Un buon romanzo di Greg Bear, dove affronta il tema del poltergeist da un punto di vista horror ma naturalistico, con una definizione di un fenomeno analogo ma molto maggiore per proporzione, che dà il titolo al romanzo ed è, tra l'altro, terribilmente evocativo. Romanzo corale, con personaggi magari un poco scarni come caratterizzazione, ma forse è meglio così, visto che per lo più fanno una brutta fine. Niente Dio ne Diavolo, ma medium e forze naturali, nonché una riflessione caustica sulla co...

Nowhere near as good as Greg Bear's other works. This is a very early example of his writing, and it shows both in his somewhat tone deaf moral lesson and his flatly drawn characters. Be warned as well that while Bear tries to wrap it in a scientific explanatory framework, this is a work with deeply paranormal currents and a great deal of horror driving the narrative progress. It was well enough written to keep my attention, but it's not a book I'd recommend under any circumstances.

When the 800-odd residents of Lorobu New Mexico disappear leaving only three survivors (two of whom die in a murder-suicide days later) Laurie Fowler (a physicist) is drawn to the town as a friend and his son were two of the victims. The lone survivor, the 10 year-old boy Tim, is hearing voices and seeing images of terrifying violence. Fowler and a group of psychics are subsumed into a military operation (Silent Night) to try to destroy the psychic tornado - dubbed a psychlone - that manifests

review of Greg Bear's Psychlone by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - May 27, 2017 You'd think this guy is one of my favorite writers or something. This is the 17th bk I've read by him & I always pick up any titles of his that I don't already have. It helps that they're cheap. He always has a grandiose idea that he develops fully. This wasn't one of my favorites but then I read ANOTHER ONE that I liked so much that he was instantly 'redeemed'. The PROLOGUE: "Final message from the U.S.S. Matheson, rec...

I generally like Greg Bear's stuff, but this one failed to make the grade.This novel is a cross between Stephen King's horror efforts and sci-fi. Toss in some Hieronymous Bosch and you realize it's time to back away slowly.This was supposed to be about the soul-destroying effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings- with some connection between the physical world and that of the spirit- but it just didn't come off in any satisfying way. The characters were cardboard as well.Don't give...

I picked this book up in a charity shop because I like the author or, rather, I like some of his other books that he has written. Psychlone was a disappointment however. The overall idea, once I'd finished the book, was interesting and thought provoking, however the characters were not well developed, probably because there were so many of them. The plotting was too complicated (for me) and there were a couple of Deus Ex Machina moments.Having said that I didn't feel compelled to hurl the book a...

Well, it is great that the publisher did not give up on Greg Bear after this one. I genuinely enjoyed some of his later books (Eon, Darwin's Children) but this one is rather weak. The plot is not well developed, the characters are not very believable and the whole science/Supernatural debate going as an underflow is rather tired and uninteresting. There are 2-3 great ideas in it, which were unfortunately underutilized. It is not a bad book per se; but don't expect too much. but, I think that wit...

Above the title it states "An OCCULT SCIENCE-FICTION Thriller". I would say this is more occult than science fiction, but it does become very old school 1950's sci-fi in its conclusion. Over eight hundred people die horribly in the city of Lorobu, New Mexico. They have either killed one another or committed suicide. Just before this occurs, Larry Fowler joins his friend Henry Taggart at the cabin of the latter's father, who is also there. Larry is there to see "something." He does, but doesn't w...

This is the second book I’ve read from Greg, and I will agree with other reviews, that’s this work wasn’t as sci-fi as others but nevertheless has some science lauded down.The story is interesting and I found it full of morality and psychology aspects that served as templates to the development of the writing. In some parts I felt scared which is something that I liked and enjoyed, and pushed me to keep reading.I think blood music, which also was the first book I read, was more interesting and c...

From an author better known for his hard SF, this is something of a disappointment: too many characters, too flat and underdeveloped - too easily, and unemotionally, disposed of - in the sort of late '70s horror tale which would have flared briefly and faded to obscurity had Bear not gone on to a career of better things. A heart-on-its-sleeve book about the horrors and guilts of war, coupled with the uncomfortable fit of New Age hippy-dippy nonsense like psychics and pyramids, increasingly rushe...

I like Bear's fiction, and this one was no exception. Very imaginative premise, carried out well. Good characters and dialog. Less "science-y" and more toward the horror end of the spectrum than most of his stuff. Not unlike Dean Koontz in some ways, but I think Bear is a batter writer than Koontz. A mysterious "force" freezes a lynx solid, kills everyone in a small town, and terrorizes investigators. A quick read; I'll doubtless re-read one of these years.

Disappointing... While the plot of the story was interesting the characters were so generic and blah that it fell flat. There a few really nice descriptions and emotional connections, it wasn't enough to over come the plainest. I had a hard time really connecting with the characters, I did not feel any emotion for them because they didn't come across as having emotions.

Just couldn't get into it. Like a horror story? Strange energies cause people to kill in American town. DNF

What there was of it was good: great idea, good writing. But when I finished I wondered if I had missed several chapters. It just seems incomplete.

Più che psychlone borechlone. Due stelle proprio per l'idea.

Starts off so well but loses focus completely.

This is a SF author that I enjoy a lot and this novel was no exception, although it was more a supernatural horror with a SF twist at the end. A number of strange occurences are happening throughout America. In a remote log cabin, animals freeze solid, only to come alive again as they thaw and a father and son are driven into murdering each other. A town turns on each other, murdering and scrawling messages of pain in their death throes. The only survivor, a small boy, hears the voices of the lo...

I may be just a wuss because some parts of this book really scared me! I guess this is more horror than science fiction. It's about a psychlone which is a cyclone of psychic energy.The psychlone is made of vengeful Japanese who were killed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. If you're caught in the middle of a nuclear blast then not only is your body vaporized but your soul is destroyed as well. You die a complete death. However, if you're at the fringe of the explosion, your body dies but your soul is m...

This was a very interesting book. I don't even know how to catorgize it. Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller. It's all of the above. Very fast paced and hard to put down. There is a strange phenomena happening across america, and it came out of one of America's darkest actions. Very relevant even today. I don't want to give too much away, any spoilers would ruin the fascination. I really, really liked this story. I will be reading more by him.

Everything before the last 50 pages of this book is well-written, interesting, and fun to read. When the author finally decides to bring the multiple, concurrent story-lines together, however, the book takes a turn for the worse. The story-lines integrate very poorly, one significant piece of the puzzles ends up completely forgotten, and the book finishes with an uninteresting climax. Which is quite a shame, since the book started off so well.

Greg Bear is a brilliant author but this wasn't my favorite book of his. I'm glad I read to the end though. What I thought might be a dumb supernatural thriller ended up making some thoughtful critiques of weapons of mass destruction and spirituality.

I read this book a very long time ago, and while I was compiling my book list, I realized to my horror that someone had taken it. I remembered having this one because the story really stuck with me and I'd always held onto it as one I'd read again. Now I've got to find another one.

A different type of scifi book, but I found it an interesting although at times a disturbing read ;)

A fun read which had an interesting base.

Niet echt boeiend

I really loved the first chapter and was excited to discover the story. But then things got a little confusing and interest lagged...

This book has one of the coolest sci-fi concepts ever. I don't want to spoil it in this review, but if you are thinking about reading this book, definitely pick it up. The idea blew my mind.

A must read for Sci-Fi fans! You will be fascinated by the idea behind the story.