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Waves - The Novel
Inspired by Goethe's Faust and described as a cross between Michael Crichton and Umberto Eco, Waves weaves together action, drama, romance, and science in a global setting where the melding of good and evil yields shocking consequences. A technothriller, a psychological drama, a scientific there's something in Waves for everyone and, yes, something of everyone in Waves.
“An extraordinary book.”
“… powerfully imaginative …”
This is the technothriller part of the Waves Trilogy. The story recounts the adventures of Tomas, a doctor turned entrepreneur. He's invented a new technology with both medical and military applications, but has to make a deal with a hedge fund manager, Maximilian Iblis. Adventures ensue that span the globe, including Munich, Paris, Bogotá, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Maui, and Vienna. Max turns out to be quite human and the true devil lies elsewhere. It is left to the reader to contemplate this. The Melody is a fully self-contained novel but reading the Trilogy provides the full story.
“Beautifully written!”
“Absolutely fascinating.”
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The trilogy includes three the Melody, which goes forward into the future as a fast-paced technothriller, the Harmony, traveling backwards in time, exploring characters and their fateful decisions, and the Rhythm, fashioned as a scientific dialogue in which the technological secrets are systematically revealed—the reader discovering by the end that all this may not necessarily be fantasy.
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Faust is within all of us. Infinity whether it be infinite knowledge, everlasting love, limitless wealth, ageless beauty, eternal fame, infinite jest, and whatever else—known or unknown—that motivates.
Life however is finite.
Imagination and reality meet in between the infinite and the finite, this is our present, boundless struggle. In quest of the infinite, within us all is Tomas.
****
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 - Wo ist Gott?
Chapter 4 - New Life
Chapter 7 - New Plan
Chapter 10 - Brave New World
Chapter 13 - Beethoven
Chapter 16 - Tangling, Untangling
Chapter 19 - World’s a Stage
Chapter 22 - An Die Freude
Chapter 25 - Stimmen und Stimmung
Chapter 28 – Вдохновение (Romantic Inspiration)
Chapter 31 - Sound and Fury
Chapter 34 - Beyond Good and Evil
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“An extraordinary book.”
“… powerfully imaginative …”
This is the technothriller part of the Waves Trilogy. The story recounts the adventures of Tomas, a doctor turned entrepreneur. He's invented a new technology with both medical and military applications, but has to make a deal with a hedge fund manager, Maximilian Iblis. Adventures ensue that span the globe, including Munich, Paris, Bogotá, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Maui, and Vienna. Max turns out to be quite human and the true devil lies elsewhere. It is left to the reader to contemplate this. The Melody is a fully self-contained novel but reading the Trilogy provides the full story.
“Beautifully written!”
“Absolutely fascinating.”
TO OBTAIN THE FULL WAVES TRILOGY CLICK HERE
The trilogy includes three the Melody, which goes forward into the future as a fast-paced technothriller, the Harmony, traveling backwards in time, exploring characters and their fateful decisions, and the Rhythm, fashioned as a scientific dialogue in which the technological secrets are systematically revealed—the reader discovering by the end that all this may not necessarily be fantasy.
****
Excerpt from the
Faust is within all of us. Infinity whether it be infinite knowledge, everlasting love, limitless wealth, ageless beauty, eternal fame, infinite jest, and whatever else—known or unknown—that motivates.
Life however is finite.
Imagination and reality meet in between the infinite and the finite, this is our present, boundless struggle. In quest of the infinite, within us all is Tomas.
****
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 - Wo ist Gott?
Chapter 4 - New Life
Chapter 7 - New Plan
Chapter 10 - Brave New World
Chapter 13 - Beethoven
Chapter 16 - Tangling, Untangling
Chapter 19 - World’s a Stage
Chapter 22 - An Die Freude
Chapter 25 - Stimmen und Stimmung
Chapter 28 – Вдохновение (Romantic Inspiration)
Chapter 31 - Sound and Fury
Chapter 34 - Beyond Good and Evil
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May 4, 2010
Ogan Gurel M.D.'s science/action epic WAVES is a gripping tale that combines a deep grasp of the frontiers of biomedicine and physics with an engaging political and personal story. Set against the universal and timeless Faust theme WAVES follows Tomas, an ambitious, idealistic young scientist, as he struggles with inner conflict, outer danger, and the forces of good and evil. WAVES places Tomas's vision of a new terawave technology, equally able to advance healing and warfare, at the center stage of a global geopolitical struggle. Love, greed, genius, loyalty, and courage are tested as the drama builds to the (literal) crucible that is its finale.
