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 | Red Thunder | |
 | "Purchased as a recommendation" | 2008-09-09 |
| I first picked up Red Thunder from the library, one of those cheap paperbacks for sale. I was looking for another book to grab for a trip and it looked mildly interesting. The first few chapters were slow, kids dreaming of being in space and finding a drunk on the beach, but I ended up loving the book. So much so that when a friend mentioned he hadn't read this, I sent it right along to him as a gift. I still have my battered copy, along with the next two (Red Lightning, Rolling Thunder) and have read them a couple times. That might be the best recommendation that I was willing to buy it for a friend to get him to read it. There are only 2-3 books I'd send in that way. I'm sure most people will find this book interesting. It's a great journey, some kids deciding they want to head to Mars to rescue some astronauts that are destined for trouble. It's not too far in the future, and it's made possible by the squeezer. The drunk is a former astronaut, his ex-wife still in the program and headed for Mars, but the discovery that his cousin, injured as a kid and seemingly mentally slow, has invented a squeezer that can create these bubbles. They can be any size, and you can squeeze them down to nothing. When you do that, you have a tremendous amount of energy. They find a way to make a discontinuity in the bubble and then they have an engine. From there the kids set about building a rocket ship out of old railroad cars. They're on a race since the US ship heading towards Mars is in trouble and the Chinese have one that will beat it. They're trying desparately to ensure the US gets there first. It's a great story, with rocket design principles mostly out the window due to the unlimited energy of the Squeezer, parents that don't want kids to go, Travis (the ex-astronaut) trying to keep things under control, a budget to deal with and more. It brings excitement, practicality, and fun to a sci-fi story. I highly recommend this book, as well as the other two that follow. | ||
 | Red Thunder | |
| "Purchased as a recommendation" | 2008-09-09 |
| I first picked up Red Thunder from the library, one of those cheap paperbacks for sale. I was looking for another book to grab for a trip and it looked mildly interesting. The first few chapters were slow, kids dreaming of being in space and finding a drunk on the beach, but I ended up loving the book. So much so that when a friend mentioned he hadn't read this, I sent it right along to him as a gift. I still have my battered copy, along with the next two (Red Lightning, Rolling Thunder) and have read them a couple times. That might be the best recommendation that I was willing to buy it for a friend to get him to read it. There are only 2-3 books I'd send in that way. I'm sure most people will find this book interesting. It's a great journey, some kids deciding they want to head to Mars to rescue some astronauts that are destined for trouble. It's not too far in the future, and it's made possible by the squeezer. The drunk is a former astronaut, his ex-wife still in the program and headed for Mars, but the discovery that his cousin, injured as a kid and seemingly mentally slow, has invented a squeezer that can create these bubbles. They can be any size, and you can squeeze them down to nothing. When you do that, you have a tremendous amount of energy. They find a way to make a discontinuity in the bubble and then they have an engine. From there the kids set about building a rocket ship out of old railroad cars. They're on a race since the US ship heading towards Mars is in trouble and the Chinese have one that will beat it. They're trying desparately to ensure the US gets there first. It's a great story, with rocket design principles mostly out the window due to the unlimited energy of the Squeezer, parents that don't want kids to go, Travis (the ex-astronaut) trying to keep things under control, a budget to deal with and more. It brings excitement, practicality, and fun to a sci-fi story. I highly recommend this book, as well as the other two that follow. | ||
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