Spaceling [Paperback]

Doris Piserchia (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: DAW (May 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879974605
• ISBN-13: 978-0879974602
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,704,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spaceling, October 14, 2003

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[e-mail] (Maple Heights, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spaceling (Paperback)

OK, look. I have read probably around 10,000 science fiction books in my life. I am always looking for ones that have original and imaginative backgrounds, not just another "this is an FTL starship approaching a lost colony or newly discovered planet" or "this is an urban wasteland of the mid-21st Century" so many seem to be. _Spaceling_ is the best of these by far. When I had to sell my library, this is one of the few I kept. This is a background I wish I could enter into as a character. A few people are born with the ability to enter new worlds and change into a form appropriate for those worlds. Objects can be brought to different worlds by the characters, and "morph" themselves in various ways (experiment). How society, both the muters and the normals, react to this is well thought out. The ending features at least a couple twists that took me by surprise, and that takes some doing. I would give this one six stars if I could...I have actually dreamed about it!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-time favorite!, January 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Spaceling (Paperback)

If you've read Piserchia before, don't be afraid--this is by far her most cohesive SF adventure and well worth reading. This is one of the most empowering (if I can use that word without throwing up) adventures that I can remember reading as a teenager with a FEMALE main character, who travels through different dimensions by muting through different rings she sees in the sky--something non-muters can't see or understand. I have many favorite books in many different genres, and Spaceling always sticks out as one of the best SF novels. Great book for teenagers.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected, but definitely good!, May 1, 2004

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Kithwynn "Kith" (Colorado, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spaceling (Paperback)

Found my hardback copy for a dollar at a used book sale, and I picked it up because of the cover. Ended up borrowing a buck to buy it and read it in about two days. _WOW!_ Fascinating world, and so many twists that you can't believe it when you actually come to the (totally unexpected) end. Pretty much everybody's endearingly and not-so-endearingly crazy, and you can never guess what's going to happen next or who's going to turn out to be who. You see that button up there? Buy a copy and read already; you won't regret it.