I speed read Tyrannosaur Canyon over the last few days. Finding a technothriller that isn't garbage is so nice. They can be such fun, but they are nearly always overhwhelmed by cliche. I was trying to analyze why this one works when so many fail. The plot is interesting for one. It starts out on the moon in 1972, but quickly switches to today's New Mexico. Thrillers have secrets at their heart and successful writers slowly reveal each secret and when all is revealed they have to create some form of excitement to keep the reader engaged. Preston does a good job with it. The author uses cliffhangers in short chapters which keeps the pace lively. He also doesn't mind killing people off which keeps the book from getting A-Teamish. If you like technothrillers this will satisfy, but I doubt this will convert the wary.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
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