It is my hope and intention to bring the compelling message, vision, and excitement of WAVES to film, starting with a docudrama presentation of the ideas and life behind the novel, and ideally culminating in a feature or mini-series presentation.
Alexander P. Gutterman, MA
It is my hope and intention to bring the compelling message, vision, and excitement of WAVES to film, starting with a docudrama presentation of the ideas and life behind the novel, and ideally culminating in a feature or mini-series presentation.
Alexander P. Gutterman, MA
August 4, 2020
Waves is both thought-provoking philosophy and sci-fi suspense thriller, except that the sci-fi part is based on real science, medicine and physics, delivered in entertaining and understandable prose. You will emerge enriched, more knowledgeable and pondering the meaning of life.
December 19, 2010
In 1959 C.P. Snow published a book entitled The Two Cultures. On the one hand, there were the literary intellectuals; on the other, the scientists. He noted with incredulity that during the 1930s the literary intellectuals, while no one was looking, took to referring to themselves as "the intellectuals," as though there were no others. C.P. Snow envisioned the possibility of a "Third Culture" at the interface between Science and Art, and never before has the Third Culture been as fruitfully manifest as in Dr. Gurel's timeless scientific novel, Waves. It is a travesty that no major publishing house has as of yet had the courage to publish Dr. Gurel's ground-breaking work, a peerless marriage of Science and Art which will inevitably be compared to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter.
Not only is Waves an engrossing read, but Dr. Gurel, a Neurosurgeon by training, presents the idea of a potentially revolutionary medical technology which would call for a paradigm shift in the Biomedical industry, and the practice of clinical medicine. Waves also elucidates the potential dangers of this technology should it be misused. I remember how my excitement grew with each chapter, as the fictional narrative unfolded to reveal a remendously exciting, yet frightening reality made possible by the technology code-named the "Novum Organum." (Latin for "New Instrument," and also the title of Francis Bacon's epochal work on experimental method which heralded the coming Scientific Revolution.) I could scarcely believe that such an immediately relevant work of genius could be overlooked by the major publishing houses. All the while those decadent mills continue to churn out the most puerile and immediately disposable drivel about teenage vampires in love!
If you read only one book this year, it should be Waves.
Merged review:
In 1959 C.P. Snow published a book entitled The Two Cultures. On the one hand, there were the literary intellectuals; on the other, the scientists. He noted with incredulity that during the 1930s the literary intellectuals, while no one was looking, took to referring to themselves as "the intellectuals," as though there were no others. C.P. Snow envisioned the possibility of a "Third Culture" at the interface between Science and Art, and never before has the Third Culture been as fruitfully manifest as in Dr. Gurel's timeless scientific novel, Waves. It is a travesty that no major publishing house has as of yet had the courage to publish Dr. Gurel's ground-breaking work, a peerless marriage of Science and Art which will inevitably be compared to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter.
Not only is Waves an engrossing read, but Dr. Gurel, a Neurosurgeon by training, presents the idea of a potentially revolutionary medical technology which would call for a paradigm shift in the Biomedical industry, and the practice of clinical medicine. Waves also elucidates the potential dangers of this technology should it be misused. I remember how my excitement grew with each chapter, as the fictional narrative unfolded to reveal a tremendously exciting, yet frightening reality made possible by the technology code-named the "Novum Organum." (Latin for "New Instrument," and also the title of Francis Bacon's epochal work on experimental method which heralded the coming Scientific Revolution.) I could scarcely believe that such an immediately relevant work of genius could be overlooked by the major publishing houses. All the while those decadent mills continue to churn out the most puerile and immediately disposable drivel about teenage vampires in love!
If you read only one book this year, it should be Waves.
Not only is Waves an engrossing read, but Dr. Gurel, a Neurosurgeon by training, presents the idea of a potentially revolutionary medical technology which would call for a paradigm shift in the Biomedical industry, and the practice of clinical medicine. Waves also elucidates the potential dangers of this technology should it be misused. I remember how my excitement grew with each chapter, as the fictional narrative unfolded to reveal a remendously exciting, yet frightening reality made possible by the technology code-named the "Novum Organum." (Latin for "New Instrument," and also the title of Francis Bacon's epochal work on experimental method which heralded the coming Scientific Revolution.) I could scarcely believe that such an immediately relevant work of genius could be overlooked by the major publishing houses. All the while those decadent mills continue to churn out the most puerile and immediately disposable drivel about teenage vampires in love!
