Day After Tomorrow (Gollancz Sf S.) [Paperback]

Streiber Whitley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gollancz Sf S. | Publication Date: May 27, 2004

The planet is warming up and as the ice caps melt, the great currents of the oceans shift and the Northern Hemisphere is plunged into a new ice age. One scientist has the key to turning back the clock of global warming. But as Western civilisation succumbs to blizzards and tidal waves and the population of the Northern hemisphere begins a mass exodus south, mankind's only saviour is making a lonely, terror-filled trip north. To a New York disappearing under snowdrifts hundreds of feet high. The city where his son was last heard of.

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About the Author

Whitley Strieber is the author of several acclaimed horror novels. His alien abduction saga, COMMUNION was a worldwide publishing phenomenon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 249 pages
• Publisher: Gollancz Paperbacks (May 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0575076038
• ISBN-13: 978-0575076037
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!, April 26, 2004

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"georgie228" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow (Mass Market Paperback)

I got this because I was curious about the movie. It seems that the author who wrote this also wrote another book, Superstorms, that it says on the cover inspired the movie.

I sat down with the Day After Tomorrow and it just plain swept me away. These books written based on movies are usually rank garbage, but this was created by a master, that is very clear. The writing just soars, it is moving, it is scary, it presents the characters as complex people, the descriptions are wonderful.

Frankly, this book belongs between hardcovers. It should never have been issued like this as a knockoff book, even though it is based on the script. This is a completely enthralling and fabulous piece of thriller writing. And as far as the movie is concerned, after reading this, I would not miss it for anything.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly replica of movie!, June 4, 2004

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Joanne Madison T. (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow (Mass Market Paperback)

Having watched the movie, it'd be pretty unjust to the author if i were to blatantly give this book 1 or 2 stars.

Basically,THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is a novel based on the climatic disaster caused by global warming.Professor Jack Hall foresees that as global warming and greenbouse gases are released,climatic changes round the world.Ice regions at the Antarctica starts melting...and this means ultimate havoc.

As Hall tries to convince the people of the immpending danger,his son Sam proceeds to Manhatten for a competition.But what they least expected that hurricanes,twisters,hailstorms and all kinds of natural disasters were already on their way:People froze to death by the sudden most cold,twisters and tornadoes come blasting off buildings...and even countries like Japan and New Dehli in India were not let off.

It was at this moment that Manhatten, was too,caught inthe tussle of a great flood that actually sank the entire city in plain white snow.

This novel is exacty a replica of the movie.Except that mushy lines found here were seemingly erased from the movie.The book is average,it's almost a narration text of the movie.But it does portrayed the emotions of the characters which you will not find in the movie.Like what Laura (Sam's classmate)'s thoughts were when Sam revealed his feelings for her.Basically,that's it.

And a word of warning though: If you've watched the movie,you'd probably not want to grab this book.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The end of the world as we know it!, May 17, 2004

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow (Mass Market Paperback)

No one, save a very few, takes paleoclimatologist (the study of past climate trends) Jack Hall's worries about the melting polar ice disrupting the North Atlantic current and causing a massive superstorm very seriously. Then the current disappears and the weater goes mad. Now they listen, but it's too late to avoid a new ice age and the people in the North are doomed to a certain death by freezing. That certainty does not stop Jack Hall from setting out to rescue is son, who is trapped in the frozen wasteland that was once New York City.

Whitley Strieber, who co-wrote (with radio personality Art Bell) The Coming Global Superstorm (the book that writer/director Roland Emmerich admits 'inspired' his epic disaster movie), does an excellent job of fleshing out the obviously action heavy script. The result is a quick rollercoaster ride of a book. Fans of Strieber, Bell, or Irwin Allen reincarnate Roland Emmerich's movie will want this in their collection. Recommended.