Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction
Written by Diane Duane
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Experience Spider-Man as never before!
The amazing Spider-Man launches into his most harrowing adventure as a trip to Florida turns into a deadly race to prevent disaster! The Lizard is wreaking havoc throughout the Everglades, as he seeks a cure for his dual identity as the reptilian villain and the human scientist Dr. Curt Connors -- the result of an experiment gone horribly wrong.
Spidey's attempts to halt the Lizard's rampage lead him to a web of intrigue and danger that may spell the destruction of a space shuttle launch. The action heats up as Venom, the alien symbiote who wants Spider-Man dead, arrives, targets the Lizard for death, and won't let anyone stand in his way!
Spider-Man must save the shuttle, halt the Lizard's rampage, and keep Venom from destroying the Lizard and the helpless scientist trapped inside him...before it's too late!
Diane Duane
Diane Duane is the author of The Door Into Fire, which was nominated for the World Science Fiction Society’s John W. Campbell Award for best new science fiction/fantasy writer two years in a row. Duane has also published more than thirty novels, numerous short stories, and various comics and computer games, several of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She is best known for her continuing Young Wizards series of young adult fantasy novels about the New York–based teenage wizards Nita Callahan and Kit Rodriguez. The 1983 novel So You Want to Be a Wizard and its six sequels have been published in seven other languages.
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Reviews for Spider-Man
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nicely done! Acting and music / sound effects add a ton to what could have been a run of the mill audiobook.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty good story. Really helped that it had sound effects and different actors playing different roles. Not the usual one person trying to voice all the roles (male & female).
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Diane Duane sends Spidey and MJ to Florida in Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction. There, Spider-Man/Peter Parker investigates the Lizard's role in the movement of radioactive materials and how it might be tied to an upcoming space shuttle launch. Along the way, he must contend with Venom who plans on putting the Lizard down for good. An entertaining novel, though many of its cultural references will now seem dated. Duane perfectly captures the spirit of the various Spider-Man comics from the 1990s and Darick Robertson's artwork works well as chapter headers. This book takes place second in a series following Duane's Spider-Man: The Venom Factor (published the previous year).
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I have never read a novelization of Spider Man prior to this, so I was not sure what to expect. What I found is that Diane Donald proved to be a very competent writer. She handled the novel professionally, and as a fellow writer, I can certainly appreciate that. The story itself was interesting, but I found the scope to be a little small in nature. Perhaps that was just an exposure to some of the movies, which have a much larger scope. Of the characters, I found Venom to be the most interesting. The Lizard sanction gave a different side of him, which I enjoyed reading. The Lizard, on the other hand, I found to be less developed, even though he was the title character in the novel.In the Lizard sanction, Spider Man is on assignment. While on assignment, he is tracking the Lizard, who has fallen in with some baddies, in the form of the stereotypical evil corporation. Dr. Curt Connors is working for these goons, while trying to figure out how to revert back to his normal form on a permanent basis. This leads to rivals, Spidey and Venom to work together to control the Lizard and beat down the shadowy, evil corporation. You can probably tell by the tone of this review that I find the corporation as the evil entity responsible for the world's woes to be overdone and ineffective. A little creativity on the part of these writers would be nice. Despite that, the action was good and the plot reasonable. In all, the novel was solid and entertaining but unspectacular.Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Diane Duane's Spider-Man novels are some of my favorites. I've read all her Spider-Man novels numerous times. Lizard isn't my favorite villain but a fun read anyway. A great plot and I think she hits the character's personalities right on! Good book!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5With Spider-Man, I think you have to kind of expect a few things. Unfortunately for this book, I'm not a big Spider-Man fan to begin with. This book could have been a lot better. The characters were pretty weak, the dialogue was terrible and rather cheezy. The plot was really quite weak. Overall, I would skip this one.2.5/5 rating