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Loading... Spider Legs (1998)by Piers Anthony, Clifford A Pickover
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Oh my god, I can not believe that Piers Anthony willingly attached his name to this book. Jargon and large scientific words that slowed down what little plot existed, if you could call it plot. A mish-mash of a ensemble cast that you could barely tell what point of view you were in. *shudder* If you are trying to be a writer and want an example of BAD writing, read this book. Otherwise, avoid it at all costs! ( ) no reviews | add a review
An ecological disaster spawns an eight-legged sea monster in this collaboration between the science fiction author and acclaimed nonfiction writer. Millions of readers have enjoyed the books of Piers Anthony, including (but certainly not limited to) his undeniably popular Xanth and Blue Adept series. Now, in collaboration with celebrated nonfiction author Clifford A. Pickover, he brings us a disturbing tale of our own world, and the strange creatures with whom we share it. It is said, and truly, that there are more things under heaven and earth than there are almost anywhere else; true as well that many of them lurk, unsuspected, far below the surface of the planet's ocean. For thousands of years, mankind has simultaneously trusted in the sea's proverbial generosity and used it as a dumping ground, trusting that in its vastness his garbage will be swallowed up and forgotten. But that was never really true. And now, in an age when the overcrowded Earth swarms with hungry inhabitants whose waste chokes even the sea, whose greedy demands overtax its seemingly endless bounty, strange things are born in the ocean's deeps--strange things that the ocean throws back upon the land. No library descriptions found. |
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