Press Send

by John McLaren

When Hilton Kask dies he leaves a parcel for each of his special friends - his twin brother Conrad, soul-mate Lisa, and his martial arts instructor. Inside is a mobile phone with one simple instruction: "Press Send". But for his enemies, Hilton has even more ambitious plans for revenge.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

born 1951

Reviews

[Velvetink · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since it was published in 1997 I will vaguely forgive this author for writing about A.I. as in that year, "Deep Blue" became the first computer chess-playing system to beat a reigning world chess champion. That said give this one a miss, I'd rather sit through Spielberg's movie A.I.

[Nick Davies · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ambitious, but not what I was looking for at the time. I'd been reading fairly 'stright' crime thrillers, but this was a little more sci-fi and cyber crime than anticipated. Nevertheless, I bought it cheap and I got some enjoyment from it - interesting twists and written in a fast-paced style that kept the reader interested - though I've not been compelled to seek out more of John McLaren's work.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a fun read.

[Meenehansgmail.Com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book. more amazing is that it was published back in 1997.

[Pete · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good fun, a bit of nerd trash really.

Too many characters at the beginning to keep up with, but once I settled into the story I got through it quickly.

Great holiday book to read by the pool!

[Alan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I learned nothing very new about computers or anything else.

I enjoyed the little rewards and revenges played out but felt it was a rather simplistic approach.

I almost stopped reading the book when Japanese characters mixed up their 'r' and 'l'. Japanese language does NOT contain the 'l' so often 'r' is used, especially in the japanization of foreign words, but they don't pronounce 'r' as 'l'!!!

Luckily the main plot kicked in just after this so it became readable again.

The only thing novel is that this book WASN'T already in Goodreads so I've added my first ever book :)

When I watch a science documentary I'll have finished another Fall2009 challenge

[Rick]

A quirky little book. Computers and revenge. Somewhat disjointed to start, but pretty good by the end.

[Andrew Gallagher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange book transfering your mind to a car.