On his return he landed in argolis, where aegisthus, who in the interval had seduced agamemnons wife, treacherously carried out the murders of agamemnon, his comrades, and cassandra. The cassandra project book oakville public library. The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt and mike resnick book cover, description, publication history. The cassandra project ebook written by jack mcdevitt, mike resnick. Compiling spark applications depends on apache spark and optionally on spark cassandra connector jars. You call yourself project cassandra, and you wonder why no. It sounded like richard nixon generously acted alone, as no one else was implicated. Mike resnick has won five hugos from a record thirtysix nominations, a nebula, and other major awards in the us, france. In this updated myth, female intuition goes nuclear the new. Launched in 2008, the project was said to be investigating the terrorist organizations funding. Psychobiological urbanism, physical and mental equilibrium of the individual in the urban environment. Buy a cheap copy of the cassandra project book by jack mcdevitt. According to the dea, hezbollah has become increasingly involved with drug trafficking and.
The cassandra follows a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during wwii, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind mildred groves is an unusual young woman. Jul 06, 2019 the number of organisations contributing to cassandra has increased, while the companies involved in the project management committee includes some of the biggest companies in the world. The cassandra project is an attempt by the foxboro ia user community to provide a set of tools that have been developed by its users to help administer and optimize their foxboro ia distributed control systems. This is a fascinating listen, with sharp twists, a great plot and excellent narration. With them you can wait an eternity for the plot line to advance an iota just a little too laid back. Jack mcdevittlot 3 pbchindidevils eyecassandra project. The writing is stilted, the story line makes you hope something worth reading is on the next page, and when there is the same as before, well, it is dissappointing, to say the least. The cassandra project was born out of a frantic postelection desire to do something, anything, to make the world a little brighter. Early in his career, jerry culpepper could never have been accused of being idealistic. Series isbncatalog id price pages format type cover artist verif.
I have skipped 4 or 5 pages at a time, only to find the same tediousness of the last one. In various accounts of the war, she warned the trojans about the greeks hiding inside the trojan horse, agamemnons death, her own demise at the hands of aegisthus and clytemnestra, her mother hecubas fate, odysseuss tenyear wanderings before returning to his home, and the murder of aegisthus and clytemnestra by the latters children electra and. Jack mcdevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, english teacher, customs officer, and motivational trainer, and is now a fulltime writer. The books feature a team of political and technical experts, belonging to a topsecret u. I was rewarded with this revelation at the end, but it was unclear as to how it related to an actual clandestine coverup.
The cassandra project falls far below expectations of a mcdevitt book. After having read a few of mcdevitts other novels, i thought it best to avoid any more of his alex benedict novels. If youre looking for answers to questions about writing, writing advice, andor stuff about how to get published, go here. The author referred to cassandra project only quite sparingly. The cassandra project team is currently dealing with public administrations and civil organizations in order to implement the first project in the iberian peninsula.
The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt author autographed hardcover book first edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket in archival acetate cover, signed by the author,remainder marked. When i heard mc devitt was doing a full length version i thought, hmmm he will need to expand the story a fair bit to make it work. The cassandra project by mike resnick and jack mcdevitt 20. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cassandra project. I read the short story version of the cassandra project a couple of years back and quite enjoyed it. Resnick, mike and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Project cassandra targets hezbollahs global network that supplies drugs to the u. I have never listened to an audio book a second time, but this one would enter the list if i needed to. Jun 10, 2019 3dtotal publishing is raising funds for still just kidding by cassandra calin on kickstarter. In 2019, 50 years after apollo 11, jerry culpepper, a nasa press agent, is caught between his hopes for a better future for the space program. The cassandra project ebook the seattle public library. Buried among the names so deeply that i almost missed it was a single entry.
The reference was to the redstone arsenal in huntsville, alabama where nasa stores rocket engines, partiallycompleted satellites, control panels from test stands, and a multitude. His novel seeker won a nebula award, and he is a multiple nebula award finalist. The untold story of project cassandra illustrates the immense difficulty in mapping and countering illicit networks in an age where global terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime have. The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt librarything. Cassandra clare has 190 books on goodreads with 12232931 ratings.
