read this book if you have not.
I'm only six chapters in to this book and I think I have to put it down. I love the subject matter, but it's just too poorly written. If you want another book about the stealing of souls or subject matter pertaining to this general topic, try 'The Reality Dysfunction' by Peter Hamilton. Alistair Reynolds is also a great author and writer. Sorry, Mr. Streiber. You lost me on this one. Especially when you had to mention the anal probe. It could be that he's secretly gay... what better way to obfuscate about that issue than to get 'probed' all the time. Whoa!!
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