Frank Schatzing's The Swarm

I am 84 years old and have read thousands of books of all sorts including masses of science fiction. Schatzing's 'The Swarm' is by all odds the most tendentious and boring book I have ever had the misfortune to pick up. I have to blame the University book shop manager who pulled it off the shelf and recommended it, knowing that I was a fan of science fiction and a writer of fiction myself. Since it only cost $5 I shouldn't complain except for the enormous waste of time, little of which I have to spare at my age. There may be a story plot buried in there someplace but mostly it is filled with long tiresome explanations being made by each of the scientists to other scientists who apparently haven't a clue about the details of the field being explained. The rampant excesses of killings and death add nothing to the story and actually tend to hide whatever meaning is supposed to be conveyed. I don't know anything about Mr. Schatzing but I had an unpleasant feeling about young German writers. I was even more disturbed by the fact that this book was apparently a best seller in Germany for two years! I have Germans in my family background and so does my wife but I couldn't help but think - Germany and we were on opposite sides in two world wars. I wonder if the national psyche of Germany has really been healed.
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