Adventures In Spacetime - Softcover

Neill, Derrick; Olmsted, Bob (Editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897541294 ISBN 13: 9780897541299

Publisher: Dan River Pr, 1996

Synopsis

This first novel is an action-packed sci-fi story for all ages about a "dinosauroid star pilot" who accidentally winds up on present-day Earth...with drastic consequences for the entire planet!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This science fiction novel tells the story of dinosauroid starpilot, Gekko Troodahn, who as a result of an accident in hyperspace, finds himself lost in an alternative timetrack populated by beings that are aliens to him...and the aliens are us.

All Gekko wants to do is find his way home, but thwarting him at every turn is his nemesis, Shang the Maljugador, a gremlinlike creature from a distant star cluster. Due to Shang's meddling, an unlikely mix of Earthlings becomes inextricably involved in Gekko's plight.

Embarking on an odyssey through time that takes them from the frenzied halls of a small town middle school and the sheer rock cliffs of a towering granite peak to the underwater realm of the mighty killer whale and the all-too-violent era of the legendary mountain men, Gekko and the Earthlings struggle to overcome Shang.

Finally, there is a showdown. Amidst the most cataclysmic event in Earth's history - the comet collision that ended the reign of the dinosaurs - Gekko and Shang duel with giant cyborgs as weapons to determine not only their fates, but also the fate of the Earthlings and the fate of the planet itself. In the end, only one prevails.

About the Author:

I was born in Tucson in 1958 but consider Sierra Vista, Arizona, my home town. I have a B.S. from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and an M.A. from United States International University in San Diego. From playing the lead in dinner theater comedy and instructing a month-long wilderness backpacking expedition for the National Outdoor Leadership School, to studying wild killer whales in the Puget Sound and scaling the heights of California's Mt. Whitney, I enjoy a wide variety of pastimes. I still make Sierra Vista my home base where my wife, Martha, and I teach in a public middle school. The teaching team I work with is using "Adventures In Spacetime" as an intercurricular teaching tool in science, social studies, English and math.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dan River Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0897541294
• ISBN 13: 9780897541299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171