The Game of Worlds (David Brin's Out of Time) [Mass Market Paperback]

Roger MacBride Allen (Author)

Book Description

Series: David Brin's Out of Time | Publication Date: August 3, 1999

In the year 2345, young heroes yanked from the 20th century and beyond must fight an enemy more skilled, cunning, and dangerous than they ever imagined. But these young heroes are the world's only hope...

Adam O'Connor is no stranger to trouble. His most recent stunt--setting off firecrackers in a teacher's car--has landed him a school suspension. But even Adam can't have predicted the brand of trouble that awaits him when he's yanked to 2345 to lead an historic meeting between humans and the warlike K'lugu and Devlins. Will he display the "grit" that only a select few in his generation possess? Will he become the hero that he is destined to be?

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books; First Edition edition (August 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380799693
• ISBN-13: 978-0380799695
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,118,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Face to Face With the Devlin, January 4, 2005

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This review is from: The Game of Worlds (David Brin's Out of Time) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the twenty-fourth century, the Earth is a happy and healthy place. War and disease have been wiped out. It is a utopia. Humanity has become peaceful and calm. So when mysterious aliens nicknamed Givers came and gave humanity the ability to reach the stars with transporters, humans were no longer prepared to face the dangers of a new frontier. As special problems arise, they search in time for special individuals with "grit" and bring them forward to help out. Because teleporters don't seem to work with adults, teenagers are the ones yanked to the future.

The final volume of the series (don't know if more were planned). This time a teen from 1999 who seems to be on a downward slide is pulled to the future to help out. Humanity is going to have a meeting with a belligerent race that is able to teleport adults. The first meeting will be very important and lead to a second closer to Earth. A third race will be acting as hosts and mediators. Each side will have eight delegates. The humans have decided to add three teens with grit to their party. Their main goal will be to find out if the aliens have any knowledge of a lost colony that may have survived from the ship Roanoke.

This story takes a long time to really get going. The mission begins about midway through the book. The framework moves even further away from the first book which leads me to believe that series setting was only very loosely worked out. But in the end it is still a good story even if the framework changes are necessary to some of the plot and not just the setting.