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Infobox Data[edit]

Title: Richter 10
Cover: [1] (I don't know if it can be used)
Caption:
Author: Arthur C. Clarke & Mike McQuay
Country: US
Language: English
Illustrator: N/A
Cover Artist: Unknown
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Spectra
Date: 01 February 1996
Print: Hardcover
Pages: 373
ISBN: 0553097083
Prior books: N/A
Subsequent books: N/A

Darguz Parsilvan 11:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

POV[edit]

There is an obvious POV problem here, with language like "In a very moving culmination,..." This reads like a junior high school book report, not an encyclopedia article.--76.167.77.165 (talk) 20:15, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Poor and misleading plot summary ending[edit]

The existing plot summary talks about "four defining episodes" (even though the book's chapters are broken down into three "books", plus a prologue and epilogue). It ends with:

"Lewis loses his wife and child in the attack. The book ends with Lewis's suicide by remaining in the quake zone when it finally hits."

But the family loss is on page 339 (of my original paperback copy) taking place in June 2028 of the story. The next sentence jumps ahead to page 400 in June 2058 ignoring an important "defining episode" of the story covering 30 years where Crane¹ starts a settlement on the far side of the moon, remarries, and more.

¹ Unlike the summary, after the short prologue (where he's a boy), the book never again refers to the main character as just "Lewis" but instead as "Crane" or, 33 times, as "Lewis Crane". Even his wives call him "Crane".

I'd amend a previous talk comment: "this reads like a junior high school book report" to add "by someone that hasn't bothered to read the end of the book." -- 198.36.117.76 (talk) 15:58, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]