The Alejandra Variations [Paperback]

Paul Cook (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: eReads.com (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585861715
• ISBN-13: 978-1585861712
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,197,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ten years ago Paul Cook made it his personal goal to simply make as many people as possible feel great about being alive. Through his struggles Paul learned that, "True success and significance comes from feeling right about yourself." Since then Paul Cook has carried that message as an award winning radio personality, TV host and the author of the Floyd and the Future Frog children's series of books and author of the memoir, Cooked in LA.

Paul frequently speaks to groups about bullying and substance abuse. Paul believes that changing the drinking and drugging culture in our schools is the only way to tackle the problem that is claiming so many great minds from our generation today.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Neglected Masterpiece, March 16, 2002

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This review is from: The Alejandra Variations (Paperback)

Paul Cook's mission seems to be to fool the reader. Just when you think you know what's going on, he pulls a switcheroo. Along the way he cajoles the reader with a fluid writing style and interesting visions of the future. I liked the Clantrams the best. I could have seen more of them. But, really, at heart, this book is a love story and, in the end, it works. More people should read Cook's books. Only his apparent lack of ambition is holding him back.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Typical 80's sci-fi, November 18, 2003

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This review is from: Alejandra Variations (Paperback)

This book, while hinting at a golden age plot, really falls back on a very cliched plot device. It was rather interesting to see the way he ignores physics and the reality of machine degradation (mid 80's technology still operational 1000 years in the future) in a way that the golden age writers used to do, but the resolution was a copout that anyone familiar with science fiction will see coming from the first chapter. If he'd just ended the book without falling back on his initial storyline it would have rated an extra star just for the memories it evoked.