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The Ghost from Grand Banks
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780685388990
ISBN: 0685388999
Label: Bantam Books
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 274
Publication Date: 1990-12
Publisher: Bantam Books
Studio: Bantam Books
Editorial Review:
A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, two of the world's most powerful corporations race to find a way to raise and preserve the doomed luxury liner. The quest to uncover the secrets of the wreck and reclaim her becomes an obsession . . . and for some, a fatal one. "Filled with . . . unique insights. . . ."--Los Angeles Times Book Review. HC: Bantam.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Better than no Asimov at all...................
I like a flawed Asimov tale better than none at all. I know this is not a very strong sentiment in favor of this novel, but this work is not one of the author's best. There are glimpses of Asimov's genius and traces of his understanding of character. All in all the book is not very exciting (I know there are those who would say this comment probably says more about the reviewer than the work of the reviewed). The novel centers on the attempt to raise the Titanic. There are interesting parts, specifically ... Read More
Rating:  - Too Much Information
I have to give this book about a 3 1/2. The writing was quite good, as I would expect from all I have heard about Arthur Clarke, however, I have to agree with another reviewer who stated, "Can you say too much is too much?" Mr. Clarke spent far too much time and effort on the Mandlebrot Set, the Millennium Bug, various and sundry technologies, etc., apparently trying to wow us with his technological brilliance, and in so doing, his writing loses direction, and the plot becomes lost. I mean, it was interesting ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
Famous ship recovery.
Before it became cool, or even achievable Clarke came up with this. The story is basically what you would expect, except that rather than the story of a mission to do just that, it is the story of competing missions to salvage the wreck, to see who can be ready and get it done first.
Clarke fans should still like it, but if the Titanic holds no interest, pretty avoidable.
Rating:  - Great Read!
I read this book for the first time about 10 years ago. Before Y2K and before the 1997 film Titanic tweeked everyones interest in the Titanic. The main story deals with the attempt to raise the Titanic from the ocean floor and transport it to a location where it can be maintained and saved from further decay.
Aside from the plot there were some very good subplots. One dealt with the YTK problem. This book was published a decade before YTK and way before most people, like me, were even aware that there was ... Read More
Rating: - The Clarke name says it all
Everyone knows this author; Arthur C. Clarke is a genius of his time and ours.
I myself think anything dealing with Titanic is going to be a boring attempt at a topic that has been very over done, but I actually enjoyed this book. This was a story I felt I had to concentrate on; I was trying to figure out the math questions on my own without much success but a headache, but don't let that put you off, if I concentrate to much on anything my head begins to throb, anyways:
The story line is fairly, well ... Read More
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