Bouncing Off the Moon (Starsiders), by David Gerrold
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Having escaped both an Earth on the verge of global collapse and their squabbling parents in a "divorce" at Geosynchronous Station, a newly independent Charles and his two brothers find themselves alone on the Moon with very few prospects. Worse, they are being hunted by ruthless interplanetary corporations who would stop at nothing to come in possession of a memory bar the boys smuggled on board. Can they make it on their own? Who can they trust?
Charles thought the moon would be a new beginning. He will be lucky just to stay alive.
Bouncing Off the Moon (Starsiders), by David Gerrold- Published on: 2015-11-03
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l,
- Running time: 14 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
From Publishers Weekly Nebula Award winner Gerrold doesn't disappoint in this follow-up to 2000's Jumping Off the Planet. Charles "Chigger" Dingillian and his brothers believe they can get along well enough without their recently divorced parents, if they just stick together. They move off Earth and discover that a robot monkey given to the youngest of them possesses a computer far more advanced than might be required of a toy. In fact the computer is of a power that could make trillions of dollars for the owner. The youth of the protagonists automatically reminds one of Heinlein's juveniles. Though it is doubtful that the convoluted science here could be followed by Heinlein's targeted 12- to 14-year-olds, it really doesn't matter, because the real story is that of being thrust into a world that is adult indeed. After Chigger and his brothers leave Earth just in time to escape a plague that results in social and economic collapse, new friends lead them aboard an automated cargo pod bound for the moon. The moon is an unforgiving and potentially deadly environment, but the brothers soon wonder whether several mishaps are just that or deliberate attempts at murder. As the story continues, the line that divides friend from foe becomes more and more indistinct in this engaging, believable and eventually riveting book from the author revered for his immensely popular Star Trek teleplay, "The Trouble with Tribbles." (Apr. 12) Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist As the even more Heinlein-indebted sequel to Jumping off the Planet (2000) develops, the three young Dingillian brothers, aided by loquacious money launderer Alexei Krislov, must sneak off Geosynchronous Station to the moon. There they take a long hike across the rugged surface, which abounds with technological and natural wonders, and meet more perils than Pauline ever faced, as well as suspected human treachery on all sides. They barely run that gauntlet, only to fall into the hands of the legal authorities, who, acting on behalf of would-be claimants, seek the youngest brother's robot monkey for what it contains--one of the most advanced artificial intelligences in existence. Thanks to a libertarian judge and the AI, acting as machina ex deo, so to speak, the ending is extravagantly happy. Charlie Dingillian, the narrator, remains a convincing, complex 13-year-old, and his portrayal of his family's dysfunctioning still rings true, though the sequel lacks the exuberant creativity and tight narrative of its predecessor. Roland GreenCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review "Riveting."-Publishers Weekly"Their escapades on the moon are well handled, and the ultimate resolution-which includes a global catastrophe-is satisfying."-Science Fiction Chronicle
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Moonlight Escapades By Patrick Shepherd This is a direct sequel to Jumping off the Planet, and reading the earlier book is required to have any kind of understanding of this book.Once more we are treated to Gerrold's version of a Heinlein juvenile, and this one owes some direct debts to a couple of Heinlein's works. Picking up immediately after the end of Jumping off the Planet, we find the dysfunctional Dingillian brothers starting on their trip to the moon, somewhat less mixed up than they were, but still on the run from certain shadowy persona who are extremely interested in the toy monkey they carry. They are taken under the wing of Alexei, a Russian-Loonie money launderer, who proceeds to get the brothers to the moon by most unconventional means, and travel beyond their arrival there via overland foot-trek.Alexei could be a character taken directly from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, complete with a rather tortured syntax in his English speech patterns, but he is a rather interesting character, far better than most secondary characters. Some of the details of the brothers' forced march across the lunar landscape are a clearly updated version of a similar trek in Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. Gerrold does provide some rather fascinating updates to the technology that Heinlein used, most especially his 'portable' airlock. Most of the details Gerrold describes about the Lunar society belong in the same milieu as Mistress, but he does provide some possibly better economic justifications for why the society is the way it is. He makes clear that the Lunar culture is one built on scarcity, reusing everything to the greatest degree possible, perhaps explaining why this society does not seem nearly as rich and diversified as Heinlein's.Plot-wise, this book is a continuing series of jumping from frying pan to fire to blast furnace. This makes for some fast page-turning adventuresome reading, though occasionally the descriptions of the technology slow down the pace. And there are some serious moral questions being posed underneath the action, questions that can be only partially answered by the protagonist middle brother. Charles' emotional and moral development is really the prime focus of this book, but he seems to make little progress in this book until near the very end. This is the major problem with this book, as Charles and his internal troubles did not do a very good job of engaging my interest, although this aspect was better done in this book than in the earlier Jumping Off the Planet.A pretty good adventure, a nice update of some older Heinlein works, but not top-flight, though this book is better than its predecessor.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A great sf reading experience By A Customer Charles "Chigger" Dingillian and his two brothers Douglas "Weird" and Bobby "Stinky" could no longer stand the unending war between their parents. So when their father tries to pull some sort of outer space smuggling scam, Chigger decides it is time for a divorce. His passionate angry plea to Judge Griffin grants the thirteen-year-old his request. Weird being eighteen was declared and adult by the Judge. Though younger than his siblings, Griffin leaves Stinky with his siblings.With the earth in chaos, the three lads go off-planet. However, soon the universe gives chase because Stinky's robotic monkey given as a present during the parental tribulations turns out to contain a computer worth trillions in present day money. So the adventure begins with the lives of the Dingillian boys at stake.BOUNCING THE MOON is science fiction at its best. So what else would a genre fan expect from David "Tribbles" Gerrold. The story line is amusing with serious undertones. The drama feels realistic, as enemy and friend seem interchangeable to Chigger. The three lads are fully developed and likable as they live up to their nicknames. Alas poor Mr. Gerrold has a galaxy-wide problem because the audience will demand more epic adventures starring Chigger, Weird, and Stinky.Harriet Klausner
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining "nuts-and-bolts" science fiction! By A Customer "Bouncing Off the Moon", and the first book "Jumping Off the Planet", show some well thought out views of life in space. The first book uses the entertaining story to examine the practical use of a "skyhook" or "beanstalk" type of transportation system, known in the book as "The Line". Gerrold looks at the technical aspects of the Line, as well social-economic impacts of such a transportation system on those who live on and off the planet. The second book takes a similar look at Lunar colonization, including living conditions, transportation systems, self-sufficiancy, and the economy. There are many aspects to living on the moon that had not been thought out or demonstrated in popular fiction, until now! My compliments to Mr. Gerrold for this accomplishment.
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