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Title	:	A Trip to the Stars
Author	:	Nicholas Christopher
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 499 pages
Published	:	February 20th 2001 by Touchstone (first published February 15th 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Novels. Literary Fiction

A Trip to the Stars Paperback | Pages: 499 pages

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this is then closest thing to a one-size-fits-all book that ive come across. whenever someone asks me "just for something good". "i dont know, just with a good story", "whatever", i just give them this. even when they are much more helpful with what they are looking for - i give them this. and i have had a number of people come back and tell me how much they loved it, and do i have anything like it. thats the problem. i dont. there are shades of it in other books - millhauser, harington, carroll. all are amazing authors who have elements of what is successful in this book in them, and are probably better authors overall, but this book has something im not able to pin down that just makes it so satisfying and engrossing. and he has not been able to do it again. stay far far away from veronica, because it is not good. the bestiary started out very good, but was not even close to the way this book gives the shivers.this book is strong on all fronts: character, plot, style. its a book i definitely need to revisit, and i think a good book for fall. and if you buy it from union square this month, lesley can win her own staffie!

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Original Title:	A Trip To The Stars
ISBN:	0743203305 (ISBN13: 9780743203302)
Edition Language:	English

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With apologies to my friend who recommended this book, I hated it. After searching for the correct word or words to describe it, I think I finally hit on it: ponderous. Christopher spends page after page describing locations and surroundings in detail but in the end, you don't feel immersed in the scene.He also spends many pages telling us what each character is thinking or the meaning in each situation. But it never seems to get us closer to the next step in the plot. I would rather he spent

Right from the start, the author lets us know that the characters, events, and physical items in the parallel stories of Loren/Enzo and Alma/Mala, which diverge in the first chapter, will fit together like a puzzle at the end. The reader can easily figure some things out; yet that did not keep me from wanting to follow all the paths as they moved to their inevitable conclusion. On one level this book is a soap opera about several interrelated dysfunctional families falling apart and colliding in

This may just be the best book I've ever read. A pretty lofty declaration, given how many classics and sentimental favorites are on my list, but a true one nonetheless. This is not a quick read--you have to be patient with it as it weaves its tapestry of overlapping fates. Nicholas Christopher rushes nothing as he establishes the complex web of connections between his characters. In the meantime, you will learn about philosophy, history, astronomy, arachnology, art, architecture, vampirology,

This was a wild ride! I don't even know what shelves to put it on. Magic mushrooms are entirely optional, but they could enhance your enjoyment of this escapade. Put on your psychedelic 3-D glasses and enjoy the trip. See you when you touch down.

this is then closest thing to a one-size-fits-all book that ive come across. whenever someone asks me "just for something good". "i dont know, just with a good story", "whatever", i just give them this. even when they are much more helpful with what they are looking for - i give them this. and i have had a number of people come back and tell me how much they loved it, and do i have anything like it. thats the problem. i dont. there are shades of it in other books - millhauser, harington,

I've read this numerous times, and every time I glean something new. The book starts out not too pleasing, 10 year old Loren orphaned three times over is kidnapped when he and his step-aunt, Alma, leave a planetarium. By the end of the first chapter you know how the book ends. That doesn't make the rest of the book any less captivating, beautiful, haunting, and memorable. The chapters alternate between Alma and Loren as they deal with their changed lives. Christopher is one of my favorite,

I really enjoyed this book. Beautiful imagery and a story that sucked me in far more than I expected.