Synopsis:
The sole survivor of humankind’s first trip to space is a ruined, broken Jesuit priest, for whom the encounter with alien life brought him both divinely inspired rapture and despair.
Review:
When humanity finally hears a voice from space, it’s music, and thanks to a bold young scientist the first mission to the source of the transmission [...]
Popularity: 28% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
When an author stubs her toe on a piece of metal buried on her property, she uncovers a force which begins to change her from within–and this force might be guided by a malevolent consciousness.
Review:
I have begun The Brothers Karamazov, but it’s not exactly a “before-bed” book. Enter The Tommyknockers, a lesser work by [...]
Popularity: 35% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
Young Leilani has a deformed hand and a brace on her leg–and she’s just told her alcoholic ex-con neighbor that her differences are why her deranged doctor stepfather and whacked-out druggie mother are going to kill her unless she’s abducted by aliens when she turns 10.
Review:
I read this book because it was recommended by Wesley [...]
Popularity: 48% [?]
Tags: American Literature
