Killing Time Audiobook

" It's hard to believe that a futuristic techno-thriller like this could be so deadly dull. Full of contradictions and simplistic thinking on the part of the supposed geniuses in the story. Interesting concept, poor execution. "

" Kind of a futuristic "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." When the information revolution threatens to coopt the world's independent thought through mis-information, a band of rebels join together aboard a futuristic ship which can travel through air and sea, and they try to thwart the information tyrants. "

" An interesting take on the not-so-distant future, that explores what can happen when the "information" age gets totally out of control. This was my first read of this author, and while I may read others by him in the future, I wasn't as impressed as I had expected to be - I've heard only good things about this author, and I *did* enjoy the tale.... "

" A very well thought out plot, properly delivered, with just enough misdirection to keep one interested. "

" Amazingly awful. Got 30 pages. It reads like a parody of a cyberpunk novel except not funny. Or maybe the author read a William Gibson novel and didn't get the part about making it even believable by the stretched standards of the genre. The first ten pages feature 40 product name drops, a flying saucer, black helicopters, two assasinations, and a prison break. Really, I think I'll go lie down now. "

" This is a very different work from what I've come to expect from Mr. Carr, but it was well written and certainly thought provoking. "

" My first thoughts when I finished this book was, "Really? Are you kidding me?" Carr spends the whole book getting the main characters into more and more trouble and then in the last few pages inserts a deus ex machina into the picture and all of a sudden the world is magically all better. The ending felt forced and tacked on and I probably would have liked the book better had it ended unhappily. Especially since the authors apparent intent in writing the book was to show the dangers of having too much information and ignoring critical thinking. By giving the characters an easy button it dissolved them of all responsibility and showed that it doesn't matter what we do, someone smarter than us can come by later and fixed everything we've messed up. "

" An interesting tale of the age of information... or is it the age of misinformation? Carr's novel takes place in 2024 and many of the issues he talks about in the past tense are happening now. I found it a very good read. "

" Take it as you may, but this book wants to deceive the world. That being said,I abhor it. Ack. =p "

" Okay. I got kind of sucked in. I don't typically enjoy future science fiction, but this worked. "

" Suspense, and sci-fi from what I thought was a mystery writer. Evokes the mad captain from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. "

" This book was published before 9/11, but nonetheless some of its predictions of the future seems surprisingly (and distressingly) accurate. Hated the end, though. "

" Ok, I thought I was the only one who didn't like this book. But apparently I wasn't. It's an ok but not great book. Definitely not as good as his other books. "

" Worthless book. I can't believe the same guy who wrote The Alienist, a very good book, wrote this. "

" Just bad. CC should stick to historical fiction. "

" So disappointed in Caleb Carr. One of my favorite authors, who has written 2 fantastic historical crime thrillers, made an attempt at a futuristic, sci-fi story. Horrible. "

" Not my favorite audio book... this one was just a little too weird for me. "

" Good sci-fi but a little depressing. Not such a good outlook for our information age. "

" Caleb Carr usually writes awesome stuff (The Alienist), but this was underwhelming. "

" This one is pretty interesting. "

" I didn't like this book. To many reasons to tell why. Now I'll pass it on to my husband. He will say, "Yuck where did you find this one?" Or maybe he will surprise me. "

" Weak and Cliched. Felt like a rush job. Fill out a contract after the Alienist? "

" First Audible book, December 2000 "

" The term mindless drivel was created to describe this book "

" a very good story of the future, the worry of over infomation from the internet, and how a group of people with ultra-tech goodies try to stop it. loved this book. "

" A HUGE disappointment after the brilliance of The Alienist. Doesn't seem possible that the same man wrote both. "

" I simply could not connect with any of the characters in this book. Carr has a clunker in this one. "

" This is a very different work from what I've come to expect from Mr. Carr, but it was well written and certainly thought provoking. "

" Great book providing insightful view of our current media driven society. Very thought provoking even if a bit outlandish at times. "

" I've enjoyed some of Carr's historical novels and this started as an interesting idea but went nowhere. I gave up. "

" Interesting premise, raises good questions re: morality, enlightened despotism, gullibility of masses, info v knowledge etc. Disappointing at times in writing construction/style. "

" Science fiction, in my opinion, is not Caleb Carr's strong suit. I read this and forgot it the moment I put it down. "

" Quite crappy. I found myself laughing, and not in a good way. "

" Picked this up at a book sale. I saw from reviews that it's not so good. But...I liked it overall. Not at all what I expected, but interesting enough. "