Word: thrillers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...novel, though, rattle Mack's faith in human autonomy. He sees people close to him behaving at the dictates of compulsions they do not understand or control. He begins to wonder whether he is not doing the same. Pleading Guilty is both an irresistible tale and a dark, moral thriller...
...career hits a new, if bumpy, peak with the erotic thriller Sliver. Shooting is shadowed by rumors of tension between co-stars Sharon Stone and William Baldwin. Then the steamy, voyeur-happy sex in the film threatens to + saddle it with a box-office-stifling NC-17 rating, and dozens of trims are made in the final cut to get an R rating. With extensive retooling going on, the buzz is downright dismal, and Paramount even declines to hold advance reviewers' screenings. In the midst of all this, he leaves his wife of 24 years and takes up with...
...result is a book that is part thorough history, part techno-political thriller. Thanks to Read's exhaustive research and clear, vivid writing, it is evident that the disaster, or one like it, should have been predictable. Indeed, the Soviet nuclear industry had already had a long history of accidents. Because those were considered state secrets, though, most people -- including many in the industry -- had never heard of them. Read uncovers the startling fact that some critical aspects of the Chernobyl reactor's behavior that were known to its designers were never passed along to the operators. Perversely, the operators...
...truth, when disclosed at the end, seems to belong to a slick thriller rather than to the work of emotional and spiritual impact that Keneally has written. But, as the poet Randall Jarrell said, "a novel is a prose narrative - of some length that has something wrong with...
...games. Dinosaur theme parks are booming, while toy stores overflow with stuffed stegosauruses, dinosaur puzzles and models, not to mention the omnipresent videosaurus Barney. And early in June, dino-mania will reach fever pitch with the premiere of Steven Spielberg's long-awaited movie version of the Michael Crichton thriller Jurassic Park. (See following story...