Doom

By John Shirley

Based on the groundbreaking and legendary PC games from id Software that have been played by millions of hardcore fans, DOOM is a terrifying battle with the forces of Hell. A space marine's reassignment to the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility seemed simple, until the scientists' discoveries and experiments unlocked the gates to Hell itself. Now, in an epic clash against pure evil, he must fight to understand who is against him and what must be done to stop this nightmare from reaching Earth.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141650995X
• ISBN13: 9781416509950
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Pocket Star Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Rip Roarin Yarn

Once again Shirley delivers the goods in this gripping, superbly characterized screen adaptation of the infamous 1st person shooter game that charmed our socks off over ten years ago. What is it exactly that you want out of a video-game-turned-movie novelization? I personally have less interest in a paint-by-numbers representation carefully shaded in to please fans than I am in simply reading a killer story w/believable characters, and that is exactly the author's approach in this satisfying homage to "shoot first ask questions later" pulp sci-fi horror. It's a shame some folks don't seem to appreciate the simple literary approach of a rip roarin yarn the author has woven here, because if you can check your baggage at the door, you are in for one hell of an intensifying reading experience. This book is the literary equivalent of a sure-shot, one-clip barrage from a BFG emptied into the reader till he's effectively been rendered into so much pulped swiss cheese. I.e, it is best experienced in one sitting (if possible for a great part of its target audience, notoriously short of attention span), because it works like a pot of cold water put on a burner set on high: by the time you get to the last 10 percent, the narrative is boiling over with such fury the reader almost has to hold their breath to get through it all. It is a sustained symphony of violence so adeptly handled by the author, that when the reader reaches the crescendo it is all one can do to refrain from tearing the pages out as you turn them. This is straight up pulp fiction at its finest, it transports the reader to another world of unbelievable horrors and action in a stylistic manner which renders the whole experience a sustained sense of realism, and that is all one could ask for in a narrative such as this.

DOOM

Far in the future an urgent distress signal is received from a UAC research station on Olduvai mars. Soon after an elite strike team comprised of some of the most battle hardened marines is sent to Olduvai to detain and neutralize the strange threat, but they will soon come face to face with the hellish nightmares unleashed on Olduvai by the scientists' unorthodox experiments. Olduvai...... a place where doom waits. This is one of the best books I have ever read, because it has a great plot, action, and suspense. However it shouldn't be read by people under 14 because of sex, gore, violence, graphic descriptions, very strong language, and drug references. I would also recommend this for boys more than girls.

Not a bad adaptation

Doom wasn't a bad film, and this isn't a bad novelization, either. It's well written, and if one can just tear their mind away from the fact that this ISN'T supposed to be religiously based on the game and try to accept it on it's own merits, they might actually enjoy it.