http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-loch/ reading material to get excited about Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-loch/#comment-9990 Bookgasm » Blog Archive » Out of the Gutter #2 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:07:07 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=37#comment-9990 [...] BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THESE AUTHORS: • THE LOCH by Steve Alten • MEG: PRIMAL WATERS by Steve Alten • SNAKES ON A PLANE by Christa [...] [...] BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THESE AUTHORS: • THE LOCH by Steve Alten • MEG: PRIMAL WATERS by Steve Alten • SNAKES ON A PLANE by Christa [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-loch/#comment-3522 Natural Selection » Bookgasm Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:17:03 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=37#comment-3522 [...] But NATURAL SELECTION is focused on science, not sex. The Ivy League-educated Freedman is obviously a smart guy, with the proof being on the page in passages dealing with the ins and outs of manta rays and the ecosystem of the deep. But the text is missing the sheer zing of a Peter Benchley, a Michael Crichton, a Steve Alten – all of whom the work apes. For it to be as fun as those, it would require some trimming. At half the length, it’d be double the book; as it is now, it’s simply decent. –Rod Lott [...] [...] But NATURAL SELECTION is focused on science, not sex. The Ivy League-educated Freedman is obviously a smart guy, with the proof being on the page in passages dealing with the ins and outs of manta rays and the ecosystem of the deep. But the text is missing the sheer zing of a Peter Benchley, a Michael Crichton, a Steve Alten – all of whom the work apes. For it to be as fun as those, it would require some trimming. At half the length, it’d be double the book; as it is now, it’s simply decent. –Rod Lott [...]

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