Dimsum and vampire plagues
Is there a more appetizing combination? If a vampire bites you, he would pass out from all that MSG.
The Strain is a tech horror thriller by Guillermo Del Toro, the director of Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the upcoming The Hobbit, and Chuck Hogan, winner of the Hammett Award for literary crime fiction for Prince of Thieves. It’s the first novel in a trilogy about a viral pandemic. The Strain begins with a plane carrying 200 passengers taxiing down the runway at New York’s JFK Airport and inexplicably stopping dead. The lights go out, the communication systems go quiet, the shades are drawn, there is no discernible movement. Every passenger on board is apparently dead. Fearing a biological terror threat, Homeland Security summons a rapid response unit from the Centers for Disease Control, and they discover. . .
This is a perfect book for standing in long queues, waiting in airports, or sitting in a massive traffic jam. You know it’s a gripping read when there are nail marks on your palms from clutching the book so tightly.
The paperback is available at National Bookstore, P355.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 08:37
Del Toro quit “The Hobbit”.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/hobbit-director-quits-amid-studio-delays-reuters
June 2nd, 2010 at 09:20
It reminded me of Saramago’s Blindness. I liked the book but not the film.
June 2nd, 2010 at 09:27
nice tip, thanks!
June 2nd, 2010 at 16:12
Guillermo Del Toro left “The Hobbit” I read somewhere in Facebook.
June 2nd, 2010 at 23:03
I’ve read this book and it is pretty nail biting. Much better than the vapidness of the twilight saga. The only thing I hate is that I have to wait for the next 2 books to come out. Ack! On a side note, I just finished a historical novel called The Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn set in the early years of the Roman Empire. I recommend it highly. It comes complete with gladiators, slave trading, bloodshed,orgies, and political intrigue. The book is sex, drugs, and rock & roll, roman style.
June 3rd, 2010 at 09:37
Sounds like the opening scene to the Fringe pilot…