I remembering reading this back in the '70s when I got into some of the action/adventure books as a teen and how this one impressed me but I also remember being confused by it. I decided to re-read this one and see if it had the draw it had from teenage years or if age had clarified it. I can rep...
When I picked up this book three years ago, I promised myself that I would never read it. Now, why would I do a crazy thing like that?Because I wanted to be able to keep it with a clean conscience. I’d never heard of the book before and had no clue what it was about. But its beautiful blue cover ...
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873…One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board...
After a successful mission of Navarone, both Mallory and Miller, who were the main characters of the book , go to Island of Kheros to pick up Andrea , an another important , hulk-like character of the book, who was there to get married with Maria. But it didn’t lasted long and form there their Jo...
"Νύχτα χωρίς τέλος", εκδόσεις ΒΙΠΕΡ.Το καλοκαίρι του 2012 διάβασα για τελευταία φορά βιβλίο του Άλιστερ Μακλίν και η αλήθεια είναι ότι μου έλειψαν η αίσθηση και η ατμόσφαιρα των βιβλίων του. Φέτος όμως λέω να επανορθώσω και να διαβάσω δυο-τρία βιβλία του ακόμα μέχρι το τέλος της χρονιάς. Ένα μικρ...
There are parts of this book that just refuse to fade away; if not for anyone else, then for me alone. I like spies who are cold and calculating like Michael Reynolds (although his abilities in the story have been eclipsed by the incomparable Count) but have a tinge of humanity that peeks out of ...
A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico – and on the sea bed below it. Now reissued in a new cover style.A sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: ten million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold ingots, emeralds and ...
A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of t...
I've been a fan of the 'adventure' genre since I was a kid with not a little influence from my father's love of C.S. Forrester, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alister MacLean. It has only been in the last few year that I have have actually started reading MacLean and I finally dug up the Golden Gate. B...
I’ve a liking for history and I possess a particular interest in gathering information about the two world wars. When I wanted to read works of fiction on the world wars, I was immediately redirected to Alistair MacLean. I picked South by Java Head since my knowledge on the Pacific War isn't all ...
Well...Right now I'm in the process of re-reading my small collection of MacLean's books. Last time I read them was probably 10 years ago... They are, unfortunately, badly translated (and I want to get my hands on originals), which I see now and which is kind of distracting. But it's not that bad...
A fairly diverting thriller for fans of auto racing. The story begins with world-famous Formula 1 driver Johnny Harlow being involved in a fiery, horrific crash that claims the life of a fellow driver and cripples the daughter of his team's owner when she is hit by flying debris. Rumours then sta...
There's something inherently comfortable about re-reading Alistair MacLean's novels. The action and dialogue is corny & chauvinistic and incredibly convenient. But it's fun and sometimes you just need a comfy book to read that doesn't challenge and which happily suspends all reality for a day or ...
A movie production company heads off to Bear Island, a remote island in the Arctic off the north coast of Norway. Mystery, suspense, murder and mayhem ensue, almost as soon as the boat has left Britain. No one on board the ship to Bear Island is quite what he or she seems to be...and things only ...
Reviewing books is a bit like a Rorschach Test- you tease out things that you want to see, and ignore others that don't seem terribly important to you. No two people ever approach a book in quite the same way- those familiar twins, Context and Subjectivity, shape every review you make.Being fully...
Reissue of the tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED!BLACKMAIL - The mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain's and.SUBTERFUGE - The Dutch ...
В юности зачитывался книгами Алистера Маклина.Попалась под руку аудиоверсия этой книги, в переводе на русском, решил вспомнить детство.Однако бросил, прослушав примерно 80%.Произведения Алистера Маклина, хотя и являются художественными, имеют ценность как исторические, когда речь не про факты а п...
I remember reading a bunch of MacLean's books while I was a teen and enjoying them immensely. This was during his most popular period when some of his books were made into big budget films - "Where Eagles Dare," "Ice Station Zebra," etc. So when I came across some sale paperbacks of his books I...
Major Peter Peterson is no second-rate spy. He’s top of the line – the fact that he’s still alive is his proof. So, when Colonel Lunz asks him to deliver a coded message and twins, Sarina and Michael, to Yugoslavia, Peterson knows that no petty operation is underfoot. He and his partners, Alex an...
"Το ποτάμι του θανάτου", εκδόσεις ΒΙΠΕΡ.Το πρώτο βιβλίο του Άλιστερ Μακλίν που διαβάζω, και μπορώ να πω ότι έμεινα αρκετά ευχαριστημένος. Μπόλικη περιπέτεια μέσα στις ζούγκλες του Αμαζονίου, πολλές σκηνές δράσης, με επικίνδυνα ζώα, ποτάμια και καταρράκτες, πολλούς εχθρικούς ινδιάνους και άλλα παρ...
It has been well over twenty years since I last read this novel. I read it on a whim, and enjoyed the reading. It had a decent plot; the basic plot is one that the author [and many others like him] has recycled over and over and over. It moved at a decent pace, I guess. It had a lot of 'talki...
I love MacLean but this book was not well written and was boring. The book consisted of basically one main character who was over the top, "Ryder" (no first name) who was a LAPD Sergeant who is smarter than the entire FBI and CIA combined, shows no emotion or worry although his beautiful wife and...
555 - 2013#Program BUBUKalau diminta menyebutkan novel perang favorit, pasti jawabanku sama saja dengan kalau ditanya siapa penulis favorit. Banyak, euy. Kalau novel tema perang, dari rak bukuku di Goodreads sudah bisa kelihatan penulis-penulis mana saja yang jadi favoritku. Nah, untuk posting ba...
Alistair McLean wrote this book under the pseudonym of Ian Stuart, something that Stephen King did in the 1970s with his 'Richard Bachman' books like Blaze, Rage etc. I have read many authors who write spy-thrillers but none of them can match McLean's ability to describe action sequences. He can ...
Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time.THE MASTER STORYTELLER IN HIS ELEMENThellip;Alistair MacLean has an unmistak...
A FAWCETT GOLD MEDAL BOOK Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Com From the cover: RESEARCH SCIENTISTS needed for rocket project overseas. Top priority work, highest salaries. Box 141. Eight famous scientists answered the ad. Eight left England for Australia. None arrive...
The Gazelle levelled out and disappeared over the pine trees in pursuit of the Westland Scout.'You okay?' Graham asked behind her.She nodded, then removed her sunglasses and wiped her sleeve across her forehead. 'Now's our chance to get Ubrino, with the helicopter out of the way.''You take the ba...
"Too many cigarettes.""Same failing myself. Driver's the dog handler. Driver of the van is the other one. Just follow us, please."Five miles farther on they reached the turn-off—one of many—into the Wyanee Swamp. The foliage of the trees, almost touching overhead, quickly reduced the light to tha...
"One of those finely honed instincts that comes into operation about ten hours too late.""Meaning that Finlayson could have been saved if this instinct of yours had been operational ten hours ago?""Maybe -- but almost certainly not. John was murdered.""Shot? Knifed? What?""Nothing like that. I di...
'What are you doing up, C.W.? Those sleeping tablets were supposed to have knocked you out until morning.''I never took them,' Whitlock replied, easing himself into his favourite armchair.'I don't believe it,' she retorted then closed the book she was reading and placed it on the table beside her...
Ulysses TEN Friday Afternoon The switch clicked on and the harsh fluorescent light flooded the darkening surgery. Nicholls woke with a start, one hand coming up automatically to shield exhausted eyes. The light hurt. He screwed his eyes to slits, peered painfully at the hands of his wrist-watch. ...