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Eddie Fantastic

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Dang.

This book has got to be one of the most imaginative things I've ever read. It is exciting, funny, scary, romantic--everything you need for a good read.

The story is about a teenage boy named Eddie Fanta who is going through some troubles. He can't get over his grandfather's death or his parents' divorce, he's unpopular, he couldn't get a girl if his life depended on it. Most of all, he's doubting God. But then he meets Louis, a crippled recluse who also happens to be an inventor. Eddie gets his hands on some spectacular inventions, and his life is completely changed.

While extremely entertaining, "Eddie Fantastic" makes you think. God is easily recognized as the Master Scientist, but what can copying His inventions bring about? I am strongly reminded of the scriptures "precept upon precept, line upon line." We could be given the most wonderful gifts imaginable... but are we ready for them?

Exciting and thought-provoking, this book lives up to its name: Fantastic.

This book is good, especially if you have an open mind. Heaven knows many people today don't have one. It makes you think about how it all fits together in life. Held my attention, was entertaining, exciting, and provoked genuine thought. All in all, an excellent book

I read this book in one day during the 1996 Olympics. It includes hevy use of technology that a young man comes into contact with. If you like other Heimerdinger books then you'll love this one.

I remember my family actually listened to the book on tape of this back in the mid 90's as we traveled from Colorado to California. I remember really liking it, and I think the author does an excellent job of reading his own books and giving a great voice to all of his characters. When I heard this book was updated slightly for 2008, I thought it would be fun to read it again and see if it was as good as I remembered.

I think the first part of the book, and the ideas and concepts in this book are great. I feel like some of the stuff towards the middle/end is just filler (without giving anything away, pretty much what happens in Vegas), but overall it's still a very satisfying book and it was a quick read so I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

I was worried that the updates would be too blatant and unnecessary, but they seemed to fit in nicely and weren't over the top additions. Crazy to realize this was written before the internet was around and ipods, and so many other things that the target audience of this book would have a hard time imagining what life was like without.

Anyways, it's a fun book, makes me want to go re-read the tennis shoes books again and see if those held up too (I bet they have).

I bought the kindle version for my phone, the download was quick and the format was great.

I have a love/hate relationship with Chris Heimerdinger's work, but Eddie Fantastic is probably his finest novel. It's not overly "churchy" and it only does a little bit of preaching. The story is fun and interesting. The characters are believable. The dialogue is great. The inventions showcased in the book almost seem realistic. I often find myself wishing I had them. This is a fun, quick read, even if you're not LDS. Give it a try. Even if you don't like it, you didn't waste too much time reading it.

This book is amazing. Everything about it is thought provoking, interesting and amazing. It gets you thinking "What if..." and will definatley make you want to read it again and again.

I myself have read it countless times and have done at least 3 book reports on it. Don't pass this one up, even if you are skeptical of it.

This book is yet another of the many outstanding books written by Chris Heimerdinger. Not only entertaining to read, this book also provokes thought into spiritual matters. And the technology was cool, too.
As a hopeful writer myself, it is nice to read books written by good authors, so I can know how to make my books interesting, but still keep them clean.

I loved this book. Chris Heimerdinger is such a good author!