Preston/Child

Lincoln Child finds another corner of the Earth to explore in ‘The Third Gate’ (Book review)

Following journeys to a theme park in the desert, the barren wilderness of Alaska, a computerized skyscraper and the bottom of the ocean, Lincoln Child

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Preston and Child do impressive ‘24’ impression in ‘Gideon’s Corpse’ (Book review)

Last year’s “Gideon’s Sword” was a somewhat rocky start to Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s new Gideon Crew series that felt a bit like a

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‘Cold Vengeance’: From monsters to human monsters, Pendergast-verse keeps getting richer (Book review)

There’s a great human monster in “Cold Vengeance” (August, hardcover), the latest Pendergast novel from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He’s Falkoner, a German assassin with an

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Preston and Child refresh the James Bond template with Gideon Crew in ‘Gideon’s Sword’ (Book review)

There is no sword in “Gideon’s Sword” (February 2011, hardcover). There’s probably some literary reason for the title, but still, I kept expecting a sword

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‘Fever Dream’: This time it’s personal for Special Agent Pendergast (Book review)

“Fever Dream,” the latest Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child novel, opens with FBI Special Agent Pendergast and his wife, Helen, hunting a lion in Africa. I

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Douglas Preston makes a geographical ‘Impact’ on this reader (Book review)

I don’t really like traveling. I like the idea of having been someplace, but the actual process of traveling is stressful to me. I’m always

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Preston & Child do their usual, compelling ‘Dance’ — this time with zombies (Book review)

I used to describe Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child as “like Michael Crichton, only better.” I now know that’s a simplistic comparison, but it’s still useful. The

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Entertainment I discovered after getting a tip from someone: A top 15 list (Commentary)

Part of the purpose of this blog is to let you know about cool stuff in the entertainment world. The blog’s main purpose, of course,

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‘Terminal Freeze’ is a typical Lincoln Child chiller, and that’s fine with me (Book review)

“Terminal Freeze” is another Lincoln Child book about a monster on the loose. I might sound like I’m bored with the idea, but actually Child’s

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