Lost In Space (Based on the Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman) [Mass Market Paperback]

Joan D. Vinge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 1998

This new "Lost in Space" combines the familiar pleasures of the classic television show with an exciting contemporary cinematic edge, as the Robinsons find themselves "lost in space" once again: crash-landing on a planet breaking up from tectonic storms, threatened by a horde of spiderlike aliens, and most surprising of all, discovering an alternate time-stream link to Earth's distant future!.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In the trend toward resurrecting television shows from the 1960s and 1970s, Lost In Space is a welcome addition. This version, based on the new feature film, contains more suspense, violence, action, technology, gadgetry, and weaponry, more ecological, political, and family values, and, of course, more sex than we're used to in the old reruns. The story, radically enhanced, begins with the Robinson family taking off into space on a humanitarian mission to find a new world, as Earth is soon to be inhabitable. But things go awry early in the voyage when the evil stowaway-turned-prisoner Dr. Smith sabotages the ship and the famous "Danger, Will Robinson" robot. From this point forward, the similarities between the old series and the new adaptation are abandoned. Their travel adventures include an encounter with deadly alien monsters, a brush with time-displacement where they meet their future selves, and a crash landing in such detail that it can almost be visualized. Mimi RogersAwho plays Maureen Robinson in the filmAimmediately captures the listener's attention with a reading that has energy, intensity, and an elegant, almost heroic vocal quality. More than oral interpretation, she gives a performance. Recommended for all sf collections.ACharlie Weiss, formerly with "Library Journal"
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Joan Vinge has been described as "one of the reigning queens of science fiction" and is renowned for creating lyrical human dreams in fascinatingly complex future settings. She has won the Hugo for her novel The Snow Queen. Vinge is the author of the bestselling Return of the Jedi Storybook, World's End, and Psion, Kirkus called her novel Catspaw, "an engrossing and satisfying read." The Summer Queen, a sequel to The Snow Queen, was published in 1991. She is currently writing two novels set in the Bronze Age. Dreamfall, which Publisher's Weekly called a "richly detailed and suspenseful sequel to Catspaw," was on the Locus 1996 Recommended Reading List. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment (April 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061059080
• ISBN-13: 978-0061059087
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,810,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting enough for an hour or so., August 18, 2005

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This review is from: Lost in Space (Audio Cassette)

This review is for the ABRIDGED recording.

The story moved along at a nice clip and the imagery was vivid enough but it was pretty much all action and not enough character interaction for me (maybe it was edited out). Mimi Rogers did a decent enough job of reading but at times it was difficult to tell who was who.

5.0 out of 5 stars description!, April 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost In Space (Based on the Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman) (Mass Market Paperback)

What a great book! I have rarely seen a novelization that so closely matches the movie. There was only one extra subplot that I could spot and it didn't detract in any way from the rest of the story. the author is very good at describing the action scenes, especially the dogfight at the begining. Overall, a really great book, except I think that the author dwells too much on the romance angle, but she does provide us with some nice background info on the pilot, Don West. If you liked the movie, read the book, and vice versa.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! saw the movie it was cool!, October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost In Space (Based on the Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a 5 star book! it's great . the best book I READ SO FAR!!