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James Markham, a CIA agent, is ordered to infiltrate the Soviet parapsychology facility in Samarkand
- GenresEspionage
459 pages, Paperback Bunko
First published January 1, 1987
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David Wise
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From Wikipedia:
«David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975).»
Most of his books were non-fiction examinations of espionage and U.S. politics. According to his obituary in the New York Times, “He also wrote three spy novels, which were praised for their insight and authority.” Those novels include:
• Spectrum, 1981
• The Children's Game , 1983
• Samarkand Dimension , 1987
From Wikipedia:
«David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975).»
Most of his books were non-fiction examinations of espionage and U.S. politics. According to his obituary in the New York Times, “He also wrote three spy novels, which were praised for their insight and authority.” Those novels include:
• Spectrum, 1981
• The Children's Game , 1983
• Samarkand Dimension , 1987
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February 11, 2008
There's a particular style of mystery that I haven't quite classified yet. Maybe I'll take a line from TNT and call them "mysteries for guys who like mysteries." They usually involve a whole lot of sex, a whole lot of gorgeous, curvy women with whom the protagonist doesn't have sex (unless he's James Bond, who should have had at least twenty-seven venereal diseases by now), many things blowing up... you get the idea. And all of them, at least all that I've read, share a particular writing style, from Iam Fleming to the team who cranked out the Nick Carter books to David Wise. Imagine if Dolph Lundgren were narrating a book, and you have the general idea. Accent and all.
Given that, the good points about David Wise's The Samarkand Dimension: Lots of gorgeous, curvy women, with whom protagonist David Markham both does and does not have sex; gunfire (although nothing blows up); and writing that can be read in a Dolph Lundgren accent without sounding too terribly silly.
The bad points: the editing, the proofreading, and the printing. Someone was more than asleep at the wheel when this thing was edited and proofread.
David Markham is a CIA operative who's chosen to go into the Soviet (yes, we had Soviets back then) psywarfare installation at Samarkand and try to find out how far along those evil Russkies are in their psy testing. They're far enough along to turn a top-secret missile back on its tail and send it crashing into Vandenberg Air Force Base; what else are they capable of?
Not a bad plot, and pretty well-handled. And the underlying mystery (which I can't give away without all kinds of spoilers) ends up being the kind of whodunit that made me sit there clutching the book and saying "you guys are GOOD." I never saw it coming, but then I'm awfully thick-skulled about this sort of thing sometimes. Others may get it a lot faster than I did. *** 1/2 for the story, * 1/2 for the awful presentation, we'll settle on a good, solid, middle-of-the-road ** 1/2 for the whole book.
Given that, the good points about David Wise's The Samarkand Dimension: Lots of gorgeous, curvy women, with whom protagonist David Markham both does and does not have sex; gunfire (although nothing blows up); and writing that can be read in a Dolph Lundgren accent without sounding too terribly silly.
The bad points: the editing, the proofreading, and the printing. Someone was more than asleep at the wheel when this thing was edited and proofread.
David Markham is a CIA operative who's chosen to go into the Soviet (yes, we had Soviets back then) psywarfare installation at Samarkand and try to find out how far along those evil Russkies are in their psy testing. They're far enough along to turn a top-secret missile back on its tail and send it crashing into Vandenberg Air Force Base; what else are they capable of?
Not a bad plot, and pretty well-handled. And the underlying mystery (which I can't give away without all kinds of spoilers) ends up being the kind of whodunit that made me sit there clutching the book and saying "you guys are GOOD." I never saw it coming, but then I'm awfully thick-skulled about this sort of thing sometimes. Others may get it a lot faster than I did. *** 1/2 for the story, * 1/2 for the awful presentation, we'll settle on a good, solid, middle-of-the-road ** 1/2 for the whole book.
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