Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Abridged] [Audio CD]

David Hagberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

The Terminator films are landmarks in popular filmmaking. Now, twelve years after Terminator 2: Judgement Day, comes the new film, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. T3 stars Arnold Schwarze-negger in his signature role. Other key roles are played by Claire Danes, Nick Stahl, and Kristanna Loken, who plays a new, more powerful and dangerous Terminatrix. As fast-paced and explosive as the first two films, T3 has new, more extraordinary special video and computer-generated effects, which combine to make an enormously entertaining blockbuster film for the summer. This is the story of John Connor, who is destined to become the head of the human resistance against the robotic forces of Skynet, the Artificial Intelligence that attacked humanity on Judgement Day. Son of the courageous Sarah Connor, John has grown up knowing that he was different. Protected when he was a boy by a Terminator, told of his destiny before he could truly comprehend the enormity of his responsibility, he is the person in whom all hope for humanity's future lies. His mother is dead; he's spent years in other peoples' homes hiding from his fate but now he's being hunted by a more advanced-model Terminator come back from the deadly future. John has a secret edge, but he doesnot know it. All he knows is that his life is about to become one long, crazy flight from destruction. It's going to be a hell of a ride!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Mostow, John Brancato, and Michael Ferris

The novel of the blockbuster hit film

For two generations of moviegoers, the Terminator movies have defined adrenaline-soaked action filmmaking. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a machine from the future, a machine who can take--or save--lives, capable of enormous violence and destruction, these films are the quintessential action thrillers of the new millennium.

Now, twelve years after Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Schwarzenegger is back in a new Terminator film that is even more exciting and action-packed than the first two films. With incredible new computer-generated imagery and an enormous arsenal of new effects, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, is a roller-coaster ride that moviegoers won't be able to resist.

David Hagberg, the bestselling author of dozens of action thrillers, has written a novel that goes inside the minds of the terminators and shows readers the post apocalyptic future as they've never seen it before, creating a thrill-packed novel. On the screen, Terminator 3 will dazzle and delight the eyes and rivet viewers to their seats. With masterful storytelling and a pulse-pounding pace, Hagberg has written a novel of heart-stopping tension that will keep readers in suspense until the very last page.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

David Hagberg is the bestselling author of many exciting thrillers, including the recent The Kill Zone. He lives in Vero Beach, Florida.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Audio Renaissance; Abridged edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559279117
• ISBN-13: 978-1559279116
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• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,778,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DAVID HAGBERG is a former Air Force cryptographer who has traveled extensively in Europe, the Arctic, and the Caribbean and has spoken at CIA functions. He has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling Joshua's Hammer, Soldier of God, and Allah's Scorpion. He makes his home in Sarasota, Florida.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Based on the Movie with A Little More Insight, October 20, 2003

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Michael Gordon "Michael Gordon" (Los Angeles, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mass Market Paperback)

I watched Terminator 3 in the movies before I read the book. It was good to refresh my memory of the movie, because the movie was intense and, the way memory works, you inevitably forget certain important scenes.

If you have not seen the movie, I would highly recommend the book. It describes many of the scenes in great detail. Also, some events in the movie that are a bit unclear are explained quite well in the book. For instance, when the T-X reprograms Terminator's memory system, it would seem as though it would be impossible for the Terminator to be on John Conner's side again. But the book explains that the Terminator re-booted his computer system, and thus was able to have a fresh start. In the movie, this is not explained at all, and the Terminator just comes back to save John Conner, which appears puzzling since he was, at that point in time, programmed to harm John Conner.

The book is very action-focused - with very vivid descriptions of the actions that are occuring. I am actually quite impressed with the ability to write a book based on a movie of this complexity -- and still make it very readable, exciting, and a fun read.

-- Michael Gordon
Los Angeles

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inconsistent storyline, September 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mass Market Paperback)

I read the book after having seen the movie. A book is supposed to give more of an insight into characters and the storyline than the movie can convey, but if a book is based on a movie (not the other way around) I would expect to see some consistency. I have to note one major mistake in the storyline from the book: Both in the book and in the movie, the Terminator tells John and Kate that Kate sent him back, not John, as the future John was dead. However, the book clearly shows the future John Connor sending the Terminator back through time (right in the beginning chapters). Unless there's something I'm missing here, that's a pretty bad blunder. On a positive note, it's still fun to read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book is great - Movie even better!, July 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this novel on a plane trip cross country. This book kept me spellbound. Riveting and pulsating don't come close to describe the story.The book is extremely well written and as the story unfolds, all else that is going on becomes meaningless.I also went to see the movie last night. Knowing how the story ended took some of the fun out of the movie, but not much.Non stop action, much like a Indiana Jones movie only even better and the sexy Terminatrix who is both beautiful and scary. I highly recommend the book and don't miss the movie.