Hype. The modern American way of getting attention. It seems to have worked for John Twelve Hawks, the pseudonymous author.
Hype. The modern American way of getting attention. It seems to have worked for John Twelve Hawks, the pseudonym for the author of The Traveler.…
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26 - Reader
I have just finished the book, and loved every min of it. I found it very thought provoking, which is a wonderful quality in a book, would recommend it to everyone. Am looking forward to the next book, any idea when it out anyone?
27 - Reader
I have just finished the book, and loved every min of it. I found it very thought provoking, which is a wonderful quality in a book, would recommend it to everyone. Am looking forward to the next book, any idea when it out anyone?
28 - Kip
I got the book from my sister for my birthday, It was strange reading the revieuw in English, because I read the book in Dutch...but anyway I really really liked the book !! in the end it said that there will be more books. When are they available??? I really want to read more of his books like these !! (does anybody know??)
29 - feeb
Wonderful review. I only wish I had read it before I started the book. "The last 6 words" were a slap in the face. The writer isn't only heavy-handed, he's both stale and dogmatic. Too often he lumps settings and events into stagnant descriptions. I would say he has a clumsy writing style, except that it's not clumsy in that he's like the proverbial bull in the china shop- shattering poetic oppurtunity in a focused and consistent manner. The person who insisted I read this book told me that he had a tough time putting the book down. I had a difficult time not putting it down. The story was compelling enough to help me ignore the writing at intervals. I felt the kind of betrayal Gabriel must have felt by Michael when the end of the book presented itself. I stayed awake to read this?
30 - Lornkanaga
The only thing I didn't like about the book was the way the author portrayed conservatives, as though they would probably be among the biggest proponents of The Brethren. The "Cold Dead Hands" crowd I hang with are the biggest proponents of personal freedom. ;^)
31 - gary
anyone know when the second book will be published.
32 - Raul
I will not read the next installments of this novel. The characters were boringly flat: the traveler, the protector, the bad guys... The "traveler" concept is illogical: why do humans need someone to "travel" to become inspired to grander things? Much of it can be accomplished on the 4th realm alone, which seems to be quite big and complex by itself.
The tabula people seem idiotic in their evilness: they want a traveler to open a portal to another dimension so the superior denizens of that dimension can come to ours. Please... Why on earth would that make sense no matter how mischevious the tabula people are? Wouldn't the tabula people be at least a bit concerned about being enslaved?
I give this novel one hawk out of twelve.
33 - Holly
I enjoyed this book very much and am looking forward to the next installment.
Some of the reviews on this website have described the characters as "flat" which could not be less true. It is the obligation of any reader to add something of themselves to what is on the printed page, to "see" the story in the reader's own context. The benefit of actually reading is the opportunity to find the story "underneath" from one's own perspective.
The characters in "The Traveler" can be seen each and every day as we all "travel" through our own lives. In addition, and frighteningly so, many of the security/freedom issues have become a very scary reality whether we want to admit it or not.
Again, I look forward to the next installment of "The Traveler".
34 - Dancing Leaf
I loved this book - it did offer a lot of food for thought and challenges people to continue to look at our (multiple?) universe(s?) with an open mind.
AND I was thrilled to see that the end of the book was not the end of the story. I'm looking forward to the next one - in fact found this webpage while looking for info on a possible release date.
35 - Nancy
I loved this book. I just purchased the CD from Ebay so that I can listen to it on the way to work. I am sure I missed something exciting because I read it soooo fast. It is very fast-paced and I'm really looking forward to reading the next "Traveler" book.
36 - Mike
I thought the book was excellent and was happy to see that there are more books to follow. Can't wait for the next in the series...
37 - Fee
Could you or I have written a better book? I doubt it. (And I'm a published writer, also a blogger) This book is one of the best books I've read for years and the fact it is a series excited me rather than disappointed at the end. i really do not believe it was built on hype, a book sells becasue it is good; I bought the Traveller two years ago when I read the back cover, but no-one had heard of it and now I find people mention it to me today becasue it has worked its way into the bestseller list gradually, not through hype but plain good writing and intriguing, very relevant storylines.
38 - 13 hawks
12 Hawks points out that the government attempts to use "baseless fear tactics" to pursuade citizens to accept security measures while he uses "baseless fear tactics" to pursuade citizens that big brother is out to get them. Sorry folks, but in reality there aren't secret societies intent on subverting governments and controlling the world. The government is just a bunch of people who go to work every day and try not to screw up in public.
Having said that, I must admit that I enjoyed the story even though the "bad guys" seemed to have learned their trade from the screenplay of an Austin Powers movie at times.
Bottom line: enjoy the book (and the inevitable summer movie), but don't get caught up in all the hype!
39 - Sandy (whitedove)
Totally enjoyed the book and the charaters. It re-opened my eyes to old things and the new things that are going on out there. There always have been travelers and always will be. Time for us all to open our eyes. Glad to see a fellow skin making it good. Looking forward to the next book. I've given the book to my other half to read and have told the kids about it. Da Vinci Code will have run for it's money with this story.
40 - RM
Very enjoyable read, believable and well researched. "1984" with 2006 technology, some bible references, "the mark on the forehead or right hand" from the rfid implant scar, tells of status, or enslavement by the "vast machine" depending on your viewpoint. I will be waiting for the next installment, meanwhile read Michael Crighton's "state of fear"
41 - Hier
I'm half way through the book, and I like it.
It shows what is going on today in the us and uk. People wake up. The technology is being created rfid, etc.
The Traveler is interesting and fast paced.
42 - indiegent
Having just completed "The Traveler" and read the comments on this site I am forced to add my own. That some of us, generally the web-savvy, moderately well educated non Fox/CNN programmed see more truth in Twelve Hawks' novel isn't surprising. Comments like those by "13 Hawks
(Wow, creative...) are. To actually accept the corporate media take on reality is nothing less than lying down and wating for the worms. I for one believe almost half of what I read on alternative websites, which is terrifying. To take at face value the McNews being force fed to the general populace is to forget the propoganda lessons of World War Two and the distraction/psyop programs conducted during the Vietnam Invasion. (Moonwalk...maybe..?)
Twelve hawks' writing style may be a bit amateurish by some standards, but compared to the latest offerings of Koontz, King and Chrichton (The triumverate of Terror!) I found it refreshing and fun.
Critics criticize, but readers know best.
I might actually buy the sequel in hardcover.
-North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
(On the grid. Parents can't disappear easily.)
43 - me
hear hear indiegent...
The writing may have been a bit cumbersome at times, but the story gripped me and still refuses to let go. The only thing I hope is that it wasn't written by Dan Brown (as so often suspected), laughing all the way to the bank.