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From: ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson)
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Subject: Re: thriller?
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 13:23:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 13:23:49 1985
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The_Bourne_Identity quite overwhelmed me as well.  For more
of the same elements (international manhunts, intrigue,
fortuitous luck and circumstances) I found the following to
be at or near the same level:

        The Day of the Jackal - Fredrick Forsythe
        The Odessa File       -   "        "
        Black Sunday          - (don't remember)

Black_Sunday is a definite cut below the others, but satisfactory.
These are more straightforward then _Bourne_, that is, the story
line or main objective is fairly clear from the beginning, and the
excitement is in its unfolding.  With The_Bourne_Identity the twists
took me by surprise; having read less than half the book it looked to
me that the story was nearing its end and I couldn't imagine what
the second half could possibly deal with.  Silly me.


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Cameron C. Carson
Distributed Systems Group
Boston University ACC

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