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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780765360212
ISBN number: 0765360217
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: July 29, 2008
Publishing house: Tor Books
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 48808
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Don't Touch That Dial!
In the cutthroat world of evening news, where 'if it bleeds it leads' is the industry’s lifeblood, the dead-last BCN network is hemorrhaging viewers. On the chopping block is million-dollar anchor Kitty Coughlin, who is one ratings point away from early termination. But when a group of armed men hijack her plane and stage a spectacular near-miss of one of America's most famous landmarks, Kitty's eyewitness account helps BCN achieve a remarkable ratings rally.
Kitty is riding high...until the ratings bubble bursts and her career goes back on life support. Then the next catastrophe strikes.
Wherever Kitty Coughlin goes, disaster -- and ratings gold -- follows. Is Kitty's uncanny ability to be at the center of the news storm sheer dumb luck or very bad news?
Harold W. Smith of the supersecret agency CURE knows a thing or two about disaster management. He sends in Remo Williams and the remarkable Chiun to tune in, turn off, and pull the plug on whoever is putting Americans at risk.
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Those of us who are old enough to remember the original Destroyer Series will recognize this as a return to the original plotless books that were so much fun to read. Shapiro & Murphy wrote what they thought at the time to be the worst written book ever to get printed. When the Publishing house asked for another one, they were so surprised that they almost couldn't do it. Guess what? They are still fun to read! Yes, there is a place in this world for sheer absurdity as these books so amply prove. Have fun and read all of them.
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Read for humor. Read for action. Read for tongue in cheek far-right philosophy. A good airport book.
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I have read every book from number 1 to this latest, and I have the Best Of's, posters, hats, guides, etc. Needless to say I am a fan. But the newest incarnation with Murphy amd Mullaney are the absolute best ever. The wit and the satire are sharper than ever, and the sometimes subtle, but often not so subtle morality is cutting and fresh. I know these characters, and they are never been truer to themselves in these last books, and have grown into the 21st century heroes that they were destined to become. If you have never read the series, you have missed watching us all go through the lessons of growing up American, and as people of the world community, and you have misssed some cool characters who have seen the world like you would like to have, and at he same time are grateful that you never would. The paradox is delightful, fun and I hope they continue their adventures for a very long time.
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4 volumes in and the new destroyer continues to disapoint. The last book featured Remo vs a genie (?) and a thinly veiled spoof of anti war activist Cindy Sheehan (how dare she oppose the war the that killed her son). This time the villians are poorly drawn versions of Connie Chung and Rosie O'Donnel (as if anybody even cares about these two on either side of the eisle). The team of M & M are still bogged down with boring bashing of anything left of center. At this rate I really doubt these books will ever come back to the level of Murphy and Sapir, and perhaps they should stop trying.
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Killer Ratings is an interesting and entertaining addition to the series, which I have followed from the very first book. The story benefits from its connection to current events and has a well developed plot and believable (for the Destroyer series) dialogue. The plot line regarding Smith''s aging is interesting and inevitable. What the book lacks primarily is the acerbic wit of the early books.
Still, a pleasant way to kill a rainy afternoon.
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