"The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston wa...

"The Hot Zone" by Richard  Preston was truely a fantastic book. It really have to got be one of my favorite books. It pulls you in so very perciseley and arranges your nerves to the point where you will do what ever he wants. This combined with his cunning and well thought out plot is a deadly threat. After ever chapter of this book he leaves you with goose bumps and cringed skin from his word choice and graphic details. The way he discribed what all the (mentioned) virus' did to it's victim was honestly and truly sapurb. Good choice Andre and Ryry!

In this blog, i did what Mr. sutherland  told us to do by putting in links for the readers to do some additional research if they are interested.

The Hot Zone opens with a vivid telling of Charles Monet's infection and how it eats away at his body. From the hideous condition of Charles Monet, with blood dripping from every orifice and the images of thick black liquid staining the walls of a hospital, the reader is disgusted, and yet appalled by the effects of the exotic virus. Charles Monet had apparently received the virus in the Kitum Cave, nestled in the African Mount Elgon. Perhaps the biosphere does not 'like' the idea of five billion humans. Preston believes that the horrible viruses are the earth's way of punishing the human race for taking over and for preventing their future expanse. The earth's immune system, so to speak, has recognized the presence of the human species and is starting to kick in. The earth is attempting to rid itself of an infection by the human parasite. The tone of the book becomes much more matter-of-fact, and much drier. For the most part The Hot Zone is a very interesting book. The organization could have been better. The last chapter of the book was also out of place. The rain forest has its own defenses. Or it could also be said that the extreme amplification of the human race, which has occurred only in the past hundred years or so, has suddenly produced a very large quantity of meat, which is sitting everywhere in the biosphere and may not be able to defend itself against a life form that might want to consume it.

The Ebola Sudan is more that twice as lethal as Marburg, its case-fatality rate being 50 percent. However, this terrifying story is the complete truth, an exhibition of nature's parasites, or predators, in its purest form. It is an undeniable tale of pure horror. Finally, was a test for Ebola Zaire, from the bloodstream of the deceased Nurse Mayinga. With the various twists and turns, Preston transforms the usual work of nonfiction into an unmistakable work of art. He had performed tests using the blood serum from three human victims.

Mr. Preston states in the first chapter page three, that has always had an interest in these diseases but never actually had first hand experience with touching them. I know it sounds lame but he is a writer. Can't be good at everything. (Laughing out loud). This guy really is the man though. If I could, I would meet this mr richard preston. He is a cool guy though. Believe me person who is reading this He's just a normal guy but as really seen some shit in his days.  Mister Richard Preston was born August fifth, 1954 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To the young parents. Mister and miss' Preston. For the majority of his life he lived in the small little town in Nebraska.  He was about a mere young fifty when he wrote this book. Richard Preston graduated Wellesley High school in Massachusetts in 1972, He attended Pomona Colege, in Claremont, California, and received his Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. His 1992 New Yorker article "Crisis in the Hot Zone" was expanded into his best known book, The Hot Zone in ninteen ninety four. here is a link to the wikipedia site if you would like to look further into it. credited to allen lane and judith miller. So his original copy of this story was called some thing different and was latter developted in to his best selller. I can understand why it was a best seller. Preston's personal hobby of recreational big tree climbing is introduced in his book (2007) The Wild Trees.^[1]. This climbing experience helped him write about the largest known redwoods like Lost Monarch, or Iluvatar, described in that book along with delicate forest canopy ecosystems.Even though that is a very long time ago, readers in america and in different countrys different countries. He came to know the virus through such contacts as U.S. Army researchers Drs. C.J. Petters and Nancy Jaax His fascination began during a visit to Africa where he was an eye witness to epidemics. Another book about viruses that he wrote was the novel The Cobra Event (1998), about the terroristic release of a fictional virus combining various qualities of different diseases upon New York City, alarmed even then-President Bill Clinton who, shortly after reading it, instigated a review of bio-terror threats to the U.S. The book strove to tell a fast-paced thriller narrative within the bounds of well-researched bio-terroristic possibility, and was reportedly pressed upon Clinton by a molecular biologist when he was attending a Renaissance Weekend event.^[2] the other one that Mr. Preston wrote was The Demon Freezer(2002) covers the story of the eradication of Smallpox, perhaps the most destructive virus to have plagued mankind. It details the survival of the virus in research labs and bio-weapon programs of Russia and other nations, despite its eradication in the human population. The narrative continues with Anthrax, a bacterial disease of cattle and humans, used in a failed attack against former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota.

All in all this book was pretty damn epic. andre and ryan, i give some big ass props for picking this book. good shit brothas. How did you guys like it anyways. we havent discussed how we were feeling about the book in a whole, since we finished.