If you read only one book this year, it should be Waves.
Merged review:
In 1959 C.P. Snow published a book entitled The Two Cultures. On the one hand, there were the literary intellectuals; on the other, the scientists. He noted with incredulity that during the 1930s the literary intellectuals, while no one was looking, took to referring to themselves as "the intellectuals," as though there were no others. C.P. Snow envisioned the possibility of a "Third Culture" at the interface between Science and Art, and never before has the Third Culture been as fruitfully manifest as in Dr. Gurel's timeless scientific novel, Waves. It is a travesty that no major publishing house has as of yet had the courage to publish Dr. Gurel's ground-breaking work, a peerless marriage of Science and Art which will inevitably be compared to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter.
Not only is Waves an engrossing read, but Dr. Gurel, a Neurosurgeon by training, presents the idea of a potentially revolutionary medical technology which would call for a paradigm shift in the Biomedical industry, and the practice of clinical medicine. Waves also elucidates the potential dangers of this technology should it be misused. I remember how my excitement grew with each chapter, as the fictional narrative unfolded to reveal a tremendously exciting, yet frightening reality made possible by the technology code-named the "Novum Organum." (Latin for "New Instrument," and also the title of Francis Bacon's epochal work on experimental method which heralded the coming Scientific Revolution.) I could scarcely believe that such an immediately relevant work of genius could be overlooked by the major publishing houses. All the while those decadent mills continue to churn out the most puerile and immediately disposable drivel about teenage vampires in love!
If you read only one book this year, it should be Waves.
July 19, 2020
This book is a complex chord, not a single note. Yes, there's a fast-paced thriller on which hangs the fate of what remains of the free world. But there's also a coming of age reflection on an education in science and medicine and interwoven with both a series of wide-ranging dialogues about some of the fundamental questions in chemistry, physics and biology. For me, the latter element was the biggest and most unexpected payoff for joining Ogan Gurel on this adventure. Ogan has a Renaissance-like range as a thinker and writer. This book reflects and channels that range and depth. I read it in a go, and I'm certain it will be one of those books where the memory of having encountered it stays sharp through the years. Don't be intimidated by the hard stuff; Ogan is a masterful intellectual tour guide. And the protagonist of "Waves," Tomas, is the science tutor we all wish we had met along the way.
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July 5, 2020Ogan Gurel is as ambitious and visionary a novelist as I've encountered. In Waves, he has built a story that uses the linear medium of writing to express his story in several dimensions. Waves finds, and brings alive, several parallel views of the same narrative - like Hawking's particle that changes shape as it rotates, or Picasso and Braque's Cubist explosions, Gurel's novel shows the reader many angles from a single viewpoint. It is in turn spy thriller, Ivy League education (in all that implies), and literary novel. Each of us lives, simultaneously, on a multitude of planes. We're professionals, we're lovers, we're friends and artists and sportsmen and thinkers. And each one of those planes refracts as it's viewed from any number of different perspectives: colleague, boss, lover, sibling, passing pedestrian.
Treating every aspect of a personality can be difficult, or confusing, in a single narrative line. The traditional solution is to simplify the tale by flattening perspective: reducing each character to one or two defining traits, and playing them against a flat background. Gurel transcends this treatment, taking the world in three dimensions - and more - and crediting the reader with the imagination and energy to read, and imagine, the different perspectives at once. The text stands alone, but it's vastly enriched with footnotes, annotations, and hyperlinks, leading the reader to explore the wider world of art, music, medicine, and politics, as it already exists. Effectively, Waves doesn't pull the reader in; more accurately, it becomes the reader's world.
From that perspective, it's impossible not to believe, and be involved, in the story. When every character has many sides, it wouldn't be reasonable to expect characters to be unilaterally good or evil; that's the way Waves unfolds. There are no easy heroes or villains, and there are no easy landing points.
Waves, as its name suggests, is a story with only momentary equilibria; life moves, along several axes at once. So do - so does - Waves. It's not restful, and it's certainly not easy. But it's far better than that: it's engaging, and it's enriching. I don't think any two people who read it will experience it, or be affected by it, in the same way. Waves is an immense achievement.
