The Genisis Code, by John Case (Warning: Possible Spoilers)
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2002 1:38 pm
Lauren (Lucaya) and I recently read a great fiction book called The Genesis Code by John Case. It was a New York Times bestseller and has been described as a "biomedical thriller". Basically it's science-heavy suspense fiction, and there's an element of religious philosophy in it as well.
We decided to start a discussion on it here at BookTalk, but just in case anyone else wants to join us in reading and discussing it we're going to hold off actually talking about the book for a couple weeks. You see, the thing about The Genesis Code is that the suspense (and therefore a lot of the enjoyment) of the book requires that you do not know too much about what's going to happen. It's like the film The Sixth Sense in a way; it's still good if even you know the end, but the experience is cheapened.
So anyone who wants to read The Genisis Code - and I'd say that anyone who likes a good science vs. religion suspense drama will enjoy it immensely - go ahead and pick it up and give it a read. You'll probably plow through it in a few days - it's that good. We'll start talking about it in a couple weeks (August 14th or so) and then this thread is going to fill up with spoilers fast, so if you're interested don't waste any time.
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We decided to start a discussion on it here at BookTalk, but just in case anyone else wants to join us in reading and discussing it we're going to hold off actually talking about the book for a couple weeks. You see, the thing about The Genesis Code is that the suspense (and therefore a lot of the enjoyment) of the book requires that you do not know too much about what's going to happen. It's like the film The Sixth Sense in a way; it's still good if even you know the end, but the experience is cheapened.
So anyone who wants to read The Genisis Code - and I'd say that anyone who likes a good science vs. religion suspense drama will enjoy it immensely - go ahead and pick it up and give it a read. You'll probably plow through it in a few days - it's that good. We'll start talking about it in a couple weeks (August 14th or so) and then this thread is going to fill up with spoilers fast, so if you're interested don't waste any time.
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