Saturday, August 28, 2010

Primeval, by David Golemon

The good news:  this novel was interesting enough that I read it to the end.   The bad news:  well, just don't bother with this book if reality is important to you.   Oh, I can live with the usual spy novel problem:  how is it the President seems to know every master spy by name and personally involve himself in their work?

Realistically, I just don't see President Obama worrying himself this way (unless he was outing the agent to the NY Times).    But what really has me cranked up is not this problem, nor the abundance of Yeti living in north west Canada, nor the secret life of Amelia Earhart - it is, rather, the factual errors.  

In particular, the narrative that has someone using the safety on a Glock pistol.   These are so easily avoided by a bit of research!   (Glock handguns have three safety mechanisms -- trigger safety, firing pin safety, and drop safety -- but no external safety latch.)  

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