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...Third Wave doesn't have nearly as many interesting laser-household-pets, deep-sea-wheat-fields, radio-shack-rocket-to-the-moon-kit predictions. Instead it offers a thorough compendium of every social critique ever raised. Ever hear anyone discuss the demeaning, unfulfilling work done in the world's factories? Sure you have. Well, Toffler has too, and he repeats it in ingratiating detail, describing the steel foundry he once toiled in. "I swallowed the dust, the sweat and smoke of the foundry. My ears were split by the hiss of the steam, the clank of the chains, the roar...
...problem is that everyone wants to do that: the Household Cavalry, Special Air Service, New Scotland Yard, as well as antiterrorist experts flown in from Israel, West Germany and Japan. While the new Prime Minister dithers, responsibility for the rescue is divided between the S.A.S. and the admirable Jack Lash, head of the Yard's antiterrorist squad and holder of the George Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded by the Crown to a civilian. Meanwhile, the invaders have imprisoned Her Majesty and a young lady-in-waiting in the palace's royal apartments. Almost as pressing...
Alice Brown, as Persephone, is simply too placid. She may be the anchor in a stormy household, the practical support for two restless dreamers, but nonetheless (indeed, as a result of this) her frustration should be evident in subconscious glimpses early on and flashes of anger later. When she tries to explain to Linda why she married George--Persephone's most touching speech--Brown fails to communicate the depth of this woman's love and the strength of her character. (In all fairness, it must be stated that Brown took over the role only two weeks before the opening...
...speculative purchases of silver contracts on margin. That dried up the frenzied demand. At the same time, thousands of people tempted by the high prices began hauling family silver out of closets to be sold and melted down. Even thieves got into the game, and burglaries of household silver increased throughout the U.S. In late January the price broke, then spiraled down and down...
...tenth novel Author Thomas Berger claims squatter's rights to the plot of the beleaguered household. Earl Keese, middle-aged and overweight, lives with his wife Enid smack at the end of a cul-de-sac somewhere in exurbia. Their plans for a normal Friday night have been made without reckoning on Harry and Ramona, a younger couple newly ensconced in the only other house on the block. Ramona appears first, while Enid is in the kitchen seeing to supper, and makes some lewd advances toward Earl...