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Old 07-07-2008, 01:47 PM   #610
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Picked up "The Andromeda Strain" from Bargain Books on Saturday.

How is "The Lost World"?
IMNSHO, disappointing. I loved Jurassic Park, but Lost World didn't do much for me. Granted, I'm very jaded when it comes to Sci-Fi, so I may not be the best person to ask.

I'd suggest "Eaters of the Dead". It's a short read, but very well done.

The Andromeda Strain scared the crap out of me the first time I read it. Plausible "Real Life" can be much scarier than Stephen King, IMO.

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Congo was a great book the movie sucked!
It was a lot of fun. The way they changed the main character in the movie was criminal. That, and you knew it was going to be horrible when Ernie Hudson delivered the howler: "My name is Dougal Monroe. I'll be your Great White Hunter, though I happen to be black". As if we couldn't figure that out for ourselves.
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