A creature from time immemorial returns to reclaim its heritage... the planet Earth!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Warlike humans vs invincible peaceful alien,
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This review is from: Ten Million Years To Friday (Mass Market Paperback)
Ten Million Years to Friday has a plot with much in common with an H. P. Lovecraft type story: an eccentric scientist figures out a way to look into the distant past, and discovers an incredibly ancient, incredibly large and incredibly powerful alien being lies dormant deep underground, near an abandoned mine in Cornwall. The alien is waking up, and its psychic emanations can be felt by some human beings.To this is added the anti-military-industrial complex sensibility we have seen so often, perhaps most famously in movies like "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and "E.T." The reader is expected to sympathize with the peaceful alien and deplore how warlike humanity is, and the last 75 pages or so of the book are centered on the efforts of an enlightened human to protect the alien from the police and military. There is also an evil businesswoman who tries to use her sexual wiles to keep the eccentric scientist from diminishing the value of her stock in computer companies with his inventions, a strong animal rights subtext, and dismissive criticisms of Christianity. I like Lymington's writing style, and there are some quite effective scenes, for example, when the main character is all alone in an evacuated town, with only a dog. The Cornish setting is also sort of interesting, as are some of the characters. So, I am willing to give Ten Million Years To Friday an unenthusiastic recommendation, but I cannot deny that I was much more enthusiastic during its first 100 pages, when it still seemed possible that the alien (and not humanity) was the villain, and the story generated suspense. It is unlikely that I will seek out any more of John Lymington's work.
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ten million years to friday,
By bev brown "bev" (lone pine,ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ten million years to Friday (Hardcover)
since the evacuation of St. Cary the Cornish town died and awaiting final destruction. only one man--a newspaperman--remained behind for the final death knoll. but, what is unearthed from deep in the mines.
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