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Happy Easter! He is Risen!
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Happy Easter!
This is not late, there are 50 days of Easter!
Monday, April 6, 2015
The Tripods Attack! by John McNichol
I know what some of you are thinking. More sci-fi? Well, sort of. The Tripods Attack is actually more than just sci-fi.
This book is the first in the Young Chesterton Chronicles series, featuring G.K. Chesterton as a youth in an alternate universe; alternate meaning instead of electricity, everything is run by steam, the Civil War in the U.S. ended up with the Confederate states splitting, Texas became its own republic, and California is its own country. Actually two. There's other smaller stuff, but that's the gist of it.
The Tripods Attack stands out though mostly because of its characters, who are a mix of real life people (like G.K. Chesterton, H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis, and even J.R.R. Tolkien!!) and fictional characters (like Father Brown, Doctor Watson, and another girl who I really want to mention but can't because that would be a major spoiler; let's just say she lives on Prince Edward Island). And I think that Margaret Sanger is in there, but I'm not sure, her last name is never actually mentioned.
So as you can see, its a pretty mixed cast, and that's what makes it really fun! The author was able to keep the identities of the fictional characters and I think it was fun to see what the younger versions of some of my favorite authors might've been like. It was also cool to see the authors interact with their characters.
The book was very exciting, and I love how the author was able to get Chesterton into several debates on different subjects and bring in themes from some of Chesterton's books. And as for the sci-fi part, I was a little afraid that the sci-fi would clash with the classic characters, but McNichol was able to bring the two elements together in a way that worked really well.
I highly recommend this book, especially for young teens who like sci-fi and the classic authors.
The Tripods Attack stands out though mostly because of its characters, who are a mix of real life people (like G.K. Chesterton, H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis, and even J.R.R. Tolkien!!) and fictional characters (like Father Brown, Doctor Watson, and another girl who I really want to mention but can't because that would be a major spoiler; let's just say she lives on Prince Edward Island). And I think that Margaret Sanger is in there, but I'm not sure, her last name is never actually mentioned.
So as you can see, its a pretty mixed cast, and that's what makes it really fun! The author was able to keep the identities of the fictional characters and I think it was fun to see what the younger versions of some of my favorite authors might've been like. It was also cool to see the authors interact with their characters.
The book was very exciting, and I love how the author was able to get Chesterton into several debates on different subjects and bring in themes from some of Chesterton's books. And as for the sci-fi part, I was a little afraid that the sci-fi would clash with the classic characters, but McNichol was able to bring the two elements together in a way that worked really well.
I highly recommend this book, especially for young teens who like sci-fi and the classic authors.
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