Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly · first published 1999
67% recommend33% neutral
A great roller coaster of a thriller. Scarecrow leads a crack team of Marines into Antarctica for what is believed to be a UFO buried beneath the ice. Before arriving there are several mysterious deaths and a French incursionary force to contend with, then the British SAS arrive followed by other foreign teams all set to kill for the secret UFO or else blow everyone and it up. It's a race against the elements, a race against time and a race against everyone who wants the UFO. What is the mystery of the UFO? Will the mysterious deaths be solved? Will Scarecrow and his team survive? This awesom
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…discover an alien spaceship laying under the ice in Antartica A fair few things this could reference, but I'll use it as an opportunity to recommend reading the least likely option which is the book Ice Station by Matthew Reilly.
on “Lidar Reveals 650-Square-Mile Maya Site Hidden Beneath Guatemalan Rain Forest” ↗You really should read Ice Station by Matthew Reilly. It's so bad its good. It has an attack killer whale the bites off one of the characters legs after launching itself meters into the air.
on “Don't make fun of renowned author Dan Brown (2013)” ↗…locations or timeframes. I think that this does impact the level of joy I get from reading, and envy those who get a rich tapestry of mental images from the stories. I found, for example, Matthew Reilly's Ice Station a relatively easy story when I read it as a teen because the pace was high and the action was contained to a relatively simple scene. On the other hand, I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver right…
on “Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain” ↗