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Parasite Pig (Library Binding)

by William Sleator (Author) "Ten floors of stacks at Widener Library at Harvard were underground ..." (more)
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Grade 8 Up-Deliciously creepy and suspenseful, this sequel to Interstellar Pig (Puffin, 1995) will thrill science-fiction fans. In the first book, Barney joined neighbors in an oddly absorbing board game, only to find that it was real, that the other players were aliens, and that the fate of Earth lay in the balance. This book, set the next summer, finds the 16-year-old still playing Interstellar Pig with his friends Katie and Matt, but just as a simple board game. Or so he thinks, until Julian, a mysterious new player, turns out to be a disgusting, parasitic alien who kidnaps him and whisks him off to the planet J'koot. Matt, actually a nasty wasplike alien, grabs Katie and follows them. Once they arrive on the planet, the two teens are snatched by intelligent crablike creatures that imprison them in luxurious rooms and serve them heaping plates of delicious food. With dawning horror, the two humans realize they're being fattened up for the slaughter. Complicating matters is the manipulative parasite lodged in Barney's brain. The middle section, in which an imprisoned Barney begins to lose hope, does drag at times, but the teens' hazardous escape attempt injects renewed energy into the plot. Most readers will enjoy the high gross-out factor, especially the descriptions of Julian's home in the intestine of a large reptile and a scene in which Barney and Katie witness two other teens about to be roasted alive. Fans of the first book may enjoy this title more than newcomers will, but it can stand alone. This is a sometimes dark, sometimes silly, always entertaining read with a few twisty surprises thrown in at the end.
Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Gr. 7-10. Sleator has returned with a sequel to Interstellar Pig (1984) that is equally clever and engrossing, a puzzle that incorporates mysterious science fiction with a bit of health education and just plain suspenseful fun. Barney is back, this time inhabited by parasite Madame Gondii and forced to associate with his alien "friends" and a new round of bizarre acquaintances, including a parasitic worm hosted within a dinosaur and a huge wasp armed with her terrifying ovipositor. At least he has human companionship in his friend Katie, who unwillingly joins him on a dangerous search for Piggy on the planet J'koot, where the crab inhabitants consider humans the perfect gourmet treat. The years have not diminished the imaginative nether world of the game-playing teens or the aliens determined to destroy earth, all for a chance to capture the fickle Piggy. While readers will still probably want to read Interstellar Pig first, this sequel can stand on its own. Let's hope we won't have to wait quite so long for another installment. Frances Bradburn
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Better Than the First, Mars 9 2004
Par Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Parasite Pig (Hardcover)
Barney, the sixteen-year-old star of Interstellar Pig, is back. He is playing the game with friends. The game is safe. It is not the real thing. But before he knows it, Barney is sucked into a real game once again.

This time he has a parasite living in his brain that can control his actions to a degree. The parasite and at least one of the aliens wants Barney to travel to a planet of man-eating crabs. To make matters worse, Barney also has to watch out for another player; a girl he really likes.

Barney must combat his parasite, escape from giant crabs, avoid being killed by other players, and somehow make his way home. But will the Piggy let him?

A very nice sequel that times up some loose ends from the first book. However, I would have liked some explanation as to how the Americans and Chinese got to the planet of giant crabs. That detail just stuck in my mind the rest of the book. But still, it was a quick-paces and enjoyable book. Certainly anyone who enjoyed the first one would enjoy this one as well.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 I don't get it, Déc 16 2002
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This review is from: Parasite Pig (Hardcover)
I've read enough of Sleator to be excited to find this book, but what a disappointment. If you've not read the first & great book, Interstellar Pig, or if you read it so long ago that it's not fresh, then the new book Parasite Pig just doesn't cut it. There are many references to the first book (something I find annoying: when a new title can't stand on its own as a full story). The writing is simple--I felt like Sleator was taking shortcuts, using fairly unimaginative adjectives to quickly advance a plot rather than to thicken the atmosphere. Yeah, if you're a sci fi buff you'll enjoy his techno speak and his creative story. But it's not a book to enjoy for the language; his writing feels like a means to the end.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Adds action based on the original plot, Déc 15 2002
This review is from: Parasite Pig (Hardcover)
Fans of the author's prior Interstellar Pig will find Parasite Pig a suitable sequel: it not only adds action based on the original plot; it goes further in explaining the purposes and dilemmas of the Pig who controls other forces in the universe. Barney is grounded after his summer face-off with a dangerous space game; but when he's kidnapped by aliens, it's danger revisited in this absorbing story.
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