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Crater : In the twenty-second century..

Crater" by Homer Hickam, is aimed at younger readers and manages to deliver quite a well-paced adventure. The book focuses on the adventures of Crater Trueblood a 16 year old blue collar kid who lives on the Moon complete with a mysterious past and a penchant for invention. He also has a knack of stumbling into one mini-adventure after another as he makes his way across the lunar surface to catch a ride on a spaceship to obtain a secret object for his boss. In a nutshell, "Crater" is sort of like Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones on the Moon - with some Johnny Quest thrown in for good measure..

Without giving too much away the story is set in 2143. Earth has had a series of wars and political upheavals. This has allowed the civilization that has been developing to take on a unique nature of its own - one driven by resource extraction. The biggest commodity mined is Helium-3 which is used to fuel the nuclear reactors Earth can't do without.

Against the backdrop of a wild west sort of frontier almost anything can and does happen to Crater along the way. Some of the incidents along the way are a bit improbable but the way the story and characters are crafted you just find yourself along for the ride. This is where Hickam's skill as a writer is evident. At one point or another the unusual encounters Crater has are truly unusual - the sort of things that you'd otherwise expect in a good video game or a Harry Potter novel. But there is no magic here. Everything Hickam throws at you has a logical purpose and is based on the laws of physics.

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No. Panggil

828 HIC h

Penerbit

Dallas : Thomas Nelson., 2012

Deskripsi Fisik

311 hlm ; 21 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781401686963

Klasifikasi

828

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Tipe Pembawa

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1

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Fiksi Inggris

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Crater" by Homer Hickam, is aimed at younger readers and manages to deliver quite a well-paced adventure. The book focuses on the adventures of Crater Trueblood a 16 year old blue collar kid who lives on the Moon complete with a mysterious past and a penchant for invention. He also has a knack of stumbling into one mini-adventure after another as he makes his way across the lunar surface to catch a ride on a spaceship to obtain a secret object for his boss. In a nutshell, "Crater" is sort of like Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones on the Moon - with some Johnny Quest thrown in for good measure.. Without giving too much away the story is set in 2143. Earth has had a series of wars and political upheavals. This has allowed the civilization that has been developing to take on a unique nature of its own - one driven by resource extraction. The biggest commodity mined is Helium-3 which is used to fuel the nuclear reactors Earth can't do without. Against the backdrop of a wild west sort of frontier almost anything can and does happen to Crater along the way. Some of the incidents along the way are a bit improbable but the way the story and characters are crafted you just find yourself along for the ride. This is where Hickam's skill as a writer is evident. At one point or another the unusual encounters Crater has are truly unusual - the sort of things that you'd otherwise expect in a good video game or a Harry Potter novel. But there is no magic here. Everything Hickam throws at you has a logical purpose and is based on the laws of physics.

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Homer Hickam

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