Eureka: Substitution Method

Full of odd happenings, strange characters, and a crazy mix of mystery and excitement - all the normal stuff for Eureka!!

When I saw that a novel tie-in for the Syfy's original series, Eureka, (Eureka - Season One)- I figured I would pick it up as I truly love the show. The book itself takes place between season 3.5 and 4, and overall was a quite enjoyable read. Overall the book would have made an excellent two part episode.If you are familiar with the show than you already know what you are going to get, and in all honesty if you are not a fan I doubt you'll find yourself on this page, but I shall provide a quick synopsis regardless. Sheriff Jack Carter, former US Marshal, finds himself as the Sheriff for a small town in Oregon called Eureka- which is a secret town that houses a goodly portion of all the world's geniuses. Carter is constantly trying to save the town from one science experiment run amok after the other, whilst also trying to raise his teenage daughter and find love. Carter usually saves the town with his good old fashioned common sense, something that is often missing in the big brained scientists that reside in the town. This story involves, as the title suggests, an experiment run amok that begins switching one thing with another, at first it substitutes flowers for weeds, and then people from one side of town to another, but when it starts switching whole buildings, and the scientist that started it all can not be found- it seems imminent disaster is on the horizon.For fans of the series, all your favorite characters make an appearance, and get plenty of page time. One appearance that I was glad to see is Taggert (played by Matt Frewer on the show), as I find him to be a truly enjoyable character, and we get to see a surprising side of him, when he and Zane are substituted and he ends up at Zane's apartment (with Zane ending up at his house). Zoe is on mid-winter break and she and Fargo end up helping Sheriff Carter out as he must leave Eureka to take care of some of the substitutions. There is also quite a fun substitution involving the multiple Dr. Bakers. As far as continuity with the series, I can say fans over all will be happy, as there are none of those awkward series or movie tie-in moments where the reader says to themselves, "this character would never do that," or "that is not what happened in Episode 6 of Season 1. The only continuity issue that I could pick up on was the fact that, Carter's sister Lexi is in town for a visit, and while Duncan (her fiancee) is mentioned (and even makes an appearance), no mention of their new born twins takes place, which given she was nigh months away from delivery when she left the show in Season 3, this was a rather glaring oversight.All in all I can state that any fan of the show would greatly enjoy reading this fine first novel tie-in, and would do well to pick it up. If you are reading this review and have never seen Eureka, I would greatly recommend the show, and further recommend this as a good piece of reading material once you have finished Season 3.5.

Great show great dvd

This was a really great story and it fit into the Eureka series quite well. It was a great read, the author did a great job on the characters and getting the feel of the town. I would recommend this to anyone who loves Eureka.

I finished watching every episode of Eureka on Netflix and decided to see what there might be for tie-in novels. I will admit I was hoping for more than 3, but it is a decent start. So I downloaded this first one. It is an enjoyable read, and as a few other reviewers have typed, you can almost hear the character's voices as you read the story, with their responses and phrasing true to character. The concept is decent, reasonable well developed, but as others have said, a bit drawn out. So far, pleased with the story. so why only 3 starsThe reason I can only give this 3 stars is some of the mistakes in the story in what the characters say and do. A few examples:1) Jo takes the car around a tight right turn, lifting two tires off the pavement, then the author talks how the left hand tires miss the curb because they are in the air... If you go around a right hand turn fast enough to go to two wheels, it would be the right hand tires in the air, not the left.2) Jo uses a device that stops an internal combustion engine by creating a magnetic field "that affected the carburetor of any vehicle within 250 feet. Ok, I'll go along. The device works great -stopping the car in front of her. But, for some unexplained reason, the field has no impact on the engine of the vehicle she is driving, which continues to work fine.3) Vincent talks about his backup fusion generator that takes in hydrogen and oxygen and splits them. Splitting atoms is fission, not fusion. A person in Eureka would have known this fact. Even if we buy that Vincent doesn't, (which I don't) the person who made/sold sure would have know the difference.4) The scientist, whose experiment goes awry, sits around his friends house for half the day in his house without trying to tell anyone, call anyone, get help, get to the lab, nothing. - Gives Jack more to do, but not really justifiable in lines of the plot.Overall the book is worth a read, and it is an enjoyable time with some television friends, just expect that there are some inconsistencies.

It was like reading an episode of Eureka. Very true to the characters with the written form allowing for a little bit of depth building as well. Got in insight into Carter's mind, which was also nice. I actually got a little teary eyed in the end, made me really miss the show.

I thought this book was very good. The writing was good, the situation was interesting and handled very well and most of all, I felt the characters were very true to the TV show.If I had one quibble, it would be that the book was too long. In some places it felt like the book was repetitive and padded to make the book longer. I think the book would be much better if it was 50 or so pages shorter.Overall, I highly recommend this book to all fans of the show.

The book is great. The author got all of the Eureka residents tones correct and reacting just like they would in the show. I could actually "hear" all the characters voices in my head as I read each one.

I found the story interesting, I could picture the characters going about their day. A good addition to the show. Stand-alone book. A good light read.

Für dieses wie für die beiden weiteren Bücher gilt: eine schöner Lesespass und eine nette Ergänzung für Serienfans, allerdings nur für Serienfans.

Eureka is one of my favorite shows. I would love to see more books.Substitution Method was very entertaining.will read again

If you were a fan of the tv series (as I am), the books are a great extension of this. The books read just like the show. I hope you will like the books too, and perhaps encourage the author to write even more!!!

When in Eureka buildings get switched with buildings from everywhere around Sheriff Jack Carter and his folks has a lot to do, that no one notice that there is a Eureka existing.With the same way to talk and communicate as in the show they talk and communicate in the books and you get a lot of laughter.You'll have fun if you are interested in the maniac stories which are told in the show, the books are as maniac as the shows.Thumb up for some hours of craziness!