Treating every aspect of a personality can be difficult, or confusing, in a single narrative line. The traditional solution is to simplify the tale by flattening perspective: reducing each character to one or two defining traits, and playing them against a flat background. Gurel transcends this treatment, taking the world in three dimensions - and more - and crediting the reader with the imagination and energy to read, and imagine, the different perspectives at once. The text stands alone, but it's vastly enriched with footnotes, annotations, and hyperlinks, leading the reader to explore the wider world of art, music, medicine, and politics, as it already exists. Effectively, Waves doesn't pull the reader in; more accurately, it becomes the reader's world.
From that perspective, it's impossible not to believe, and be involved, in the story. When every character has many sides, it wouldn't be reasonable to expect characters to be unilaterally good or evil; that's the way Waves unfolds. There are no easy heroes or villains, and there are no easy landing points.
Waves, as its name suggests, is a story with only momentary equilibria; life moves, along several axes at once. So do - so does - Waves. It's not restful, and it's certainly not easy. But it's far better than that: it's engaging, and it's enriching. I don't think any two people who read it will experience it, or be affected by it, in the same way. Waves is an immense achievement.
January 31, 2021
In works of science fiction, authors rarely dwell sufficiently on the science element of the story, primarily because they do not have the scientific expertise to begin with, and secondarily because they fear that the average reader will be too bored by the technical expositions. So they just gloss over it, assuming that the drama of the story will carry the day. We are duped into believing, for instance, that a “flux capacitor” in a DeLorean travelling at 88 miles per hour somehow makes time travel possible, with no explanation of how that could even work.
Waves by Dr. Ogan Gurel is the quintessential science fiction novel, which combines the drama of the story with all of the obligatory elements of science to make the story truly believable. The scientific elements are presented with such clarity and accuracy that the book could even be used as a textbook for science students—that is how real the story is.
When a work of fiction is laden with so much realistic elements, and combined with philosophical, musical, artistic, political, and historical themes, along with multiple viewpoints, time shifts, polyglottic prose and poetry, and even a sprinkling of “dear-reader” style of narration, it could spell disaster. It is like juggling with too many different objects in too tight a space. It would take magic to make it all work. Remarkably, the author does exactly that—and does it with a literary flair seldom seen in works of science fiction. The narration is exquisite. Now and then, a description here, an expression there, simply takes your breath away.
It is the first book I have read (fiction or non-fiction) where I looked forward to reading the footnotes. Like the protagonist’s tutorial style, the author’s writing style is methodical, meticulous and calculating. He leaves no loose ends, but still leaves the reader with sufficient room for imagination.
With a tour de force display of his vast and multifaceted knowledge of the arts and sciences, the author presents to us a world that is on the cusp of discovering the wonders and horrors of bioelectromagnetics technology. The protagonist (the inventor and schemer of this instrumentality of life and death) so stoically embodies the good and evil of humanity. This innovative novel raises—more realistically than any work of fiction I have read—the specter of an apocalypse on the horizon of possibilities. An appropriate novel for the times we live in.
Waves by Dr. Ogan Gurel is the quintessential science fiction novel, which combines the drama of the story with all of the obligatory elements of science to make the story truly believable. The scientific elements are presented with such clarity and accuracy that the book could even be used as a textbook for science students—that is how real the story is.
When a work of fiction is laden with so much realistic elements, and combined with philosophical, musical, artistic, political, and historical themes, along with multiple viewpoints, time shifts, polyglottic prose and poetry, and even a sprinkling of “dear-reader” style of narration, it could spell disaster. It is like juggling with too many different objects in too tight a space. It would take magic to make it all work. Remarkably, the author does exactly that—and does it with a literary flair seldom seen in works of science fiction. The narration is exquisite. Now and then, a description here, an expression there, simply takes your breath away.
It is the first book I have read (fiction or non-fiction) where I looked forward to reading the footnotes. Like the protagonist’s tutorial style, the author’s writing style is methodical, meticulous and calculating. He leaves no loose ends, but still leaves the reader with sufficient room for imagination.
With a tour de force display of his vast and multifaceted knowledge of the arts and sciences, the author presents to us a world that is on the cusp of discovering the wonders and horrors of bioelectromagnetics technology. The protagonist (the inventor and schemer of this instrumentality of life and death) so stoically embodies the good and evil of humanity. This innovative novel raises—more realistically than any work of fiction I have read—the specter of an apocalypse on the horizon of possibilities. An appropriate novel for the times we live in.
