Killing Time

by Caleb Carr | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by mellion108 of Waterford, Michigan USA on 10/29/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by mellion108 from Waterford, Michigan USA on Saturday, October 29, 2005
I liked this story, but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had actually read it. Carr does an ok job of narrating this, but I found myself drifting off during his reading at times (lots of rewinding!).

Carr delves into some topics that are so relevant to today's headlines—genocide, pandemics, big business taking over all aspects of human existence, the constant noise of "news"—and this story actually raises some interesting philosophical issues. I plan to revisit this one in book form one of these days (once I tame Mt. TBR).
Unabridged, 6 cassettes, approximately 8 hours

Synopsis:
The year is 2023, and much of the world enjoys great wealth generated by the triumph of information technology. However, the staphylococcus plague of 2006 wiped out 40 million people, and the 2020 assassination of American President Emily Forrester traumatized the nation. Through it all, the Internet remains the main source of information, bombarding people with news, rumors and allegations twenty-four hours a day—while creating enromous possibiliites for the manipulation of mankind.

Into this world of deception wanders Dr. Gideon Wolfe, a New York psychiatrist, criminal profiler, and historian. Wolfe comes into possession of a computer disc that contains startling evidence that the now-famous visual record of President Forrester's assassination was digitally altered.

Stunned and enraged, Wolfe sets out to unravel the full tale of the Forrester hoax. His journey leads him to a secret group of scientific and military experts who seek to expose the astonishing degree to which the public can be deceived and manipulated in the INformation AGe. Wolfe joins the team and discovers that their efforts instigate the most horrendous single act of mass murder in world history. Relentlessly suspenseful, Killing Time reveals a new side of a master novelist.

Journal Entry 2 by danesnboxers from Union, Missouri USA on Sunday, January 8, 2006
I had received this a few weeks ago. Sorry that I am late making a journal entry. I have listened to this book and all I can say is it was different.

Through the first tape I kept asking myself "Who was the Good Guy vs the Bad Guys? I finally decided this wasn't a story where that applied at all which is OK but the whole premise of manipulating events in history to change events of today was a little strange.

I enjoyed listening to the story because it was so different from my usual.
Danesnboxers

Journal Entry 3 by danesnboxers from Union, Missouri USA on Sunday, February 19, 2006
Going to FamFatale from an audiobook relay.
Danesnboxers

Journal Entry 4 by FamFatale from Chantilly, Virginia USA on Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Received via bookrelay

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