The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, Ufo Encounters, and Mind at Large
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The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, Ufo Encounters, and Mind at Large
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Otra cosa que hizo el autor que me pareció absurda fue utilizar al narrador para disculparse antes de utilizar frases hechas muy manidas como "el paisaje cortaba la respiración". Yo lo interpreté como "esto me parece un recurso cutre y pasado de moda, pero como no se me ocurre nada mejor lo uso y simplemente me disculpo antes de hacerlo". También tergiversó muchísimo la disciplina budista y las partes esotéricas y espirituales de la novela dejan mucho que desear y me parecen fuera de lugar. Ya antes de que todo se fuese a la mierda con la Gran Mortandad, el prota, un genio en lo suyo (supuestamente), había desarrollado una IA tipo Skynet (muy sutil?) para la misión de obtener el helio-3 de la Luna. Pero abandonó el proyecto para desarrollar un microchip que se implantaría en el cerebro para ayudarnos a ser mejores personas (más adelante hablo de su error). In The Omega Project, USA Today best-selling author Ernest Dempsey is at his most impressive. This stark, evocative puzzle, this dark thriller, is capstone storytelling. With nerve-shredding action and the precision of a master craftsman, Dempsey reminds us that, sometimes, the greatest dangers are those we think we’ve put behind us. I am not reviewing the book for the tour company. I did finally finish the book and it was just OK (as the two stars confirm). The writing is good. I have read other books by him and this rating is in comparison to these. Right on the mark and well worth the time, THE OMEGA PROJECT is easily a 5 spider read and Alten has another winner.
Yet Sean is driving Tommy's SUV, he's in St. Louis puzzling over how to get word or update Adriana on what's going on and would figure something out when he calls Tommy later in the dayI'd arrived in the woods before dawn, having ridden all night on my motorcycle. No lights needed, thanks to my night-vision glasses, no sound since the bike was powered solely by batteries. I'd been staked out in this blind for the better part of eight hours. Sweat continued to pour down my face and soak my camouflage clothing, and the bugs were relentless, but I'd chosen this spot because it was only twenty paces from the creek, offering me a clear shot at anything or anyone that ventured by. Truth be told, I'd never shot anything more lethal than a BB gun, but desperate times required desperate measures.
Toda la primera parte del libro esta bastante bien, lo suficiente como para atrapar mi atención, sin embargo, la segunda parte se convierte en una historia onírica y sinsentido, de algún modo pierde tal fuelle que no puedo evitar pensar en la perdida de tiempo y esfuerzo para leer algo como esto, una pena, ya que por la manera en que comienza uno espera terminar con algo completamente diferente, si bien el comienzo es mejor que el final, también he encontrado muchas fallas en esa parte de la historia, si, es verdad que es ciencia ficción, pero he sentido que por tratarse de este género el autor se ha tomado la libertad de crear una historia que casi llega a la fantasía o como dije, en una historia digna de un mal sueño, no se me ocurre otra manera de definirla, únicamente en un sueño pueden pasar escenas tan raras y fuera de toda realidad. I do not want to be preached to in science fiction. Some great authors can pull it off. Frank Herbert in his Destination: Void series, Orson Scott Card with Ender's Game... they pulled it off. This book did not pull it off. In fact... I wanted to put a hat on Oscar, I did, I am ashamed of it, but picturing him with a hat helped me finish the book. When Robert wakes, he finds the ship deserted and not functional. He escapes to the surface of an Earth terribly changed. The plan has gone horribly wrong, but as he adapts to a hostile environment, he realizes that there is still a way to accomplish what his mission had set out to achieve. But he also discovers that he faces a new adversary of the most unlikely sort. For now, his own survival and that of the woman whose love has sustained him in his darkest hours depend on the defeat of a technological colossus partly of his own making. When he wakes, Eisenbraun finds the ship deserted and no longer functional. He escapes to the surface of an Earth terribly changed. The plan has gone horribly wrong, but as he adapts to a hostile environment, he realizes that there is still a way to accomplish what the mission had set out to achieve. But he also discovers that he faces a new adversary of the most unlikely sort. Now his own survival, and that of the woman whose love has sustained him in his darkest hours, depends on the defeat of a technological colossus partly of his own making.Quietly, I wiped fresh sweat beads from my already moist brow and palms, shifting my body weight to aim the pistol, my eyes focused on the clearing. It was a deer, a young male, maybe eighty pounds, as anxious and as thirsty as yours truly. My hand trembled as he glanced in my direction, my body shook as he turned, offering me a clean shot at his flank. Tell you what, I'll handle the brawn, you handle the brains and maybe we'll manage to survive this mess." In the end, as I've said, I dropped everything to read the book. I liked a lot of it. But it's oddness ultimately got me. While other people were searching for food and water, I was busy collecting car batteries and solar panels." After two successful terms—despite a series of political maelstroms—this humble Southern gentleman united the country behind a common purpose, strengthened America’s standing throughout the world, and kept his nation safe.
I can't give it more than 2 stars. What the hell was that? I wanted to DNF it so bad but I kept going. It was such a drag. When I read the blurb on Goodreads, I was like "Woooah". Who wouldn't want to read this story? But when it came down to it, this novel failed to deliver.
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Don't get me wrong there were some gorgeous scenes, some incredible story building but it was ruined with all the preaching and shoving of spirituality. Kenneth Ring is an American psychologist, born in San Francisco, California. He is the co-founder and past president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and is the founding editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. [1] He currently lives in Kentfield, California. [1] Biography [ edit ] Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death until it arrives like thunder?—SUTTA NIPATA II, discourse collections of the Buddha, fifth century B.C. That's where I stopped and I'm not even halfway done with the book. Why would an author skip over all the most interesting parts, just to get to the part that makes no sense. Oh, and yes, there is tons of proselytizing about clean energy, AI, green living, running out of oil. Normally, I'd be on board, but Alten really wants to cram all this down the readers throats. Anytime a story starts out with a super computer running the show or a trip to outer space, I get nervous, so imagine my total paranoia when I began reading Steve Alten’s newest sci-fi thriller, THE OMEGA PROJECT. It has BOTH, a super computer and a planned trip to a far, distant world. But, then the story starts moving along and the ‘scary’ really begins.
And they pin the crime on former secret-agent-turned archeologist Sean Wyatt, one of the former president’s closest friends.Then you realize later in the story that he was recruited by the Commander of the Navy, so you have a multi-layered of the bad guys, that Sean and Tommy find themselves up against. This novel never gets off the pot. The war that you waited for, never comes and each day is an endless hashing of “topside” conditions. I will say that the guessed at political perspectives might be pretty close in a real situation based on the current state of anarchy that resides around the world. The characters are fun to follow in that the movement flows at a good clip WHEN MOVEMENT OCCURS. The writing style grows on you and only wastes your time with verbose military verbiage if you’re not into it. There were way too many firearm, Indian and wildlife fails, but was balanced out with some good action and interpersonal interactions.
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