The character of Samantha Crowe is strongly based on SETI director Jill Tarter, who was also the main inspiration for Jodie Foster's character Ellie Arroway in Contact. Unsere Besten - Das große Lesen: Das Lieblingsbuch der Deutschen, February {2010} Discussion -- THE SWARM by Frank Schätzing. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “Der Schwarm” as Want to Read: Error rating book. In dem Öko-Thriller wird die Menschheit durch eine unbekannte, intelligente Lebensform aus den Tiefen des Meeres bedroht. Others seek revenge, wanting to destroy the Yrr. Thomas Orthmann, a German marine biologist and journalist, claims that dozens of passages in The Swarm have been lifted word for word from his writings. Sigur Johanson also finds out that General Li has not been honest with them. An overly long dystopian thriller novel about a deep sea organism, jellylike, that is more intelligent than humans. A year of big books. November 2003 Mehr Kaufen Frank Schätzing Der Schwarm Beschreibung "Die Yrr haben die Welt für alle Zeiten verändert." Die Charaktere sind ebenso gut gewählt, wenn auch teils etwas stereotypisch. Der Schwarm ist eine Serienadaption des Bestsellers von Frank Schätzing. Publisher Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag Bewertung 4,06 Release 30. Ein Schwarm Goldmakrelen, dachte er erfreut. Ein wissenschaftliches Dreamteam nimmt den Kampf auf. But this is the second a-thousander (= a book of 1000+ pages, my creation. Alles hatte angefangen mit einem peruanischen Fischer. Speculative fiction at it's very best, and if the genre in which it has been categorized doesn't make you curious perhaps nothing will, for this is an apocalyptic eco-thriller, focused on telling the story of who is behind a series of catastrophic natural events occurring all too close together to be coincidental. One of the scientists has been working on a modified pheromone to eradicate the yrr completely. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and penned several novellas and satires. Francis. [ glory, world-dominion and how to fight the thread (never mind negation or the extinction of the human race). Characters are flat, one-dimensional, and predictable, at times the book is downright sexist and, yes, racist. If you look around a bit, you will note that his information is still up to date. Ted Tally has finished writing the screenplay and Dino De Laurentiis was to be one of the prime financial benefactors of the project. While some of the science in the book appears plausible to me, other aspects are strangely under-researched: Who ever heard of the rank of "general commander" in the US Navy? At the same time Leon Anawak, a marine scientist who investigates the behavior of whales and works for a whale watching company, makes startling observations in the whales' behavior; and is called to investigate an incident where whales and sea-borne mussels seemed to have attacked and incapacitated a commercial freighter. General Li and a small group of scientists take to the sea on the helicopter carrier USS Independence in an attempt to find the yrr and make contact with them. How did it feel to be a bee? None of this seems to be connected. Other parts of the world are also attacked. Others seek revenge, wanting to destroy the Yrr. A catastrophy seems unavoidable. Narrated by Stefan Kaminski. The book follows an ensemble of protagonists who are investigating what at first appear to be freak events related to the world's oceans. On May 9, 2007, it was announced that a film based on the novel was in the works. But biologist Sigur Johanson does not believe in coincidences. Worms eat away at a sea shelf triggering tsunamis that wipe out most coastal towns and cities in Scandinavia and Europe. Frank Schätzing Der Schwarm. Dem Meeresbiologen und Schöngeist Sigur Johanson schwant Übles: Die gesamte Meeresfauna und -flora scheint sich ferngesteuert gegen die Menschheit zu wenden. The whales work together to capsize the boats and then kill the people drifting in the water. A fisherman disappears near the coast of Peru. Er gilt als Visionär, dessen Szenarien oft nur einen Herzschlag von unserer täglichen Lebensrealität entfernt liegen. Language (I read the German original) is puerile and often vulgar in a dumb, embarrassing way. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. How could we understand the ability of fish and seals to survive in the cold dark waters of the Antarctic? European scientists want to understand and communicate with this intelligent organism called ‘Yrr’. Whales attack humans. On the other hand, it's really heavy. Der Schwarm audiobook written by Frank Schätzing. Tod und Teufel (1995) Mordshunger (1996) Die dunkle Seite (1997) Keine Angst (1999) Lautlos (2000) Der Schwarm (2004) Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Für seine Arbeit wurde der Schriftsteller mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem erhielt er den Deutschen Science Fiction Preis. Norwegian oil drilling experts discover strange organisms, covering hundreds of square kilometers of sea floor. The release date was estimated to be 2015, but as of 2018 the film was still in development.[5][6]. These events are part of a worldwide phenomenon. I think they communicated with the dolphin somehow. Sigur Johanson finally announces his hypothesis: the phenomena are intentional attacks by an unknown sentient species from the depths of the oceans; he states that this is the only logical conclusion, since the attacks are outside the power of any human agency and cannot be a natural phenomenon. The book has several sub-plots and will occasionally follow minor unrelated characters to illustrate how events unfold around the globe. Seinen Durchbruch erlangte Frank Schätzing 2004 mit dem Ökothriller „Der Schwarm“. EUR 9,00 + EUR 7,00 Versand . Der Schwarm von Frank Schätzing ist ein wirklich gelungener Mix aus Action, Science-Fiction und Dokumentation. Schätzing refuses to pay any compensation, but has agreed to acknowledge Dr Orthmann in the next edition of The Swarm. A great plot idea by a terrible author. Things threaten to collapse on a continental level. 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