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Une petite fille de huit ans toute seule dans la rue, ce n'est pas normal.
- Teena, où est ton papa? demande un voisin.
Le papa est dans le jardin, assis sur une balançoire. Ses yeux sont ouverts et son visage est figé en une expression de terreur intense.
Au même instant, à l'autre bout des Etats-Unis, un homme est assassiné lui aussi. C'était le père de Cindy, une petite fille de huit ans. Le sosie de Teena.
Coïncidence? L'affaire est troublante mais Scully est sûre de trouver une explication rationnelle. Mulder, quant à lui, émet déjà toutes sortes d'hypothèses farfelues...
Mais la vérité, cette fois, n'est pas ailleurs: elle est dans la folie des hommes. Parfaitement réaliste, et terrifiante...
- Teena, où est ton papa? demande un voisin.
Le papa est dans le jardin, assis sur une balançoire. Ses yeux sont ouverts et son visage est figé en une expression de terreur intense.
Au même instant, à l'autre bout des Etats-Unis, un homme est assassiné lui aussi. C'était le père de Cindy, une petite fille de huit ans. Le sosie de Teena.
Coïncidence? L'affaire est troublante mais Scully est sûre de trouver une explication rationnelle. Mulder, quant à lui, émet déjà toutes sortes d'hypothèses farfelues...
Mais la vérité, cette fois, n'est pas ailleurs: elle est dans la folie des hommes. Parfaitement réaliste, et terrifiante...
128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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September 20, 2020
Πρόκειται για μια από τις ενδιαφέρουσες ιστορίες της πασίγνωστης σειράς της δεκαετίας του '90 με το φοβερό και τρομερό δίδυμο Μώλντερ-Σκάλι, οι οποίοι, για μια ακόμα φορά, βάζουν σε εφαρμογή το ένστικτό (Μώλντερ) και τη λογική (Σκάλι) τους για να λύσουν μια υπόθεση διπλής δολοφονίας με ρίζες στα πειράματα γενετικής από τη δεκαετία του '50 μέχρι τότε.
Η σειρά βιβλίων είναι δυσεύρετη, αλλά το συγκεκριμένο ξεχωρίζει και είναι άκρως προτεινόμενο. Η ιστορία μοιάζει να είχε σαν έμπνευση τη κλωνοποίηση του θηλυκού προβάτου Ντόλι (1996), μόνο με πιο επικίνδυνες και σκοτεινές συνέπειες για το κοινωνικό σύνολο.
Βαθμολογία: 4,2/5 ή 8,4/10.
Η σειρά βιβλίων είναι δυσεύρετη, αλλά το συγκεκριμένο ξεχωρίζει και είναι άκρως προτεινόμενο. Η ιστορία μοιάζει να είχε σαν έμπνευση τη κλωνοποίηση του θηλυκού προβάτου Ντόλι (1996), μόνο με πιο επικίνδυνες και σκοτεινές συνέπειες για το κοινωνικό σύνολο.
Βαθμολογία: 4,2/5 ή 8,4/10.
August 3, 2017
FBI Agents Mulder and Scully investigate two identical murders that occurred simultaneously thousands of miles apart, one in Connecticut the other in California. The agents discover that both victims' daughters may be the product of a secret human cloning project created by the government.
This novelization of a classic X-Files episode from 1993 is one of the better installments in this young adult series. Nicely translated by author Ellen Steiber, the book retains the intelligent language and character dialogue from the televised episode rather than watering things down to the point of eye-rolling absurdity, a common flaw in many of the earlier middle-grade adaptations. The pacing is just right, and Mulder and Scully are faithfully portrayed. As a first foray into American suburbia, this monster-of-the-week story plays with the audience's fears of something sinister and unnatural lurking just behind America's picket fences, impeccable lawns, and neatly-trimmed hedges. The discomfiting notion of creepy children as scowling, pint-sized murderers is so unnerving as to be intrinsically scary; the reproductive horror and damning sense of parental failure that comes from seeing a future generation being warped into something wicked, monstrous. Eve toys with our sense of dread, the fear that we're inadvertently fashioning future generations of psychopaths.
Not only that, but the book caters to post-Cold War anxieties via the fictitious Lichfield Project, a top-secret eugenics experiment, as Deep Throat describes, devised during the Cold War as a response to intelligence reports of the Russians developing a similar program to breed superior soldiers. The story's exploration of genetic tampering broaches the series' continuing fascination with America’s moral authority in the aftermath of World War II, our oft-overlooked sins that always seem to take a backseat to that patriotic sense of victory with respect to democracy and sweet, sweet justice. In other words, the hypocrisy of our government's entanglement in devious experimentation on humans defies the very conventional, valiant narrative on which WWII was fought: the moral imperative to prevent such dastardly misdeeds from happening. There's even an un-televised scene near the end of the novel in which the agents debate certain ethical aspects of genetic research while stuck in San Francisco traffic; the scene is a very thoughtful addition and deftly presents the moral pitfalls of human experimentation for the reader to chew over.
