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Brilliant! And again, Brilliant! A book of such profound allusions, similes and metaphores (mostly similies) that I was blown away. "...yelling 'bingo, bingo!' as if she were being mugged." Great lines like that are frequent in this book. Such a sublime talent this Anderson fella has.
This book reads as if it was written in 20 minutes, and no editing. I highly recommend this for anyone with a command of english literature and a good sense of humor.
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In the book Ruins you think that it is going to be a boring book about the history about these ruins in Mexico. Once you start reading it you will discover how totally wrong you were. Mulder and Scully go to Xitaclan ruins in Mexico to investigate a missing persons case. This case is much more mysterious than just a missing person. But Mulder and Scully aren't the only ones interested in these ruins. Who else wants to know the secrets of Xitaclan? This book is worth the time it takes to read it.
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I have been a fan of The X-files for years and after Mulder left the show, it wasn't the same to watch. I picked up this book and was determined to read through it to get myself back into the characters again and why I fell in love with the show in the first place. I couldn't put the book down. Since reading this book, I have found myself watching the series on a committed basis. If you love the thrill and storyline of Mulder and Scully in The X-Files, then you will definitely enjoy reading this book!
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This particular novel contains the most intriguing story of all of Anderson's X-Files work. The plot centers around a newly discovered section of the Mayan ruins. As a team of U.S. students disappears while examining the area, Mulder and Scully of the FBI are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, the same area is also rapidly becoming a hot battleground between Mexican rebel forces and the U.S. military. The complex strands of storyline eventually twines back together into a literally explosive showdown. To make matters even more interesting, the ruins hide something else far more ancient and mysterious deep beneath the incalculable tonnes of dirt and limestone.
Anderson already has a solid grasp of typical X-Files dialogue, as substantiated by his other books of the series. In this novel he concocts up a deep story to complete the package. He describes the various parties well and ties them all in smoothly. Some research has obviously gone into the creation of the book, as Anderson describes the Maya culture with realism. Action in the book rolls along fairly quickly and fairly early. Bullets fly only a couple of chapters into the book. With the added element of the U.S. military commandos and the family of interesting weapons they bring along, this book has a broad action aspect attached to the thriller ideology.
Extremely fast-paced, this is the best of Anderson's X-Files yet.
-Xiao Zhu
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This is decent. Not good, not bad, but decent. It features Mulder and Scully going against some weird force that's apparently setting off miniature nuclear explosions in a position to destroy those who have advanced the technology of nuclear weaponry. Kind of ironic, huh?
Mulder and Scully's dialogue stays pretty well within the boundaries of their characters as laid out by the series. I could see this being an X-Files episode.
But like I said before, this is merely decent. The prose isn't breathtaking. There are no incredibly deep philosophical moments. No new ground was really exposed with the characters, but that's an impossibility with a series-based novel. The bottom line is that this is just vanilla. Get it if your a hardcore X-files fan, but otherwise? Fahgeddaboutit. There are much more interesting science fiction books, like Cosm and Mysterium.
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