Barnes, John Losers in Space, 433 p. Viking (Penguin),
2012. $19. Language: R (30+ swears, 10+ ‘f’);
Mature Content: PG-13 (undescribed sex; body parts); Violence: G.
In a world where being a professional
celebrity is really the only way to “have it all”, a group of spoiled misfits
decide to make themselves famous by stowing away on a Mars-bound ship. When everyone on board is killed except
for the kids, the situation becomes desperate. If they don’t actually access their brainpower for once,
they are also as good as dead.
If you can it past the self-centered first 80
pages of this book, you will find a very good hard-core science fiction
novel. You will find science,
danger, intelligence, treachery and bravery – but the beginning makes this a
hardsell to the true SF lover and I have a hard time believing that a person
who really likes the beginning will have any chance of liking the rest of
it. This will be a hand-seller to
exactly the right reader – who that is in a school, I have NO idea. Personally, I enjoyed it after page 80
and was glad that I had read it.
HS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library teacher
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