My only complaint with this book is that Ellen Steiber makes brief references to events in the series that, at this point, have not yet occurred in The X-Files timeline. For example, it's mentioned that Deep Throat had once lied to Mulder, referring to the shadowy informant's deception in "E.B.E." (Ep. 1x17), which takes place after the events of "Eve" (Ep. 1X11). Small nits aside, Eve remains an eerie and engaging entry that rivets on biological terror in lieu of the usual supernatural spectre.
This novelization of a classic X-Files episode from 1993 is one of the better installments in this young adult series. Nicely translated by author Ellen Steiber, the book retains the intelligent language and character dialogue from the televised episode rather than watering things down to the point of eye-rolling absurdity, a common flaw in many of the earlier middle-grade adaptations. The pacing is just right, and Mulder and Scully are faithfully portrayed. As a first foray into American suburbia, this monster-of-the-week story plays with the audience's fears of something sinister and unnatural lurking just behind America's picket fences, impeccable lawns, and neatly-trimmed hedges. The discomfiting notion of creepy children as scowling, pint-sized murderers is so unnerving as to be intrinsically scary; the reproductive horror and damning sense of parental failure that comes from seeing a future generation being warped into something wicked, monstrous. Eve toys with our sense of dread, the fear that we're inadvertently fashioning future generations of psychopaths.
Not only that, but the book caters to post-Cold War anxieties via the fictitious Lichfield Project, a top-secret eugenics experiment, as Deep Throat describes, devised during the Cold War as a response to intelligence reports of the Russians developing a similar program to breed superior soldiers. The story's exploration of genetic tampering broaches the series' continuing fascination with America’s moral authority in the aftermath of World War II, our oft-overlooked sins that always seem to take a backseat to that patriotic sense of victory with respect to democracy and sweet, sweet justice. In other words, the hypocrisy of our government's entanglement in devious experimentation on humans defies the very conventional, valiant narrative on which WWII was fought: the moral imperative to prevent such dastardly misdeeds from happening. There's even an un-televised scene near the end of the novel in which the agents debate certain ethical aspects of genetic research while stuck in San Francisco traffic; the scene is a very thoughtful addition and deftly presents the moral pitfalls of human experimentation for the reader to chew over.
My only complaint with this book is that Ellen Steiber makes brief references to events in the series that, at this point, have not yet occurred in The X-Files timeline. For example, it's mentioned that Deep Throat had once lied to Mulder, referring to the shadowy informant's deception in "E.B.E." (Ep. 1x17), which takes place after the events of "Eve" (Ep. 1X11). Small nits aside, Eve remains an eerie and engaging entry that rivets on biological terror in lieu of the usual supernatural spectre.
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October 30, 2019-This book was very interesting and suspenseful and always kept me on the edge of my seat. It
moved at a good pace and never got too boring, and overall I thought it was a very good book.
moved at a good pace and never got too boring, and overall I thought it was a very good book.
May 10, 2021
I decided to read this book after seeing the episode. The book was basically word for word as what was depicted on the episode. A doctor has become involved in DNA manipulation resulting in clones—with deadly consequences.
January 7, 2019
3.5 stars.
A quick light read most philes can enjoy.
A quick light read most philes can enjoy.
May 10, 2020
Adaptación correcta del guión del capitulo
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June 21, 2021How an I get the full Series to read on any other app
July 6, 2023
Me gustó mucho el giro de trama ya que pasan cosas un poco inesperadas, es una historia corta pero bastante entretenida.
October 3, 2024
Pensé que estaría peor
May 8, 2025
4/5☆
this is totally out of my comfort zone but yk what it ate totally
its YA mystery and yeaahh
i finished this in one sitting and i enjoyed it i lowkey had fun rn
this is totally out of my comfort zone but yk what it ate totally
its YA mystery and yeaahh
i finished this in one sitting and i enjoyed it i lowkey had fun rn
January 13, 2009
Eve is the story of a strange occurrence of murders with the only witnesses being the 8 y o daughters of the victims. Plus they happen on the same day at the same time in the same way. And the girls are identical twins, even though they were born to separate parents 3,000 miles apart. But then things get weird.
This was another quick enjoyable read based on the TV show the X Files. I do see myself continuing this series.
This was another quick enjoyable read based on the TV show the X Files. I do see myself continuing this series.
January 27, 2016
This was a very interesting, and a kind of creepy, story. The reason behind the girls similarities was easily guessable, but maybe that's because of other shows and books I've read that are similar. The lack of emotion the girls had was probably the most creepy, because it was just so cold. Overall, it was a good, quick read.
August 19, 2012
Wow, I read this many years ago, before I had a goodreads account and I almost forgot about it! I remember it being a really great read--I read it two or three times! Anyone who enjoys a good mystery will love this book!
January 31, 2011
130th - 2011
Sepertinya ini buku nonkomik terakhir yang kubaca di bulan Januari 2011.
Sepertinya ini buku nonkomik terakhir yang kubaca di bulan Januari 2011.
August 23, 2012
X-files. On paper. The twins are interesting enough, I mostly wanted more Scully and Mulder.
May 23, 2016
Quick easy little read. It was enjoyable but I felt like I just read the episode as weird as that sounds!
A nice addition to my collection though :D
A nice addition to my collection though :D
January 13, 2011
I love the X-Files!
November 17, 2012
Given that I was about 10yo when I read it, it was shit scary.
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