Alan Porter (2)
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- Biografía breve
- Alan Porter was born in Wales in 1967. After a successful career as a composer of theater and commercial music in the 1990s he moved into publishing, initially as a music typesetter, then later as a book designer.
Alan began writing in 2005 and his first horror novel, Midwinter Lucie, was published in 2008 to glowing reviews in the UK. A second novel, again for young adults, appeared a year later. Alan's first adult novel, the start of a sci-fi/horror series under the title 'Firestorm' will be published worldwide in Spring 2012.
Alan lives in rural Worcestershire, England, with his wife and parrot.
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GM por Alan Porter
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.I'll be honest, this book took a lot for me to get in to. I tried reading it about four separate times before I finally managed to get through it. When I finally got into It, I did enjoy the book but it took a lot of effort. I didn't particularly love it - maybe because I've read a lot of very similar books. It felt very familiar but almost like a mimicry of other thrillers. I liked it but didn't love it.
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.I received an EBook edition. The story line were not resolved to my satisfaction. Story stopped in the middle. Thought the story was going to be about zombies, again.
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.Part political statement, part future-tech thriller, GM details a scientist's attempt to create a genetically modified strain of rice. The first third of the book is very Crichtonesque; a heady mix of science and danger. Watching Captain Philips beforehand will help with the immersion of the African scenario, where corrupt militia cross paths with the protagonists.
Porter plays his hand a little early, with the action hitting the high notes just before the final third, leaving a somewhat wordy final third. Last minute flashbacks derail the story somewhat, however there is an agenda to be played out and it's required for closure. The author does occasionally use parentheses to add thoughts or asides and these are rather jarring, best placed in humourous novels rather than a thriller.
Overall, GM does have some clever ideas and uses it's third world backdrop to retain an original story. There's not much science or technology beyond the initial concept, which is a shame, however it's likely you'll want to see the story through once started since the concept is original enough.… (más)
Porter plays his hand a little early, with the action hitting the high notes just before the final third, leaving a somewhat wordy final third. Last minute flashbacks derail the story somewhat, however there is an agenda to be played out and it's required for closure. The author does occasionally use parentheses to add thoughts or asides and these are rather jarring, best placed in humourous novels rather than a thriller.
Overall, GM does have some clever ideas and uses it's third world backdrop to retain an original story. There's not much science or technology beyond the initial concept, which is a shame, however it's likely you'll want to see the story through once started since the concept is original enough.… (más)
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.I liked the science in this - very credible and real - as was the amorality of the mega-corps in the area of GM research. But I'm afraid the background political plot lacked that same verisimilitude and the efforts to make the characters more than two dimensional by having both good and bad aspects merely made them seem like two different people. The feel for Africa, the love of its people, the travails of the continent came from the heart, truly scary in the human misery and scale.
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 31
- Popularidad
- #440,253
- Valoración
- 3.2
- Reseñas
- 19
- ISBNs
- 7
