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When Machines Stop Making Good Pets - Or Start, Depending on your Outlook., February 5, 2010
This review is from: Terminator Salvation: Cold War (Mass Market Paperback)
In 2003, something that seemed like war broke out between the major powers of the world. Of the few who witnessed it, only a handful still remained. Of those, a submarine commanded by a Russian launched 13 warheads at Alaska on that day, only to find himself wandering homeless, with only his crew. What they stumbled upon was more than that, however, first finding a factory running with no humans in sight and then more and more oddities. In 2018, Judgment Day has come and gone and mankind has found itself at the mercy of Skynet. In Alaska, people try to survive any way they can. They hit the pipeline when they can, get married to feel normal, and die at the hands of the T-600s.
But The Resistance is looking for ways to fight back, ways that the machines wouldn't think of, all the while listening to a man named John Connor as he teaches them about survival.
If you are listening to this, you are the Resistance.
And so they learn Skynet's weaknesses, waiting for the day when humanity will arise.
Coming off the successful movie depicting the 2018 struggle, Gregg Cox's book showcases a world where humans are beginning to wear thin. They have learned to fight, sure, but the machines have learned to fight as well. The machines have gotten better at it, too, while humanity is still trying to forget the world that no longer exists. In Cox's book, I like the way he explains certain things to his readers, trying to make them understand that the wrld without machines is dead. He shows us a picture of what happened in 2003, and he shows us the fingers that helped humanity tetter off that edge. One of the things he points out is that those fingers were human as well as servos and switches, and that people were more than willing to see the world come to such a horrifying conclusion. At the same time, Cox tells his readers about the energy that Skynet uses, how it powers it, and how a group of people could hurt something so mammoth.
He talks about a train - and how one could take something like uranium and put it to such efficient use.
Personally, I liked Cox's book and found the read interesting. The 2003 story was just as engaging as the 2018 story, keeping me reading. It help[ed to have seen the movie and to have liked it as well, and I had no problem with machines hunting down people and killing them because they were the enemy. If you found the movie enjoyable, you might find more detail in the book interesting, and some of the little things fun. I personally like that type of thing - its like having someone sit down and explain to you how a new toy operates instead of simply seeing it as you walk by.
Will you like it? As i said, it depends on your take on the movie. It is inspired by the tale and plays with the dates, so you could find it relaxing or annoying, depending. I thought it was a good piece of reading, and hope to see more machine killing people on pages sometime soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thrilling, Back-and-fourth adventure that adds tons to the movie and other spin-offs, January 17, 2010
This review is from: Terminator Salvation: Cold War (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the 3rd Terminator Salvation-era book I've read (5th or 6th Terminator-based book). This, along with Timothy Zahn's "From the Ashes" and Alan Dean Foster's "Terminator Salvation", is a non-stop, action packed thrill ride, that adds depth and sheds light on the movie "Terminator Salvation". You'll swap between 2003 and 2018, in the footsteps of Losenko...a duty-bound Russian Naval Captain who receives orders to retaliate after an apparent all-out nuclear attack from America; and in the footsteps of Molly Kookesh,an Alaska Native running a small Resistance Band, with bold ideas for taking on and screwing over Skynet.
John Connor isn't the main focus of the story...in fact, only he and his famous radio broadcasts are mentioned. Instead, the focus is on Molly and her attempts to thwart Skynet's termination of mankind; and Losenko, who now has no higher authority to report to, has no idea what's going on, and is uneasy with the fact that he was a key player in unleashing destruction world-wide.
If you want a non-stop, thrilling, action-packed page-turner, and love or are intrigued by The Terminator...it's a must buy. It also sheds light on the formation of the Human Resistance Leadership.
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Terminator's COLD WAR is a HOT read!, November 3, 2009
This review is from: Terminator Salvation: Cold War (Mass Market Paperback)
Titan Books produces yet another fresh solid entry in the Terminator universe here.
With starting with the new movie's prequel with Timothy Zahn's FROM THE ASHES, along with the novelization by Alan Dean Foster, Titan Books now comes out with a tie-in, stand-alone novel COLD WAR, penned by UNDERWORLD movie-tie in writer, Greg Cox.
Cox deftly handles his 1st post-holocaust novel as he did with the UNDERWORLD movie tie-in novels, with deeper depth of characters, history, and fast-paced action/adventure that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours of the morning.
This is the 3rd novel that we've read by Greg Cox, having read his other movie tie-ins that were both solid reads. But this one is special, because Cox doesn't have to particularly follow a set movie framework here. This COLD WAR novel is actually the 1st of the series, showing the very start of the Skynet war from its beginnings through a Russian submariner's eyes, as well as a newly appointed park ranger Native American woman in Alaska, both storylines have loosely intricate threads that tie-in with the new movie...eventually.
No John or Sarah Connor here. No Arnold Swarzeneggar, either.
COLD WAR's chapters jump back and forth from 2003 to 2018, showcasing two very different storylines from the eyes of a Russian submarine captain who unleashes armageddon on Judgement Day, to the other novel's main protag, an Alaskan park ranger survivor, who both handle Skynet's takeover of the planet in very different ways. Both are solid, exciting tales, which eventually merge over halfway through the book.
From new Terminators never seen before, from a terminator train to snowmobiles, COLD WAR is a solid read that gives the reader indepth characterization, to blazing action/adventure that balances this superbly written novel, giving the reader a well balanced novel that will leave readers wishing this was the type of stuff that the TV series could have produced.
The franchise is up for sale right now. We hope that whoever eventually buys it, sees the huge potential here to keep making endless ground-breaking films and TV mini-series that could make alot of money.
We hope that Titan Books keeps hiring top writers like they have thus far, and like DARK HORSE who produces novels based on the Alien and Predator series, keeps coming out with fresh new novels based on the Terminator series. We'll be purchasing them, that's for sure. Titan has made 5 great products here in the Terminator franchise.
We hope they keep it up.
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