November 1, 2021
A techno-thriller for intellectuals.
I'm a fan of the techno-thriller style of novels of Michael Crichton, those that take a little science and extend it just far enough to sound plausible in the not too far feature. Gurel takes this genre and extends in new directions that, for me at least, hits several of my interests, namely science, especially quantum physics, a little philosophy, some geo-politics, and, of course, some bad guys trying to take over the world (I exaggerate, but there are some baddies to root against).
The plot? Our protagonist, Tomas, is a brilliant medical student trying to make his way in the world, reconciling making a living with wanting to do good. He discovers/invents a new technology, terawaves, that has groundbreaking possibilities for medical diagnostics and treatment. Tomas makes a Faustian deal with the mysterious financier Max, whose moral philosophy is, shall we say, flexible. With funding from Max, Tomas can finally his terawaves instrument but like many such technologies it can also be used for maleficent purposes. Inevitably, of course, the "wrong hands" learn of Tomas's "Big Idea" and the plot, as they say, thickens.
You can read this novel on several levels. Most superficially it's a techno-thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy, with a dash of science and some geo-politics thrown in. But it's also much more. Curious about the science? In truth there is more than a dash here with thorough explanations of some key scientific concepts that advance the plot but that I also found educational. Relax, though. These are often added in a “novel” fashion in side-bars or footnotes so you if the science doesn't appeal to you you can easily skim through those sections. There's also a lot of philosophy and a lot of references to classical music. Someone should make a playlist to accompany the book to set the mood. I found Waves challenging, but in a good way that left me more knowledgeable for having read it.
I'm a fan of the techno-thriller style of novels of Michael Crichton, those that take a little science and extend it just far enough to sound plausible in the not too far feature. Gurel takes this genre and extends in new directions that, for me at least, hits several of my interests, namely science, especially quantum physics, a little philosophy, some geo-politics, and, of course, some bad guys trying to take over the world (I exaggerate, but there are some baddies to root against).
The plot? Our protagonist, Tomas, is a brilliant medical student trying to make his way in the world, reconciling making a living with wanting to do good. He discovers/invents a new technology, terawaves, that has groundbreaking possibilities for medical diagnostics and treatment. Tomas makes a Faustian deal with the mysterious financier Max, whose moral philosophy is, shall we say, flexible. With funding from Max, Tomas can finally his terawaves instrument but like many such technologies it can also be used for maleficent purposes. Inevitably, of course, the "wrong hands" learn of Tomas's "Big Idea" and the plot, as they say, thickens.
You can read this novel on several levels. Most superficially it's a techno-thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy, with a dash of science and some geo-politics thrown in. But it's also much more. Curious about the science? In truth there is more than a dash here with thorough explanations of some key scientific concepts that advance the plot but that I also found educational. Relax, though. These are often added in a “novel” fashion in side-bars or footnotes so you if the science doesn't appeal to you you can easily skim through those sections. There's also a lot of philosophy and a lot of references to classical music. Someone should make a playlist to accompany the book to set the mood. I found Waves challenging, but in a good way that left me more knowledgeable for having read it.
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June 28, 2020Dr. Ogan Gurel's novel Waves is a masterwork.
In terms of its solid architecture as a novel, development of its main characters, richness of its contents, as well as a piece of art, I find Waves quite extraordinary. It is at once a work of profound expression of human condition -love, suffering, joy, intrigue, frailty, jealousy, anger, evil, truth, hope, good, mystery..- told with incredible knowledge, intellect, rigor, pace and humanity. Its scope and depth will allow every single reader to readily identify and explore herself/himself in this book. Its characters, especially the primary ones, Tomas and Max, are developed so well, so believable and with such depth that, over and beyond their fictitious nature, they jump out of the novel and begin living with us. The novel is also an intellectual tour de force - of literature, music, medicine, life sciences, languages- all woven together in triple architectural helix of Melody Harmony and Rhythm, defining and elaborating secrets of life and the mystery of human condition. It is not just a great fiction, but also a great science-in-fiction. A must read.
September 3, 2020
Buy it, read it, blow your mind.
