Singularity [NOOK Book]

One of my favorites

I read this about 4 years ago or so and just thought I would check to see what kind of reviews were now out there. It really is an excellent book with good characters and interesting science. If you like hard science fiction this is a fantastic choice to read! Highly recommended. If you look at what I also recommend, I guarantee this book is right up there with the others.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

The next generation of hard sci fi

As a fan of Michael Crichton who awaits his releases, this book manages to shine. Hard science blended with an action based plot is sure to please. I also recommend Human Interface by another debut author, Jason Giacchino available here at Barnes & Nobel. These two authors are really providing alternatives for those of us who endure the space between Crichton masterpieces.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Singularity stands out from the crowd

A first glance at the cover tab will leave the well read scifi buff thinking of David Brin's Earth or Gregory Benford's Artifact, but let me assure you that Mr. DeSmedt has much more in mind for the piece of the primordial explosion that hides within the earth. His cast of characters have grand plans for the remenant of the Tunguska explosion. Add to this well developed likeable characters, cutting edge and black project level technology and an explosive finish and you have a glimpse of what this book encompasses. Truly a wonderful debut.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Bill DeSmedt puts the `Science¿ Back in Science Fiction

Somewhere along the line, somebody took the Science out of Science Fiction. Bill DeSmedt¿s debut novel puts it back. In the hands of a lesser writer, this book could have easily bogged down under the weight of its own technical detail. Fortunately, Bill DeSmedt is not a lesser writer. The plot ricochets from hard science, to espionage, to shamanism, and back again, weaving divergent story lines into the literary equivalent of a black hole. Before you know it, you¿ve skidded past the event horizon, and there¿s no turning back. You¿re in for a white-knuckle ride, and all you can do is hang on for dear life.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Michael Crichton stand aside ...

A new contender for supreme master of the science-thriller has emerged in Bill DeSmedt. 'Singularity' brings together elements of suspense, faithful science, mysticism, and a spine chilling connection to a real world scientific mystery that makes for a remarkable debut book. 'Singularity' takes you from the still-baffling mystery of the Tunguska event, a massive explosion in desolate Siberia in 1908, to the near present. Its characters vary from Evenki tribesman (the only direct observers of the event) to modern day physicists and, of course, to spies (both by training and indenture). If you enjoy Crichton, Bear, Brin, or Benford, and other authors who write science fiction that does not play fast and loose with the laws of physics. You will really enjoy Singularity. I anxiously await DeSmedt's next book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good science and strange situations

This book deals with a lot of good science and people you would like to meet. It deals with money, power and the situations which change on the spur of the moment. It deals with large corporations and what they will attempt to do for the principles which the founders established it. It has conspiracy theroies, cloak and dagger, and dareing do agents making it up as you go along. I like the fact of the science being well thought out and investigated and displayed with enough plot and twist to keep you involved throughout the story. It gets a bit long developing the storyline and plot but it does not get boring. It also investigates other science facts that help keep the story going. At the end it reaches a pace that will not let you put it down easily.

Great read

Fast paced action and suspense

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