Y2K: The Day the World Shut Down: Amazon.ca: Michael Hyatt: Books

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Computers all over the world may revert back to the year 1900 when the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2000. In this compelling novel, society experiences a meltdown with crashing financial institutions, chaotic transportation systems and a crippled national defense.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Y2K: the Day the Scam Went Bye-Bye, Dec 3 2002

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Ronald M. Henzel (Cape Coral, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Y2K: The Day the World Shut Down (Paperback)

Okay: Y2K didn't happen. Got that? There was no "Y2K Crisis." Civilization as we know it did not come to an end at one second past midnight on the morning of January 1, 2000. So if you got into an argument with someone who said it wouldn't happen, and maybe suggested that his doubts were due to a limited mental capacity, or that he was simply too lazy to consult the latest "information" on the subject, then perhaps you owe that person an apology, because nothing that was predicted to accompany the arrival of the year 2000 due to the absence of two decimal places in the year fields of programs and operating systems EVER happened! NOTHING! I know because I was there, along with about 6 billion other people. And many of us monitored the progression of the new millennium as it began at the International Date Line and moved west through Asia, Australia, Europe, to where I was then living in the Chicago area, and beyond. Our public utilities continued to function, our computers continued to work, and our nuclear missiles remained in their silos. People on life-support systems in hospitals didn't turn up dead, refrigeration systems didn't fail, and our water supplies remained safe. In short: nothing happened. NOTHING! Even though virtually every important industry in our global economy admitted that the "Y2K Problem" was still years away from being completely solved, and that the "Y2K Bug" would still permeate our systems for quite some time, NOTHING HAPPENED. The supposed "bug" that was going to be responsible for the "problem" that would inevitably lead to a "crisis" that would send us back to the Dark Ages while perhaps triggering Armageddon NEVER happened! Was there ANY result from this Y2K fiasco? No. Instead, the ultimate mega-event of all recorded history became known for primarily one thing: that nothing happened. We waited for something to happen. We looked for something to happen. January 1 went by. January 2 went by. January itself went by, and through February and March of 2000 we still thought something might happen, but nothing did. Nothing, that is, except that for a certain cadre of unscrupulous authors, such as the ones who wrote this book, the party was over, and there was no more money to be made off uninformed and/or gullible readers from THIS particular scare scenario. For them, it was time to cash-out. Live to write another day. Take the money and run. I hope they invested it all in Enron.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hurried but heart-felt., Mar 4 2000

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Here is a novel by an accomplished author who obviously had insufficient time to create a work of more depth. Its plot and characters are embryonic; however, it is easy to see how they might have become much more memorable. Homeric themes give the story a charming archaic tone which is wholly absent from most modern novels, and the emphasis placed on community and family is very refreshing. By the book's conclusion, the reader discovers that the authors' intent was not to provide a sensational account of apocalypse; but to show that, whatever its outcome, no catastrophe can ever subsume our highest call to family and covenant community.

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2.0 out of 5 stars If you have access to no other Y2k book, read this one., Oct 26 1999

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I really wanted to like this book.

The author wraps an excessively complex, pointless "plot" around a thin discussion of Y2k issues. In Priam's Y2k, everything works pretty well, except there are a few National Guard checkpoints? Oh, that's scary.

First reaction after finishing the book... "Hunh? That's IT?". Second reaction, I flipped it over to see what I had paid... glad I got a good deal at Amazon

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2.0 out of 5 stars Immature, pseudo-moralizing
The authors have used Y2K to stuff their pseudo-moralizing Christian religious views down the readers' throats. Read more

Published on Jun 10 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Hurried but heart-felt.
Here is a novel by an accomplished author who obviously had insufficient time to create a work of more depth. Read more

Published on May 6 1999