Utopia
by Lincoln Child
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Author: Lincoln ChildEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12-02
ISBN: 0345455207
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Reviews of Utopia
Book Review: A lovely, lovely book. - Amy S.
Summary: 5 Stars
Overall, I though Utopia was a good book. It was full of action and once the adventure started, it never slowed down. If you have not read the book, it's about a man named Andrew Warne. He built a computer program for a theme park called Utopia at the request of Eric Nightingale. Now they want him to take it offline, because they think it's creating problems with the robots it controls. For example, the robots are doing things to the rides that they shouldn't be doing, like loosening bolts on the rides instead of tightening them. But what if it's not the Metanet's fault? What if it's an outside party? And prepare for complications, because Dr. Warne's only daughter, Georgia, is somewhere in the park. Warne has to decide whether to go find her, or help save the park. This book is very memorable, because it's about a theme park. I've never read a book about a theme park. Kids love theme parks, as do I. This theme park is made up of all kinds of attractions from all different worlds, time periods, and ideas, for example Callisto and Camelot. I think that it would be very interesting to go to one of these worlds, because I didn't live in any of the time periods, and it would be awsome to see how life was like.
This book talked about theme park terrorism. I wasn't expecting that, but there it was anyway. Groups of people being led by John Doe were holding Utopia hostage in order to get the exact computer program that the Metanet runs on for their own uses. They would kill people, and destroy the park if anyone, basically Sarah, changed anything to do with their plan. They were ruthless.
I agree with the author's idea of nurturing love, and platonic love. I'm glad that Dr. Warne and Sarah Boatwright had broken up before the story began, or else it would have made an already complicated story more complicated. My favorite part of the story is that it all took place in less than twelve hours, which explains why it was fast paced. Sarah, Warne, and anyone else on their team had to fix this before the park closed, the armored security car came to take away the terrorists. Basically the whole book is a race against time.
This book is sort of like what's going on in our country now. We are fighting against terrorism, just like the Utopia park officials. We both want to keep terrorism out.
I really liked this book. It always kept me guessing, and there was a twist, as it turned, out there was an inside agent. I figured that there would be, but who it was totally surprised me. I don't think anyone could have guessed who it was. The whole book was like that. You never knew what was going to happen next, what kind of crazy stunt either side would pull to get their job done. That's what made it good. You never knew what was coming. You had to keep guessing and very often you were wrong. It was a very good book, in the whole.
Summary of Utopia
Fasten your seat belts?the white-knuckle thrills at Utopia, the world?s most fantastic theme park, escalate to nightmare proportions in this intricately imagined techno-thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child.Rising out of the stony canyons of Nevada, Utopia is a world on the cutting edge of technology. A theme park attracting 65,000 visitors each day, its dazzling array of robots and futuristic holograms make it a worldwide sensation. But ominous mishaps are beginning to disrupt the once flawless technology. A friendly robot goes haywire, causing panic, and a popular roller coaster malfunctions, nearly killing a teenaged rider. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant computer engineer who designed much of the park?s robotics, is summoned from the East Coast to get things back on track.
On the day Warne arrives, however, Utopia is caught in the grip of something far more sinister. A group of ruthless criminals has infiltrated the park?s computerized infrastructure, giving them complete access to all of Utopia?s attractions and systems. Their communication begins with a simple and dire warning: If their demands are met, none of the 65,000 people in the park that day will ever know they were there; if not, chaos will descend, and every man, woman, and child will become a target. As one of the brains behind Utopia, Warne finds himself thrust into a role he never imagined?trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. And as the minutes tick away, Warne?s struggle to outsmart his opponents grows ever more urgent, for his only daughter is among the unsuspecting crowds in the park.
Lincoln Child evokes the technological wonders of Utopia with such skill and precision it is hard to believe the park exists only in the pages of this extraordinary book. Like Jurassic Park, Utopia sweeps readers into a make-believe world of riveting suspense, technology, and adventure.
UTOPIA -- Where technology dazzles?and then turns deadly!
From the Hardcover edition.
It takes a lot of chutzpah to give your novel the same title as one of the most famous novels in the history of English-language literature, even if the original novel didn't spawn a literary field or two (utopian and dystopian fiction) or become an everyday term for the perfect place to live on Earth. Yet there's a postmodern appropriateness to applying the title Utopia to a novel set in a theme park that uses cutting-edge technology to create Earth's most desirable fantasy place to visit. Like Westworld and Jurassic Park, Lincoln Child's Utopia is a near-future theme-park thriller, and like Michael Crichton, Child delivers an abundance of white-knuckle thrills, chills, and shocks.
Despite its remote location in the Nevada desert, the Utopia theme park receives 65,000 visitors daily. They never dream their lives may be in any real danger. However, some of the self-programming robots are becoming erratic, so park administrators quietly bring the robots' brilliant creator from the East Coast to fix the problem before it gets any worse. Dr. Andrew Warne brings his daughter, for he doesn't believe there is anything wrong with his creations. But on the day of their arrival, a mysterious band of ruthless criminals infiltrates not only the park, but its computerized systems. The unknown terrorists appear to control everything, from the simplest robot to the most dangerous ride. And if their demands aren't met, thousands of innocent park-goers will be killed. --Cynthia Ward
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