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The Second Shooter por Nick Mamatas
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The Second Shooter (edição 2021)

por Nick Mamatas (Autor)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"There was video of the second shooter. There was video."

In the first reports of every mass shooting, there's always mention of a second shooterâ??two sets of gunshots, a figure seen fleeing the sceneâ??and they always seem to evaporate as events are pieced together.

Commissioned by a fringe publisher to investigate the phenomenon, journalist Mike Karras finds himself tailed by drones, attacked by a talk radio host, badgered by his all-knowing (and maybe all-powerful) editor, and teaming up with an immigrant family of conspiracy buffs.

Together, they uncover something larger and stranger than anyone could imagineâ??a technomystical plot to 'murder America.'

Time for Karras to meet his deadl… (mais)

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Título:The Second Shooter
Autores:Nick Mamatas (Autor)
Informação:Solaris (2021), 400 pages, paperback
Coleções:A sua biblioteca, First-hand, Bought on-line, Fiction, SF fantasy horror, Novels, Published 20s, Unfinished
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Well, this WAS an odd one. I see why some people were reluctant to call it science fiction, but that category is fine for me. I enjoyed the characters and the pace of the story, though became more and more confused as the book progressed. And yes, baffled by how it ended. ( )
  JudyGibson | Jan 26, 2023 |
Well, that was a great big bucket of weird. Started off as a paranoid thriller and ended up deep into some WTF territory. Without getting into specifics, the ending did not entirely click for me. But it's an enjoyable ride nonetheless. ( )
  Jon_Hansen | Jan 31, 2022 |
The Second Shooter is a fast-paced and darkly funny novel that carries readers along like a storm surge, twisting and turning around ever-changing plot points and perspectives. It's a great send-up of America's contemporary culture of conspiracy theorists and the media figures who engage with and encourage them for the sake of the show, as well as a biting critique of everyone who benefits from public tragedies. I found it both entertaining and eerily believable.

The main drawback of this novel, for me, was that I had some difficulty finding the main character engaging. Everything that happened to and around him, and everyone he encountered, was much, much more engaging, which saved the book and ultimately resulted in a satisfying reading experience. I think it might have been a five-star read had there been just a bit more to Mike Karras, though perhaps his essential lack of, well, pretty much everything was important to the plot. At any rate, though his characterization was a flaw for me, I still enjoyed the book quite a bit.

I'd recommend The Second Shooter to anyone looking for a slightly paranormal thriller that's short enough for a fast reader to blaze through in an afternoon. Fans of the X-Files, Neal Stephenson, and William Gibson alike should find plenty of thematic satisfaction here, but Mamatas's take on familiar themes of omnipresent surveillance and vast conspiracy is individual enough to offer most readers something new to think about.

I received a free e-ARC of this title from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my review. ( )
  inquisitrix | Sep 24, 2021 |
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Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"There was video of the second shooter. There was video."

In the first reports of every mass shooting, there's always mention of a second shooterâ??two sets of gunshots, a figure seen fleeing the sceneâ??and they always seem to evaporate as events are pieced together.

Commissioned by a fringe publisher to investigate the phenomenon, journalist Mike Karras finds himself tailed by drones, attacked by a talk radio host, badgered by his all-knowing (and maybe all-powerful) editor, and teaming up with an immigrant family of conspiracy buffs.

Together, they uncover something larger and stranger than anyone could imagineâ??a technomystical plot to 'murder America.'

Time for Karras to meet his deadl

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