The Swarm
"The Swarm," which set off a frenzy in German bookstores, is the #1 international bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind.
"The Swarm," which set off a frenzy in German bookstores, is the #1 international bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060859800 (0060859806)
ASIN: 60859806
Publish date: May 8th 2007
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 881
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Horror,
Roman,
German Literature,
Germany
To be honest, I can live with the minor factual errors in Frank Schätzing's book as well as with the grammatical ones that emerged in the translation. I'm even fine with his one-dimensional portrayal of Americans as a bunch of God-fearing, trigger-happy yahoos who think that the only solution to any...
3.5 starsOh man, when I first started this book I admit that I was about to put it away. The first quarter dragged on and on and I couldn't really get into it. For me it was way to much chewing on details. But then it picked up and it got good. In the end I'm glad I stayed with it and finished the b...
Though crippled in its second half by some cheap pop-literature plot twists, The Swarm is an highly addictive novel that starts from a fascinating scientific base to explore a vast, unknown and massively terrifying world - that lies a few miles off our costs.Featured in my Top 7 Apocalyptic/Post-apo...
Der Schwarm war anstrengend zu lesen, aber auch gut. Es ist nicht nur riesig, aber intensiv recherchiert und detailliert, mit einer Besetzung von Charakteren die über den Atlantik verbreitet sind. Doch, so groß wie es ist, erledigt Schatzing eine ausgezeichnete Arbeit alle Teile in die Luft zu halte...
Sehr spannend und informativ. Auch wenn es gerade gegen Ende hin zu manchen Längen kommt, ein empfehlenswertes Buch, das einem Einblicke in eine Welt verschafft, die man so nicht kennt.Ich empfehle im Anschluß, Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum zu lesen, ein Sachbuch, in dem Frank Schätzin...