Cris Ramsay

The 3rd (and probably final) book in the Eureka media tie in series and not only does it allude to stuff that's happened on the TV show, but also events that happened in the previous two books, which I've never seen done in a non-Star Trek media tie in.

There are two stories in the novel. There's the stolen Thunderbird Egg (a half bird, half thunderstorm creature) that if they're not found will become unstable and cause chaos in Eureka. And there's the Q-Squared Lite Story line (for those who haven't read Q-Squared by Peter David, it's a Star Trek The Next Generation book, the plot is two dimensions that are slowly collapsing onto each other start overlapping and the zaniness that occurs when people are faced with a reality where they made different choices).

Most of the characters were well written, just like in the previous books. And the author with these three books almost sorta seemed to have his own sorta book 'season' with his own canon and at the end of this book a sort of 'season finale'.

But, not all of the book was perfect. Kev played a bigger part in the book, and his characterization was slightly off I thought. Also, some of the stuff that the second dimension Allison did didn't seem anywhere near in character either.

All in all it was a very enjoyable book based on one of my favorite TV shows. I only wish that more of these books had been written. But, with Season Five having been the final season, that's not likely to happen.… (mehr)

First of all, I just love it when a Media Tie In novel for one of the Sc Fi series references another Science fiction program and basically intimates that their world (the world in the book) can totally happen, but, oh no, the other science fiction world is all fiction and couldn't possibly be real. It always cracks me up in only the best way.

In this the second Eureka tie in books, the Eureka crew are digging into a dead man's brain to find what his last thoughts were before he died in a car crash. Of course, it's Eureka, so it doesn't quite go as everyone thinks it will.

In some ways it was better than the first book (Substitution Method) and in some ways it was worse. There still wasn't enough Allison and Jack interaction, but what there was was much more like in the show. Actually the author got most of the characterization of the characters from the show done much better than in Substitution Method.

On the other hand I thought the plot was a bit thin, and then there were the little things like the fact that MIT's still in Cambridge and not in Boston, or that Kim was Henry's wife when I'm pretty sure she never was (at least in regards to when this book was written/published/was supposed to have taken place in the series).

So, on the whole I didn't like this Eureka novel as much as Substitution Method, but it wasn't a bad novel, just an average one.… (mehr)

Yes, I've read yet another Media Tie In novel, this time based on the SyFy (and if I recall, when this show started it was still Sci Fi) show called "Eureka". The book, just like the show, takes place in the town of Eureka, Oregon. A town where there are a ton of very, very smart people who get into lots of interesting trouble because of their experiments. And it's up to Sheriff Jack Carter, who's not a smart in a brainy way as the rest of the town, to save the town, a lot.

One of the ways I judge Media Tie Ins are how close the characters get to the ones on the TV show. And this author did that alright, though not amazingly. He got Sheriff Carter almost perfectly, but some of the other characters like Allison Blake and Zane Donovan were slightly off, though not horribly so, just a little bit.

IT was also a little hard to get into because even though I liked how stories from all the seasons of the series were used, since I'd already seen those stories the beginning was a bit repetitive.

Also, a bit annoyed, 'cause I'm not sure that the author knows that MIT and Harvard are literally in the same city, so if two people were going to go to those two different schools they are more than close enough to see each other more than just on the weekends.

But, on the whole, it was a very good Media Tie In, and it was a pretty good book on its own merits as well.… (mehr)

This book is based on the TV Series, Eureka. Set in a small Oregon town whose citizens are all descended from top scientists, and are all super-geniuses. And every day seems to encounter some disaster that threatens the world, or at least our comfort levels.

In this story, flowers, then people. and finally buildings start teleporting about. Sheriff Carter and Dr. Blake need to keep it quiet and avoid any military involvement. When a building teleports with its occupants, how do you keep them in the dark? They, and the rest of the crew of Eureka have to solve this problem quickly, and return the buildings to their proper locations before anyone becomes aware.

This isn't hard science fiction, and has more than a few holes. But it is a fun and fast read, and it is true to the series. If you enjoy the series, this book fits in with the same color and pace.… (mehr)