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Space Boy | 
 enlarge | Author: Orson Scott Card
Creator: Lance Card
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $85.00
New (3) Used (7) from $50.00
Rating:  7 reviews
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Limited
Pages: 120
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1596061111
EAN: 9781596061118
Publication Date: August 20, 2007
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Product Description
Is it space that children dream of, or merely visiting other worlds? Todd had always set his heart on being an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship, he just hangs out in his own back yard. In Space Boy, Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, takes readers into a strange and wonderful future, where people from another world regularly visit Earth - usually without being noticed. And when humans travel to their world, they find themselves dangerously weak and powerless. Until Todd finds a way to set both worlds to rights. By turns funny and painful, Space Boy is Card at his best, exploring human nature for the entertainment of readers young and old.
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Interesting Story, Poor Character Development July 29, 2008
Dylan Valliere
It's an easy to read, short, fun fantasy story. I read the whole thing in less than two hours with distractions. I don't regret having read it--I was just looking for a bit of brief diversion.
That said, it's not five stars simply because the characters are very flat. With only 5 characters total and Card's writing ability, I should have cared about the characters. Only one character interested me--for his unusualness--and he's not the main character.
If Card were to take the basic premise of this book, including the fable character reference, and develop it into a full Card quality novel, I think it'd be a five star work for certain.
 Not what I expected of Card May 2, 2008
Shawn Smith (Lake Charles, LA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I pick up an Orson Scott Card book, what I am usually expecting (and looking forward to) is thoroughly developed characters facing a complex (and probably morally ambiguous) situation . . . and probably some violence.
This story has just a touch of the last one and none at all of the first two. First off, this is substantially a short story and not a novel. It could easily be finished in an afternoon. My most significant problem with this book is that it has none of the exploration of character I've come to associate with Card. There's no hero I'd really like to meet nor villian who I find weirdly fascinating, despite disliking him. At its most basic level, this is really just a simple, adolescent adventure story.
This is not to say it's bad. As light entertainment for what libraries like to call "young adults" it works fine. But it's simply not the style of book most of Card's fans are used to.
 good SF intro for kids February 23, 2008
Whaffle (Saratoga, CA USA)
It is short. It has pictures. It's a good gift for an 8 - 12 year
old boy. It's the kind of book that could start a lifelong interest
in reading. It's not badly written either.
Intelligent, family friendly Sci-fi adventure September 23, 2007
K. M. George (Tropical Queensland, Australia)
This is a great little book with adventure, a little bit of sci-fi, heaps of clever dialogue and a family that relies on each other, especially when it counts. It makes an ideal story to read out loud, in particular to boys 10 and up (if not younger). Fantastic story that treats boys as intelligent creatures!
Too short September 9, 2007
Kat (California)
I love Orson Scott Card; always. I loved Space Boy too, and thought it was a wonderful story. However, it seemed to me that it was just that; a story. I don't think it was developed enough to call it a novel and was a bit disappointed by its length or lack thereof.
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