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4.0 out of 5 stars It's ok....., Mar 2 2004

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Eric (El Sobrante, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T2 Infiltrator (Mass Market Paperback)

T2 Infiltrator starts out SLOW...It takes just a hour after John and his mother Sarah escape from the metal factory. So now, they head to South America to lay low and train and get prepared for what is ever throw their way. Then Skynet sends another T-800, but not to kill John or Sarah, but to protect Skynet from John and Sarah. So now as the story moves along, we then meet Dieter; a agent in South America where he is signed to capture Sarah and John because they are the most wanted individuals on earth; they are considered terrorist, and the U.S. wants them BAD!
Now the T-800 then gets a job at Cyberdyne as a security personel. By day she works at Cyberdyne, but at night, she is constructing other T-800's in order to kill John and Sarah. As Dieter gets to know Sarah and John, he gets locked into their struggle, and joins them on their fight against Skynet. Then just when they at least expected it, a T-800 is sent down to South America to kill John and Sarah. It failed. So now, they head back to Los Angeles to finish off Skynet for good. We then meet Enrigue again, she gets her guns, and they go out fighting. The ending is great, but I just wish that the book did not start out slow. Good book, but not a classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Stirling for a great book, Jan 9 2004

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Albert Youn "Technical Recruiter" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: T2 Infiltrator (Mass Market Paperback)

Man created machines. The more machines man makes, the more man depends upon machines for daily living. But will machines ever become conscoius? Prof. John Searle argues that they won't. But the writers of Terminator 2 disagree w/ the professor. These folks create a world in which not only do machines become conscoius, but shortly after becoming conscious, they choose to try to exterminate the human specie. The human specie only confounds the fecundity of the machines.

In T2: Infiltrator, seven years has passed since the end of Terminator 2 (the movie). (I haven't seen Terminator 3, yet, b/c I heard that it was only so-so.) Sarah Conor has started a new life in South America. Cyberdine has started a new life in California. Conflict is bound to arise. By 2029, Skynet has spent years refining its research on Infiltrators, which are human-based instead of machine-based. Skynet's latest creation is the I-950, and it sends one back, with several mission objectives, to 7-years-post-T2.

I think that this book was written primarily to satisfy us T2 fans. (I watched T2 at least 12 times.) Infiltrator was well-written, and the author does his best to make the T2 story more coherent and more complete. There's even a character in Infiltrator that makes sense of why the T-101 (played by Schwarzenegger in the movies) had a German accent. I enjoyed Stirling's film-noir-like sense of humor, with lines such as the following: "Skynet just went for you; it didn't dance around and tease like this. Probably nothing in its experience had given it any more reason to try anything more subtle than a sledgehammer."

This book is pretty entertaining, and if you're looking for entertainment, then read it. Even though sci-fi is not the genre of books that often provides profound insight into life, Stirling's characters are realistic and multi-faceted. In particular, I enjoyed how Stirling depicted the life and thoughts of the I-950, who lived (and sometimes struggled) between the consciousness of a human and that of a conscious machine. And as with any action story written for a male audience, the author develops the extrordinarily intelligent and competent charismatic protagonist in a way that both elicits the young male reader's admiration and shapes the reader's wishful thoughts.

As for me, I agree with Prof. Searle. And I think that only God has the power to create conscious things with free will. But if man could develop conscoius computers that had free will, then I would expect them computers to become evil. And reading about these evil machines versus survivalist humans is part of what makes the Terminator 2 storyline so fun. And funny.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I wanted and more., Nov 8 2003

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This book is the answer to every T fan's longing! S. M. Sterling gives a brilliant storyline with awesome characterization. The I-950 idea is brilliant and terrifying. It was hard for me to put down. S. M. Sterling even compensates for the movies' downfalls by explaining obvious questions fans may have. I always wanted to read a T novel and this book is everything that I'd hoped it would be.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Movie T3
I picked up "T2-Infiltrator" due the fact that I didn't enjoy "T3 Rise of the Machine" movie. This book is really great! Read more

Published on July 28 2003 by M. E. Newell

5.0 out of 5 stars Takes the story in a new direction and to new heights
I didn't expect this to be more than a rehash of the two movies and therefore it came as a most pleasant surprise. Read more

Published on July 15 2003 by Neal C. Reynolds