The likes of instagram, facebook and netflix have team members contributing and leading the development of cassandra because it is essential to their businesses. Michael d resnick with interest in the space program waning, a public affairs director at nasa reveals a shocking secret about the apollo 11 mission from fifty years ago. A philadelphia native, mcdevitt had a varied career before. I enjoyed echo a great deal, and this continues that broad thread. Oct 29, 20 the cassandra project falls far below expectations of a mcdevitt book. The cassandra project audiobook by jack mcdevitt, mike. The cassandra project initiative the cassandra project is an attempt by the foxboro ia user community to provide a set of tools that have been developed by its users to help administer and optimize their foxboro ia distributed control systems. The cassandra project is fast and snappy, moving between a cast of many, comprising press, astronauts, scientists and their families, politicians and dreamers, all with a vested interest in the truth or the lies. The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt, mike resnick. The cassandra project, book by jack mcdevitt mass market. This first collaboration from mcdevitt firebird, 2011, etc. Gifted and cursed with the ability to see the future, mildred runs away from home to take a secretary position at the hanford research center in the early 1940s. The cassandra project kindle edition by mcdevitt, jack, resnick, mike.
Cassandra clares most popular series is the mortal instruments. Ill try to explain why later without too many spoilers. Projects dse and oss show two different ways of supplying these dependencies. Project cassandra is an effort led by the united states drug enforcement administration dea to undercut hezbollah funding from illicit drug sources. In this updated myth, female intuition goes nuclear the. Nylon, best books of february balancing thorough research and mythic lyricism, the cassandra is a timely warning of what happens when warnings go unheeded. The books are in good to very good condition please see individual rating on each book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the cassandra project. Dea targets hezbollahs moneylaundering ties to cartels. The title of the new book is the cassandra project and, after having just.
The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt, mike resnick books. Project gutenberg offers 61,580 free ebooks to download. Enjoy your apolloera conspiracy with the cassandra project wired. Apr 03, 2020 the example project implements a simple writetoreadfrom cassandra application for each language and build tool.
The covertone series is a sequence of thriller novels written by several authors after the death of robert ludlum, presumably according to some of his ideas. A collection of art, comics, and musings by cassandra calin. Its difficult to imagine a myth riper for harvest than that of cassandra, the tragic greek figure who uttered prophecies no one believed. The cassandra project book burlington public library. Two science fiction mastersjack mcdevitt and mike resnickteam up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers. With interest in the space program waning, a public affairs director at nasa reveals a shocking secret about the apollo 11 mission from fifty years ago. The cassandra project and millions of other books are available for instant access. The cassandra project does, which is good in some ways, but in this particular case, i think the ending suffers as a result. Typically, when im considering purchasing a new book, ill read the. The cassandra follows a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during wwii, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind. Frequently asked questions here you can find the answers to many common questions about my writing, my books, and the upcoming shadowhunters television show.
After the capture of troy, cassandra, priams daughter, fell to agamemnons lot in the distribution of the prizes of war. The cassandra project jack mcdevitt and mike resnick. The cassandra project audiobook jack mcdevitt, mike. With interest in the space program waning, a public affairs director at nasa reveals a shocking secret about.
The cassandra project mcdevitt, jack, resnick, mike on. The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt and mike resnick. Similar to the write path, structures inmemory and ondisk structures are examined, and then reconciled. The cassandra project is another ancient astronauts book by jack mcdevitt and mike resnick, based on a short story of the same name written in 2010. Feb 03, 2016 dea targets hezbollahs cash flow link to cartels. Introduction to the cassandra project introduction to a new urban design concept. The trope namer is the mythical seer cassandra, who was cursed by the god apollo to give prophecies which were always true but never believed, thus making this trope older than feudalism in natural disaster movies or science is bad stories, cassandra will usually be an ignored expert. The cassandra project 9781937008710 by mcdevitt, jack. Dec 15, 2011 the untold story of project cassandra illustrates the immense difficulty in mapping and countering illicit networks in an age where global terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime have. Dec 22, 2017 maybe project cassandra is reference to contemporaneous gop claims that the iran deal was a nest of vipers.
This auction is for a lot of 3 paperback scifi novels by jack mcdevitt. I settled on the very sensible solution of compiling, editing, and printing an anthology about the mythological figure of cassandra as you do, and using it to raise money for charity. The cassandra project book east lansing public library. This web site has a forum that has a community discussion board and a support board for users to ask for support from other members. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel.
739 1013 1235 404 1307 1031 447 737 103 364 163 1229 719 547 69 363 1025 1057 383 538 69 438 1391 665 1399 621 1004 52 63 1384 1438 477 169 66 1464 674 1201 555