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by: Richard Preston
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 579
EAN: 9780552143035
ISBN: 0552143030
Label: Corgi Books
Manufacturer: Corgi Books
Number Of Pages: 383
Publication Date: August 10, 1995
Publisher: Corgi Books
Sales Rank: 161482
Studio: Corgi Books
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Rating: - Riveting!
I read this book when it was first published and just finished a re-read. I was as fascinated this time as when I first read it in 1989. The author writes in such a way that the average reader can understand the biology of Ebola. It is completely mesmerizing. He is very detailed about the emergence of this deadly virus and how it is spread and by what mode. If you like Robin Cook and Michael Palmer, you will love this, all the more because it is totally true!
Rating:  - Sensational True Story !!! Blood !! Gore !!! Life Death !!
The Hot Zone tells the history of ebola and what we know about it. Ebola is a very nasty hemmoragic fever and so, as many people point out, Preston resorts to sensationalism in his descriptions of blood being vomited, sprayed on walls and coming out of victims in every way possible. One strain of the disease, Ebola Zaire, kills 90% of those infected and that is with medical treatment. The book is freaky because the virus is freaky.
The story starts in the late 70's with the first ebola ... Read More
Rating: - it will stick with you
I read this book because I study biology and microbiology - particularly virology - is a big interest of mine. This is awesome stuff. It's based on true events but flows like a novel, and it's the scariest book I've read in a long time. I like my horror and monsters, ghosts and murderers can't really compare with ebola.
This is a story that's fast-paced but not rushed, based in fact but not swamped in scientific terminology, realistic because it was real, and scary as hell. I read it over ... Read More
Rating: - A Non-Fiction Thriller
In THE HOT ZONE, Richard Preston has woven epidemiological fact with the terrifying true story of how a strain of the Ebola virus came to the United States. He details various outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers, traces them to their possible origins, and provides a basic education about viral evolution and forensics, all couched in narratives that will keep you turning page after page. After you have read his graphic descriptions of what happens to people who contract the deadlier strains of Ebola, you will ... Read More
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