I'm a jaded reader, bored by bestsellers and tired of classics. But I LOVED this book. It reads like a scientific version of a Tom Robbins novel, mixing science & fantasy, poetry & reality, illumination & humor. Quite a tour. Most books are an animal; this one's a zoo. And it still howls in my mind, like a good book should.
Topically, it's about a whip-smart science freak who meets up with an evil zillionaire. Oh yeah, they're opposites. Together they waltz across time, space, life and science. They never quite understand each other, but each needs what the other lacks. The story ends with a boom. The end. But not really the end, because the sheer thoughtfulness of this book defies easy description. It's zany characters meet shady people. Music meets poetry. Action meets Zen. Hamlet meets Schwarzenegger. And waves, lots of waves. And lots of footnotes, too.
If you're into caffeine and science, you'll like this book. If you're into herbal tea and quiet, you'll feel this book. If you like books with linear stories, meh, you may not. Unless you're into linear equations, then you'll love it too. Enjoy.
I'm a jaded reader, bored by bestsellers and tired of classics. But I LOVED this book. It reads like a scientific version of a Tom Robbins novel, mixing science & fantasy, poetry & reality, illumination & humor. Quite a tour. Most books are an animal; this one's a zoo. And it still howls in my mind, like a good book should.
Topically, it's about a whip-smart science freak who meets up with an evil zillionaire. Oh yeah, they're opposites. Together they waltz across time, space, life and science. They never quite understand each other, but each needs what the other lacks. The story ends with a boom. The end. But not really the end, because the sheer thoughtfulness of this book defies easy description. It's zany characters meet shady people. Music meets poetry. Action meets Zen. Hamlet meets Schwarzenegger. And waves, lots of waves. And lots of footnotes, too.
If you're into caffeine and science, you'll like this book. If you're into herbal tea and quiet, you'll feel this book. If you like books with linear stories, meh, you may not. Unless you're into linear equations, then you'll love it too. Enjoy.
October 26, 2018
I enjoyed reading Ogan Gurel’s book, Waves - Trilogy. It was a nice mix of drama, thriller and medical/science/music textbook. More STEM should be taught this way.
The Faustian motif was well used as the protagonist has to contemplate and witness the double-edged tool that all technology is, capable of good and evil but unfortunately leveraged for greed, if not evil, before we gain the skillfulness to wield it more for good.
The topic of energy medicine is quite intriguing and I hope that this technology comes to common use some day like the pharma and surgical solutions we have today. Though I think we see some glimpses of it in the neurostimulation area.
The ending was rather abrupt and craves a sequel if you ask me.
All in all a good read and one to which I wish a sequel.
The Faustian motif was well used as the protagonist has to contemplate and witness the double-edged tool that all technology is, capable of good and evil but unfortunately leveraged for greed, if not evil, before we gain the skillfulness to wield it more for good.
The topic of energy medicine is quite intriguing and I hope that this technology comes to common use some day like the pharma and surgical solutions we have today. Though I think we see some glimpses of it in the neurostimulation area.
The ending was rather abrupt and craves a sequel if you ask me.
All in all a good read and one to which I wish a sequel.
October 12, 2020
I just finished reading the Waves, and I am completely enthralled. It is a long book and took me quite a while, but there are so many layers and dimensions of the book, that at times I need to remind myself, oh yeah its about medicine, technology, science, morality, suspense, romance, geopolitics, and finance just to name a few. But Ogan wove the many layers intricately well so the narrative flows really well. Still it does take some effort to get through it but then again its so rewarding.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone so I'll just share my overall impressions. One interesting tidbit that I will share is that one of themes is based on the technology of terahertz. It turns out that it indeed is a type of radiation that has a lot of potential. I won't spoil it but "the Waves" is really an excellent novel that is packed with so much.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone so I'll just share my overall impressions. One interesting tidbit that I will share is that one of themes is based on the technology of terahertz. It turns out that it indeed is a type of radiation that has a lot of potential. I won't spoil it but "the Waves" is really an excellent novel that is packed with so much.
November 26, 2020
Coming not from neither a medical background, nor an edge technology researcher background, but being an ordinary reader who is somewhat curious about the scientific and technological horizons in front of humankind, The Waves helped me to challenge my little mind (which was my exact need during these though days to lean on). It helped me to open new doors to scientific and technological horizons, as well as making me question the ethics accompanying them. I have to warn the future readers though: The Waves is not an ordinary fiction book, not an ordinary science book and not definitely a sci-fi book solely. As the postscript will remind you once more, you can be left with more questions than answers. So be careful that you can still have your questions as you would be reading a very challenging fiction of science book. So, start enjoying a fruitful reading!
