White Shark
by Peter Benchley
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At a small marine institute off the coast of Connecticut, only marine biologist Simon Chase realizes that a sixteen-foot pregnant Great White is feeding in the area. But even Simon doesn't know that a far deadlier creature is about to come out of the deep and threaten everything he cares for. A creature whose malevolence is unthinkable. Whose need to feed is insatiable. And whose relentless hunt for prey is unstoppable. Nearly twenty-five years after his huge bestseller "Jaws, "the master of show more the deep has done it again, letting loose a chilling new predator that only he could create. Drawing on his singular knowledge of the sea, science, and history, Peter Benchley masterfully spins a suspense-filled novel that hits you on a primal level, makes your heart pound, and leaves your blood running cold. show lessTags
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Not a bad read. The author leaves enough mystery to keep us at the edge of our seats, and ended it with a fairly good ending. The science fiction aspect of the story is a bit iffy though, I doubt that the Nazis would have had this kind technology in the 40's (or anyone else, for that matter) but the story itself was nonetheless interesting and well-paced, so I enjoyed it, even if the ending was cliche. Good job!
White Shark - Peter Benchley ****
A nazi experiment, put together during the war falls to the bottom of the sea. Decades later it is found.... and all hell breaks loose.
Benchley follows the Jaws/Beast theme with a sci fi twist.
As usual with his work the pages fly by. My only problem with the book was that parts were very in your face regarding how man is destroying the natural world. Often going off on a tangent for no particular reason.
I believe Benchley may have been seriously ill and at the end of his life, maybe he just wanted to use this novel to get a point across....
Expect numerous killings and plenty of well researched facts. Def worth a read, but try Beast first.
A nazi experiment, put together during the war falls to the bottom of the sea. Decades later it is found.... and all hell breaks loose.
Benchley follows the Jaws/Beast theme with a sci fi twist.
As usual with his work the pages fly by. My only problem with the book was that parts were very in your face regarding how man is destroying the natural world. Often going off on a tangent for no particular reason.
I believe Benchley may have been seriously ill and at the end of his life, maybe he just wanted to use this novel to get a point across....
Expect numerous killings and plenty of well researched facts. Def worth a read, but try Beast first.
White Shark was not at all what I expected! Yes there was a shark but there was . . . something else. It was a great summer read with lots of action, characters to care about, and of course some twists and turns along the way.
The book was enjoyable due to Peter Benchley's story telling ability. However, I felt like I was reading a remake of Jaws with a slight science fiction twist.
I actually really enjoyed this book. The title is misleading a little bit. It was a little surprising what kind of creature the "villian" was. It is similar to Jaws, but Benchley always has so many marine factoids in his stories, I don't care. Is that a bad thing? I guess it depends on how much you like him.
For once, Peter Benchley wrote a good book! This was actually an interesting tale of a science experiment gone very wrong. Such a surprise from the likes of Benchley.
What can I say Benchley knows his sharks…see Jaws. Give it a WWII German experiment gone bad twist and you have a nice little read.
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Peter Benchley was born on May 8, 1940, in New York into one of America's most celebrated literary families. His grandfather was the humorist Robert Benchley and his father the novelist Nathaniel Benchley. A 1961 Harvard graduate, Peter Benchley started out as a reporter for the Washington Post before going on to work as an associate editor for show more Newsweek. From 1967 to 1969 he was a speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson. Benchley's interest in the sea, stemming from childhood summers spent on the coast of Nantucket, led to his meticulously researching the subject of sharks and writing such bestselling and critically acclaimed novels as The Deep, Whiteshark, and Jaws. Jaws was later adapted into a blockbuster movie (1975). Two of his other books were turned into the made-for-TV movies, The Beast and The Creature. He has also written numerous reviews and articles for magazines and newspapers, and has appeared in more than a dozen television documentaries about marine life and oceans. Benchley died from pulmonary fibrosis on February 12, 2006 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Squalo bianco
- Original title
- White Shark
- Alternate titles
- Peter Benchley's Creature
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Simon Chase; Max Chase; Tall Man
- Related movies
- Creature (1998 | IMDb)
- Dedication*
- A Jeff Brown
e in memoria di Michael W. Cogan
e di Paul d. Zimmermann
dei quali sento la mancanza. - First words*
- L'acqua dell'estuario era rimasta immobile per ore, immobile come una lastra di vetro scuro, senza che neppure un alito di vento venisse a incresparne la superficie.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Amanda sorrise e lo prese per un braccio. "Parleremo più tardi dei dettagli," disse. "Abbiamo un sacco di tempo."
- Disambiguation notice
- Original title White Shark; republished title Peter Benchley's Creature.
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3552 .E537 .W45 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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