666 [Paperback]

Salem Kirban Ph.D (Author), Salem Kirban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 1998

Novel which vivdly captures events as they may occur during the Tribulation Period.

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About the Author

Kirban is a graduate of Girard College. He received his bachelor of Science at temple University in Philadelphia.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: AMG Publishers (September 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899579000
• ISBN-13: 978-0899579009
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Read this and know suffering., March 26, 2002

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Michael Geissler (Brisbane, Australia.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 666 (Paperback)

This book is utterly awful. The narrative changes from first to third person and back again for no apparent reason. None of the characters are believable and their actions make no sense. The plot goes in all sorts of bizarre directions, both to accomodate a clumsy interpretation of Revelation and also a seemingly random collection of photographs (a crowd of people waving brooms, a holiday snapshot near a big bell in Moscow - not terribly apocalyptic). As a novel, it wobbles between tedious and unintentionally funny. As a piece of religious propaganda, it's a complete failure.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Takes Revelation Too Literally For A Convincing Novel, September 9, 2005

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Notnadia (Currently upstairs.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 666 (Paperback)

Salem Kirban delivers a literal take on the events prophesied in the Biblical Book of Revelation, and creates a multitude of unintentional chuckles while he's at it. I think this was written in the '70's and its science is by now highly out of date. ("Ruby Laser Rings"?) This story about the rise of the antichrist during the Biblical end times begins with all the Christians suddenly vanishing from the face of the earth, and yet those remaining don't quite catch on that it's the Rapture. They wander around puzzled about the disappearances until a charismatic leader appears on the scene to take over the world and usher in a reign of darkness. The main characters here, a trio of dumb-as-post agnostics soon to turn true believers, begin as loyal henchmen of the politically popular antichrist (a sort of '70's smooth operator with fundamentalist-rankling leftist tendencies) but eventually repent and take it on the lam as they work underground against him and his evil administration. There are wars here, execution scenes straight out of A Tale Of Two Cities, political messages wrapped in Christian dogma, and even a resurrection from the dead achieved in a science-meets-arcane-magick stunt that puts the antichrist on a divine plateau. Finally there is the anticipated good v. evil showdown, Jesus ushers in the new world, blahblahblah, and the faithful get their reward, the rest swan dive into eternal pain and suffering, courtesy of an all-loving God.

This well-meaning, sensationalistic book cracks me up.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Feeble attempt at describing the End Times, June 30, 2010

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Bruno Versaci "The Theologist" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 666 (Paperback)

In the back of the book it states that Mr. Salem has a degree and the book sold a "quarter of a million copies". Wow. If this is all it takes to write a book and make a ton of money, count me in! I was really disapointed that Mr. Kirban's writing style is very amaturish-almost borderline "English as a second language" - no evidence of any kind of intellecutal writing talent. He chose generic names like George, Bill and Faye. I think he's trying too hard to make it a thriller that all you get is "cornyness". He has a diagram of a "laser ring" and talks about "protien cakes" made from dead humans and motor oil. And the black and white pictures are so phony - like he picked out of some photo stock agency and when he couldn't get what he wanted, they tossed in a substitute (Hey, it's much better to have a picture of Chinese waiting in line - probebly during WWII) then no picture at all! And then there is another photograph where people are supposed to be rolling in "mud" to look for any "morsol of food" - but one of the people is smiling! I didn't think starving was so much fun. This is a great book if you're like in the 4th or 5th grade, but for someone that wants a more realistic approach to the end times I believe there are far better books out there.