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Loading... Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror (original 1997; edition 1998)by Steve Alten
Work InformationMeg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten (1997)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. *whispers* I liked the movie better. ( ) Had I read this book BEFORE the movie came out, I would not have been nearly so skeptical about the quality of the storyline to be found there. After all - the likelihood of a quality movie increases significantly with the quality of the source material, and this is a truly legitimately disturbing book. Not only is it believable, but the characterizations lend themselves to only further selling the central storyline. This one does slightly more heavy-lifting than Jaws, since it needs to establish exactly what the central threat even is and why the reader should be scared - but, dang does it do a good job of that. Combined with a suitably ominous atmosphere and setting throughout much of the book - leaving the reader rarely feeling secure or confident - the tension is effectively ramped up, prior to snapping in spectacular fashion. I first read the original version of Meg about 13-15 years ago, and it was one of my favorite books to read, and I always had the intention someday to go back and read it again. With the upcoming movie*, I decided it was finally time, and with the rewrite, it was like reading something completely new (though it's been so long, I've forgotten most of what was in the original version), but I feel like this time around, the characters and the plot are more developed. *although I've heard the movie is a lot different from the book, I'm still looking forward to it no reviews | add a review
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On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists-Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. With a PhD in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he's never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time. No library descriptions found.
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