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The Big Lifters [Paperback]

Dean Ing (Author)
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July 1994
Technothriller excitement from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ransom of Black Stealth One. John Peel is a hardnosed engineer and business tycoon whose innovations in air transportation threaten the status quo. Now the trucking industry, the unions and certain Middle Eastern terrorists want him dead.
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (July 1994)
  • ISBN-10: 0812541049
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812541045
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,851,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal Dean Ing, July 24, 2000
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Scott McDonald (Hazelwood, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Big Lifters (Paperback)
Let's face it, Dean Ing has invented a whole gendre unto himself. I call it "tech fiction". Very few other authors have the scientific grasp on their subjects that Ing does. I've been reading him since his Bela T-9000 days in Omni magizine, and he just keeps getting better and better.

Big Lifters is not only an incredibly good read (Certainly my most favorite Dean Ing book), it's an *important* read too.

He has some really important things to say about the politics of big-rigs, and the problems they present to society.

The big sign hanging in the main characters house that says "When you share the path with an elephant and EITHER of you stumble... YOU lose!" is so telling.

Ing's vision of the solutions and their effect on the various cabals and cartels make it one of those books that I keep several copies of, and loan out to friends and family.

An extremely entertaining, and very important work. Classic Ing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Trains to Space? YUP!, April 28, 2010
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John K. Wilson (omaha, ne United States) - See all my reviews
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Five years ago, I searched for and found a Hard Bound edition of "the Big Lifters". I was tired of waring out paperbacks.

If the "high-speed rail" concept is on Your radar, READ IT!
If you like his concept, you'll find ways to tell NASA and Republicans.

It is a FUN read, and re-read [for any Techno-file]!
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