By: Steven Gould Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Tor Science Fiction Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 05, 2008 Release Date: February 05, 2008
What if you could go anywhere in the world, in the blink of an eye? Where would you go? What would you do?
Davy can teleport.
To survive, Davy must learn to use and control his power in a world that is more violent and complex than he ever imagined. But mere survival is not enough for him. Davy wants to find others like himself, others who can Jump.
And that's a dangerous game.
Jumper is a 20th Century Fox/New Regency production, starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, and Jamie Bell.
One of the best Sci-fi novels I've ever read. I've read and reread "Jumper", the original at least 5 time over the past seven years. Never get tired of it.
Great Fun Teleportation is hardly a new idea in the world of science fiction, but it is handled very well, and very realistically by Gould in this adolescent sci-fi thriller.
What is different, and mostly realistic I think, is that Gould examines how a troubled, abused adolescent with a decent amount of intelligence and reasonable morals would react to having the ability to teleport. We see Davey try to make his way through the world as an undocumented, under age person trying to slip through the cracks of society and develop into a more responsible person.
A personal tragedy gives Davey both a reason to use his power and contribute, as well as getting the government involved in wanting to control his power which seems far too realistic and chilling. The government chasing Davey as Davey hunts terrorists is incredibly compelling and hard to put down. Both well-paced and fast-paced, it is one of the rare books that I couldn't put down and stayed up to finish.
Now it isn't an incredibly weighty book, fast page turners aren't, but it is weighty enough and examines enough peripheral issues, gives enough character development to Davey, his love interest and other characters that it is a solid good to great piece of fiction.
The original Jumper story Those of you who saw the movie and are now looking for the book need to know that while all the stories (film or print) with Jumper in the tittle, have characters with similar names and some similarity, each of them is different so you can read or see them all without knowing what will happen. This book is the original story that inspired the movie, and the sequel to it is REFLEX. Those two books focus on the story of one jumper and his significant other. There are no paladins in either of these books, but there are bad guys and threats to our hero. This is a topnotch set, and since Amazon is offering a deal to buy both books at once, I suggest you do it! Then, you can get the book written to be include paladins in the print world. It is a different person from either the movie or the original books, and you can enjoy what you liked about the series yet again.
One of the best. I really enjoyed reading this book. I've read it over and over. The protagonist(Davy Rice) seems so real! I even cried when he has reunited with his mother. Gould's really talented! Buy this book. Give it a try!
Jumper If you expect the book to be like the movie you are wrong. The book is still good but dont expect the movie when you are reading it.
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