On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:20:32 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
John Cook wrote:

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:53:23 -0400, Eric Pinnell see my web site
wrote:
I don't read much war fiction, but one book by Gaz Hunter "shooting
gallery" stuck in my mind, rather real in its descriptions, I liked
Steven King but have waned a bit due to his last two, One warning
though 'Ice Station' by Matthew Reilly...

Now thats a unintentionally funny _funny_ book... has anybody read it
without giggling??

No, but I read through Reilly's following book "Area 7," and all I could
think was that it was written by someone who was really, _really_ trying
to get something made into a movie with a lot of special effects, and
damn the reality.


Ice station had a Eurofighter Typoon shot down after launching a Nuke
by six F-22's, (hold on !! - So far no problem!), it was where it
happened!!! around 200 miles from Wilkes Ice station in Antartica,
that sort of thing irratates me when reading, because then I'm
thinking OK the Typhoon presence is semi explained by a VC-10 Tanker
thats been shot down 200 miles from Wilkes, and it could have taken
off from a Carrrier (its possible just like a C-130.)

But where do 6 F-22's come from, the nearest land mass IIRC is New
Zealand OZ or Cape Horn, where did they come from and how the hell do
they refuel...Ah the logistics would be on par with the Black buck
raids.

You have to suspend your disbelief as by this time the French
legionaires, UK SAS and US special forces had all made an appearence
at the Ice Station, fortunately for our hero mutant giant walruses had
eaten half of them Oh, and Killer whales, and a top secret stealth
plane is discovered, obligatory chase in Hovercrafts across the ice
shelf, couple of dips in the Ross sea - Oh! the reality just 'Oozes'
from the pages

By the time you read the last page, you wish the hero had eaten by a
Giant Mutant Walrus!!.

As entertainment goes its good, I'm still grinning about it...



Cheers


John Cook

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