Customer Reviews

STRANGE ATTRACTORS

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I've read many of Sleator's books and I have never been dissapointed with any of them. Strange Attractors is so far the greatest, and I enjoyed it even more than Interstellar Pig.

I absolutely LOVED this book!! Unfortunately, I cannnot find ANY store that caarries it!

I know William Sleators books are meant for younger readers but even older readers should love them as well! They are fun and are engrossing. I know I have read Strange Attractors more than a few times and have loved it every time, I would truly consider it one of my favorites along with The Boy Who Reversed Himself. It poses interesting questions that make you think even when you are done reading.

I read this a long time ago and I had been looking for it for ages! Finally I found it here on Amazon! It's a fairly quick read but still great. It's engaging and fascinating. I'll be passing it down to my kids!

Like many people here, I got this book from a book sale in 6th grade. I find interesting that while most Sleator books feature main characters age 16 or older, the books themselves seem to be aimed at younger readers. Anyway, I loved this book then, and I love it now that I have just re-read it 15 years later. The ending was exciting, it resolved every conflict, and it came as a surprise. All the classical elements of a good fiction story.

However, I have to agree with the person who mentioned the plot problems. They're definitely there, and I don't mean just scientific inaccuracies ... you can get away with that in science fiction, of course ... nor do I mean stupid mistakes made by the main character, although he certainly does make a lot of them ... I mean that elements of the science on which the plot is built are suddenly changed later on in the book, probably because a self-consistent system of time travel would lead to a lame and predictable ending, which of course is not what the author wants.

So I'm going to go ahead and give this book only three stars, which is very low by my standards since I only tend to review books that I consider well worth of my money.

The first time I read William Sleator's book, "Strange Attractors" I was in the 6th grade. Being an avid reader it still astounds me today that this book had such impact on me, and was and is one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Sleator is a highly ingenious author. This book had a profound affect on my reading years as a youth. Today I am a freshman in college, and having found my childhood treasure again hope to read it and re-read it again and again in the hopes that it will somehow "transport me back in time" to how I felt the first time I read this masterpiece!!.

I think this book is really great. With all this scientific things combined with romance and emotion and time travel too, it really gets you going! Definatly for kids and teens, this book is a great sci-fi that you don't want to miss

I am normally a big fan of Willaim Sleator, but this book is poorly written, with a lot of errors in the plot.

"Strange Attractors" was the best book I have ever read. It is set for a younger group of readers, but adults will enjoy this book as well. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who simply enjoys reading. The first time I read it was in seventh grade. I have read it at least five complete times by now. This is a great book to do a school project on. The only main conflict is locating the book at a bookstore near you.

-Happy Reading

Recommendation - I would recommend this book to someone who likes science fiction. One reason I would recommend this book is that it was exciting and the characters were good. " 'We must never use the phaser again', 'Sure, sure,' I said, 'there is no pointing arguing with you about it' ". This book was good because Max finds a time traveler. "This thing is a time machine". I would really recommend this book to anyone who would like a book on time travel.