The Day After Tomorrow (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "Jack Hall stared into his microscope, trying not to let his freezing-cold hands shake the equipment..." (more)
Key Phrases: supercold air, New York, Jack Hall, United States (more...)

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THE BEGINNING OF THE END

It's a fiercely hot summer, so hot that the north pole's heat record is broken by fifty degrees. Massive ice melt stuns the world as open ocean appears at the pole for the first time in living memory. Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, currents crucial to life react, dropping south -- and suddenly, storms of unprecedented ferocity start exploding over the arctic as cold air returns, slamming into the heat with cataclysmic results. The storms grow until they form a bizarre and gigantic blizzard unlike anything ever seen before. A stunned humanity realizes that a second ice age is about to engulf the earth.

Climatologist Jack Hall tried to warn people of the approaching peril -- but it may already be too late for any hope of survival. Now he must not only find a way to reverse the rampant ecological destruction that is transforming the world into a frigid wasteland, but also rescue his rebellious son, who is one of the millions trapped in the icy depths of a frozen New York City.

Now a Major Motion Picture from Twentieth Century Fox

About the Author

Whitley Strieber is the coauthor of The Coming Global Superstorm, which foretells the true threat seen in the motion picture The Day After Tomorrow. He is the award-winning author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the international bestsellers Communion, Warday, and the vampire classic The Hunger. His latest novels, The Last Vampire and Lilith's Dream, are being made into a miniseries for the Science Fiction Channel.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Star (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743489063
• ISBN-13: 978-0743489065
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #317,720 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Timely Work, June 14, 2004

By	Conan the Librarian (Incognito CA) - See all my reviews

I read 'The Day After Tomorrow' today, the day after I saw the movie, 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Having seen the movie first yesterday, the book's enjoyment was lessened. It would have been better to have read 'The Day After Tomorrow' the day before seeing 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Stating it with more clarity, I should have seen 'The Day After Tomorrow' tomorrow, the day after reading the 'The Day After Tomorrow' today.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.