Jerome Beatty, Jr. (1916–2002)
Autore di Matthew Looney's Invasion of the Earth
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Opere di Jerome Beatty, Jr.
Have you ever wondered? 4 copie
Miracle on the Gallows 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1916-12-09
- Data di morte
- 2002-07-31
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 27
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 339
- Popolarità
- #70,285
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
Upon finding a copy in a used bookstore, I was delighted to relive a bit of my childhood. And unlike so many things that one relives from their childhood, this one held up! I enjoyed it yet again.
The citizens of the Moon are split. Some want to go to Earth and discover what is there. Others want to just blow it up because it's ugly and in the way.
Matthew Looney, a moonchild of unspecified age is selected to go on a mission to Earth. They land somewhere in the swamps of Florida near Cape Kennedy. I enjoyed once again seeing Matthew's delight and confusion at his first encounter with Earthlings (flamingos) and his commanding officer's more alarming encounter (alligators). I relished their horror when it begins to rain, and they are convinced the Earth people are attacking them with poisonous water-bullets. At this point, the expedition is so terrified, they take off to return to the moon, leaving Matthew behind (rather E.T. like). It is then up to Matthew Looney, moon boy, to save both the Earth and the Moon from annihilating each other.… (altro)