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- Publisher: Tor Books; First Softcover Edition edition (1999)
- ASIN: B0015RWORY
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loads of fun. Max Merriwell's finest!,
By Suzdal (espana@catch22.com) (San Francsico, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: There and Back Again: By Max Merriwell (Hardcover)
The plot is, of course, The Hobbit In Space but the story is told in such a way that you never have the time, nor the desire, to sit back and dissect the similarities. Rather you'll find yourself half a page into a fabulous retelling of one of Bilbo's adventures when suddenly it hits you.Murphy manages to assimilate the feel of good old-fashioned Space Operas with modern SF conventions and up-to-date science. I bought this book Sunday afternoon and finished it on Tuesday evening... it sweeps you along with norbits, wormholes, clones, pataphysicians and space pirates (!) and all-around good humoured adventure. (As for the Max merriwell angle, I'd recommend checking out the author's website for a more coherent explanation than I could give)
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fun, Well-Written Hero-Quest,
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This review is from: There and Back Again (Paperback)
Yes, there are some Hobbit-y tendencies in this book; Murphy is quite deliberate in her homage-- BUT as one of the afterwords points out, what the story really relies on is the same thing that Tolkein did-- the heroic quest myth wherein the inexperienced novice encounters adventure, learns to test him/her self, gets helped out by wider-adepts, grows & aquires wisdom, and then, with newly gained wisdom, helps his/her community grow & change....The book is the perfect length for a night on the couch with hot tea and an afghan over your knees-- (something the story's hero would like as much as you, gentle reader). I really grew to like Bailey-- and his companions in adventure (especially Fluffy). If you liked The Hobbit, Star Wars, the Narnia Books, Harry Potter, The Odyssey, The Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" Series, King Arthur's tales, or *any* other "hero myth" at all, you should also like this book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A quick, delightful read not only for Tolkien fans,
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This review is from: There and Back Again: By Max Merriwell (Hardcover)
My 12 year old son received this book as a Christmas gift. I picked it up on Dec. 26 and finished it two days later. My son then stayed up all night and read it in one sitting! The busy, page-turning plot pays homage to The Hobbit in all the essential details, but adds new charm and new adventures. We liked both the retelling of the classic adventure and the confidently presented details of what humans might be like as they move beyond the solar system. There was just enough biology and physics to make the plot details plausible, but the writing never bogged down, and Bailey won our hearts not just as a Bilbo-clone, but on his own merits. Readers of all ages who love The Hobbit will enjoy this book, but my son feels that reading this book first and then The Hobbit would also be a great way to approach this tale.
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BAILEY WAS HEADING HOME IN HIS STEAM-POWERED ROCKET when he found a message pod. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sleep cylinders, message pod, plasma punch, attack pods, mutata resurgo, alien base, communicator screen, exit lock, other sibs, mining station, scout craft, fig bread, near light speed, golden lines, scout ship, battle cruiser, base twelve, crystal fragment, escape pods, tumbling rocks, glowing lines, alien artifacts, galactic center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Farr Station, Restless Rest, Old Ones, Asteroid Belt, Bellman's Folly, Kakkab Bir, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, Rogue's Harbor, Great House, Bailey Beldon, Milky Way, Battle Crew, Meat Grinder, Zahara's Hope, Alpha Centauri, Myra Farr, Gyro Renacus, Beta Centauri, Epsilon Indi, Far Reaches, Where's Gitana New!
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BAILEY WAS HEADING HOME IN HIS STEAM-POWERED ROCKET when he found a message pod. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sleep cylinders, message pod, plasma punch, attack pods, mutata resurgo, alien base, communicator screen, exit lock, other sibs, mining station, scout craft, fig bread, near light speed, golden lines, scout ship, battle cruiser, base twelve, crystal fragment, escape pods, tumbling rocks, glowing lines, alien artifacts, galactic center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Farr Station, Restless Rest, Old Ones, Asteroid Belt, Bellman's Folly, Kakkab Bir, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, Rogue's Harbor, Great House, Bailey Beldon, Milky Way, Battle Crew, Meat Grinder, Zahara's Hope, Alpha Centauri, Myra Farr, Gyro Renacus, Beta Centauri, Epsilon Indi, Far Reaches, Where's Gitana New!
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- Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carrol on 18 pages
- The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wild Angel by Pat Murphy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way by Ken Croswell in Back Matter
- The Lord of the Rings (3 Volumes) by J. R. R. Tolkien in Back Matter
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- Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell by Pat Murphy on 6 pages
- Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell by Pat Murphy on 4 pages
- Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Justine Larbalestier on page 256, and page 264
- Witpunk by Claude Lalumiere on page 341
- In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction by Gordon Van Gelder on page 169
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