June 15, 2020
Waves is an exposition of erudition and eloquence underpinned by an intricate structure and a compelling narrative. It is many things – a non-exhaustive list being an education in basic medicine and science, a science fiction, a thriller, an historical and political commentary and a philosophical treatise. The book posits some important questions for our time; it will remain relevant. In a way, it is like a best friend. They have their idiosyncracies; they are not always easy to get along with but you will really miss and think about them when they are not there. Finally, a great book also always has some pathos; this book is not without at least one poignant episode of such.
March 23, 2023
A wonderful and thought provoking read about what we can justify to help society as a whole. A take-off on Faust where the main character must work towards terrible ends to create something positively groundbreaking that can help all man-kind. The best kind of science fiction, rooted in scientific fact, but an extension to what can legitimately be. One word I'd use to describe Waves is "mind-blowing". Mixing thriller and true sci-fi in a logical story, along with the actual supporting science. Wow, simply wow!!
January 18, 2010
A great read if not work of art. This is a highly entertaining science fiction novel with a backbone scientific text spelling out a truely mind blowing concept. The science is packaged in (what I thought) were easy to grasp tutorials woven into the novel. Skip the tutorials if you dont want the science as the novel stands by itself. However as both an avid reader of science fiction and an engineer with an interest in all areas of science the blend for me was perfect!
December 7, 2020
스릴러, SF, 정치, 철학이 분리될 수 없을 정도로 뒤엉켜 거대한 나선으로 소용돌이친다. 작가는 과학적 사실을 인문학적 메타포와 연결하는 놀라운 실력을 보여주고 있으며, 이야기를 구조적으로 설계하면서도 몰입감을 점점 배가시키는 섬세한 작업을 이 작품에서 이루어냈다. 이 작품은 분명 하드 SF는 아니고, 과학적 과장이 분명히 섞여 있기는 하지만 하드 SF에 가까운 철저한 고증이 들어 있으며 과학적 소재에 철학적 주제를 함축시키고 있다. 교육적 컨텐츠에 큰 매력을 느끼지 못하는 독자라면 Melodio 편만을 따로 골라내서 읽어도 한 편의 잘 만들어진 스릴러가 완성된다. 반대로 과학에 관심이 많은 독자에게는, 생물학과 물리학을 이 정도로 잘 융합해서 설명하는 책은 본 적이 없을지도(그 어떤 생화학 교과서보다도 이해하기 쉽다는...)!
June 24, 2021
I enjoyed this medical thriller. It gave me a better understanding of medicine and also taught us how to look at things from different perspectives and how we shouldn’t judge something by face value. Too much of anything whether it’s gd or bad is not necessarily a good thing. And when we set out to do something, we need to constantly review the original intention of why we do it.
May 5, 2010
Fascinating read. Dr. Gurel seamlessly weaves the latest advances in medicine and biotechnology into this thriller. The result is a book I could barely put down. This is a book that makes you think. I thoroughly enjoyed this story.
May 24, 2009
Dr. Gurel is a brilliant man who has written a novel with considerable depth. This is a great way to learn about cellular biology and a lot about medicine. It is wrapped around a powerful mystery.
May 3, 2009
This is a book to enjoy,to savor, to learn from- I will certainly re-visit it again and again! "Waves-The Trilogy" entertains and enriches- This Book helps you think outside the box.
May 3, 2009
This is a book to enjoy,to savor, to learn from- I will certainly re-visit it again and again! "Waves-The The Novel (Melody)" entertains and enriches- This Book helps you think outside the box.
May 3, 2009
This is a book to enjoy,to savor, to learn from- I will certainly re-visit it again and again! "Waves-The Novella (Harmony)" entertains and enriches- This Book helps you think outside the box.
Want to read
August 6, 2009Has anyone read this book? It is recommended by Sean MCCooe on Facebook-looks intriguing. I am goign to read it and will keep you posted!
May 5, 2010
I really enjoyed reading Waves! It's a great, fast-paced thriller that takes you around the world, and also forces you to think and reflect in an amazing variety of ways.
June 17, 2021
A wonderful story with a combination of real world technologies and medical references. A page turner till the end. Cant wait for the sequel or next book from the author. Good job!
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