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The Martian Child: A Novel about a Single Father Adopting a Son
Product Description
[Read by Scott Brick]
This novel is the basis for the 2007 film from New Line Cinema starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. - -Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has been classified as ''unadoptable'' due to his violent emotional outbursts resulting from abuse. Another side-effect of his turbulent early years is that he believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eight-year-old who desperately wants a father's love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrold's recounting of the first two years with Dennis ends with the climax of Dennis running away and waiting in a city park at night for the flying saucers to come and reclaim him. Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. -- This book is semiautobiographical. Gerrold did adopt a son, but he heard about a boy who thought he was a Martian from another adoptive father.
Review
''The heart-searing moments are many but never overwritten, thanks to Gerrold's bright, efficient exposition.'' --
Booklist
About the Author
David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated ''The Man Who Folded Himself'', ''When Harlie Was One'', and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote ''
The Trouble with Tribbles'' episode of
Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California.
[Read by Scott Brick]
This novel is the basis for the 2007 film from New Line Cinema starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. - -Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has been classified as ''unadoptable'' due to his violent emotional outbursts resulting from abuse. Another side-effect of his turbulent early years is that he believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eight-year-old who desperately wants a father's love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrold's recounting of the first two years with Dennis ends with the climax of Dennis running away and waiting in a city park at night for the flying saucers to come and reclaim him. Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. -- This book is semiautobiographical. Gerrold did adopt a son, but he heard about a boy who thought he was a Martian from another adoptive father.
Review
''The heart-searing moments are many but never overwritten, thanks to Gerrold's bright, efficient exposition.'' --
Booklist
About the Author
David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated ''The Man Who Folded Himself'', ''When Harlie Was One'', and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote ''
The Trouble with Tribbles'' episode of
Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California.
Literature & FictionContemporary
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio
LANGUAGEEN
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David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist, known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack. - Wikipedia
3.0
The Martian Child: A Novel about a Single Father Adopting a Son
Product Description
[Read by Scott Brick]
This novel is the basis for the 2007 film from New Line Cinema starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. - -Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has been classified as ''unadoptable'' due to his violent emotional outbursts resulting from abuse. Another side-effect of his turbulent early years is that he believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eight-year-old who desperately wants a father's love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrold's recounting of the first two years with Dennis ends with the climax of Dennis running away and waiting in a city park at night for the flying saucers to come and reclaim him. Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. -- This book is semiautobiographical. Gerrold did adopt a son, but he heard about a boy who thought he was a Martian from another adoptive father.
Review
''The heart-searing moments are many but never overwritten, thanks to Gerrold's bright, efficient exposition.'' --
Booklist
About the Author
David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated ''The Man Who Folded Himself'', ''When Harlie Was One'', and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote ''
The Trouble with Tribbles'' episode of
Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California.
[Read by Scott Brick]
This novel is the basis for the 2007 film from New Line Cinema starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. - -Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has been classified as ''unadoptable'' due to his violent emotional outbursts resulting from abuse. Another side-effect of his turbulent early years is that he believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eight-year-old who desperately wants a father's love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrold's recounting of the first two years with Dennis ends with the climax of Dennis running away and waiting in a city park at night for the flying saucers to come and reclaim him. Funny, endearing, and at times, heartbreaking, this is a beautifully written testament to fatherhood. -- This book is semiautobiographical. Gerrold did adopt a son, but he heard about a boy who thought he was a Martian from another adoptive father.
Review
''The heart-searing moments are many but never overwritten, thanks to Gerrold's bright, efficient exposition.'' --
Booklist
About the Author
David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated ''The Man Who Folded Himself'', ''When Harlie Was One'', and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote ''
The Trouble with Tribbles'' episode of
Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California.
Literature & FictionContemporary
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio
LANGUAGEEN
David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist, known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack. - Wikipedia
