Product Description

Paperback

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Product Details

Publisher	Future Events Publications
ISBN	0899579000
Format	Paperback
Author	Salem Kirban
EAN	9780899579009
Label	Future Events Publications
Dewey Decimal Number	200
Studio	Future Events Publications
Title	666
Publication Date	1998-09
Manufacturer	Future Events Publications

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Customer Reviews

A Feeble attempt at describing the End Times

Review by Bruno Versaci, 2010-07-01

In the back of the book it states that Mr. Salem has a degree and the book sold a "quarter of a million copies". Wow. If this is all it takes to write a book and make a ton of money, count me in! I was really disapointed that Mr. Kirban's writing style is very amaturish-almost borderline "English as a second language" - no evidence of any kind of intellecutal writing talent. He chose generic names like George, Bill and Faye. I think he's trying too hard to make it a thriller that all you get is "cornyness". He has a diagram of a "laser ring" and talks about "protien cakes" made from dead humans and motor oil. And the black and white pictures are so phony - like he picked out of some photo stock agency and when he couldn't get what he wanted, they tossed in a substitute (Hey, it's much better to have a picture of Chinese waiting in line - probebly during WWII) then no picture at all! And then there is another photograph where people are supposed to be rolling in "mud" to look for any "morsol of food" - but one of the people is smiling! I didn't think starving was so much fun. This is a great book if you're like in the 4th or 5th grade, but for someone that wants a more realistic approach to the end times I believe there are far better books out there.

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Takes Revelation Too Literally For A Convincing Novel

Review by Goodbye Cruel World, 2005-09-09

Salem Kirban delivers a literal take on the events prophesied in the Biblical Book of Revelation, and creates a multitude of unintentional chuckles while he's at it. I think this was written in the '70's and its science is by now highly out of date. ("Ruby Laser Rings"?) This story about the rise of the antichrist during the Biblical end times begins with all the Christians suddenly vanishing from the face of the earth, and yet those remaining don't quite catch on that it's the Rapture. They wander around puzzled about the disappearances until a charismatic leader appears on the scene to take over the world and usher in a reign of darkness. The main characters here, a trio of dumb-as-post agnostics soon to turn true believers, begin as loyal henchmen of the politically popular antichrist (a sort of '70's smooth operator with fundamentalist-rankling leftist tendencies) but eventually repent and take it on the lam as they work underground against him and his evil administration. There are wars here, execution scenes straight out of A Tale Of Two Cities, political messages wrapped in Christian dogma, and even a resurrection from the dead achieved in a science-meets-arcane-magick stunt that puts the antichrist on a divine plateau. Finally there is the anticipated good v. evil showdown, Jesus ushers in the new world, blahblahblah, and the faithful get their reward, the rest swan dive into eternal pain and suffering, courtesy of an all-loving God.

This well-meaning, sensationalistic book cracks me up.

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Possibly the Worst Book Ever Written

Review by Nathan Dickey, 2003-04-19

Salem Kirban's first attempt at a fiction novel, 666, fails miserably. The character development is virtually non-existent, the writing style is very poor, the storyline is very corny. 666 is the story of a group of people trying to survive the Tribulation Period and the Antichrist's persecution. The end-times is portrayed in an extremely corny and monotonous manner, and the characters are nothing more than cardboard stereotypes who are not in the least bit realistic. The judgments of God during the Tribulation Period the characters live through are trivialized, a war, a global famine, a worldwide earthquake, and many other global disasters and plagues are portrayed so porly and unrealistically that the judgments seem like nothing. Kirban mainly focuses on the character's struggle to survive the rampant persecution of believers, everything else is trivialized.
If you are looking for an end-times thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, do not read 666 by Salem Kirban. It is a wasre of time and I regret taking the time to read it. 1 star out of five.

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666

Review by emily pleasants, 2002-06-02

the its the great book i ever readed in my life
and its weird but ok.

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ONE IN EVERY HOUSE

Review by Anonymous, 2002-04-22

I'm not a critic or writer, but I think that every person who is a Christian and cares about someone they're not sure is saved, should have a copy of this book. I have read the Left Behind series. I read this book the first time about 15 years ago. What matters about this book is that, 1. The title gets the attention of anyone who sees it - who doesn't know the significance of the number 666; and 2. it only takes a few minutes for the person who IS left behind to figure it out - time enough to pray hard and get ready for what is to come.

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