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The Green Futures of Tycho
When eleven-year-old Tycho discovers that the mysterious egg-shaped object he dug up in his garden is a time travel device, he can’t resist using his newfound power. Soon he is jumping back and forth in time, mostly to play tricks on his bossy older brothers and sister. But every time he uses the device, he notices that things are different when he gets back—and the future...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
October 1st 2005
by Starscape
(first published 1981)
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It's always dangerous to revisit a book that you loved when you were a kid. Everyone knows that. Some books are really just geared towards a certain age, a certain time in your life where that book can step in and say, "Here - someone knows what you're thinking about." And those books are amazing. You read them and your life changes. Maybe only in small ways, maybe in ways you don't even realize until later, but it does.
Then you come back to it ten or twenty years later and think, "I remember th...more
Then you come back to it ten or twenty years later and think, "I remember th...more
I initially got this for my sons, thinking it might be a good introduction to the concept of time travel. I had not read it myself. They both said they liked it, they are 9 & 13, but I get the feeling they didn't enjoy it as much I had hoped. After they were finished, I gave it a try. It is a decent story, with good writing. There is nothing really new when it comes to the idea of time travel, but it does start off in a way in which you would expect a child to handle the situation. There was...more
I am not, in general, a great re-reader of (fiction) books; I tend not to revisit even the ones that I really like. That was true when I was a kid, too. But this title--which was my favorite, bar none, as a child in the late 1980's--is an exception. Consequently, I have probably read this book more times than any other novel; at the same time, I haven't read it in about twenty years. But my memory of it is vivid enough, and my faith in my younger self strong enough, that I am absolutely confiden...more
Aug 27, 2008
Douglas
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Everyone
Recommended to Douglas by:
William Sleator
I met William Sleator when I was in 5th grade and he came to my elementary school to speak to us. I picked this book randomly and had it autographed and it soon became my all-time favorite book. For a while there I was reading it at least once a year. It's been a while now, my friend...I guess I should pick you up again!
Years later I had the opportunity to introduce William Sleator to a group of elementary school children when we brought him in to speak at Truman State University during National...more
Years later I had the opportunity to introduce William Sleator to a group of elementary school children when we brought him in to speak at Truman State University during National...more
I remember reading this as kid, and it stuck with me for a long, long time. It is such a short story, and yet it is packed with such incredible morals - don't pressure your kids to be what they're not, be kind to others, power corrupts, good intentions aren't always enough. Cause and effect are explored deeply despite the medium of a book for elementary school kids. I recommend this book highly!
I haven't seen this book in years. I checked it out from my middle school library while in the Sixth Grade. A fascinating story of time travel and its possible consequences. I read the book several times and still recall many of the details some 22 years later. It was definitely a childhood favorite!
Since I read this book so long ago but still remember a lot about it, I think it warrants 5 stars. This is still one of my favorite time travel stories of all time, and I am thinking about re-reading it.
I know I've read it twice, so it must be good, because I hardly ever re-read books.
I know I've read it twice, so it must be good, because I hardly ever re-read books.
I loved this book as a kid--more proof that I was a morbid, fatalistic kid who enjoyed disturbing fiction. (Er... sounds totally unlike myself today.) It'd been years and years since I read it, but enjoyed it upon re-reading. It's really grim, but entertaining for those who like grim YA science fiction.
I loved this book and most of William Sleator's canon as a kid. I attribute much of my love of reading to the time I spent with his books. I just re-read Green Futures and still loved it. Sleator has quite the imagination a fantastic facility at drawing you into his worlds. Not bad for a book as short as this one is. One of the all time great YA authors.
The Green Futures of Tycho centers around the youngest in a family of overachievers who one day discovers a strange egg like device that he soon...more
The Green Futures of Tycho centers around the youngest in a family of overachievers who one day discovers a strange egg like device that he soon...more
I had remembered this book, but never the name or the author. And I somehow never figured out it was by the same author as one of my other childhood favorites.
A childhood favorite. I'm now reading it together with my fiancee. We both have noticed several words in the text which seem to be of a vocabulary level well above 3rd/4th grade. It's still compelling, after all these years, for me to read.
We actually have a copy of the first edition hardcover from the Peoria Public Library. Still in great shape after more than two decades (stamped 1982 as a new library purchase), so I supose it hasn't seen much circulation. I love those books which have been si...more
We actually have a copy of the first edition hardcover from the Peoria Public Library. Still in great shape after more than two decades (stamped 1982 as a new library purchase), so I supose it hasn't seen much circulation. I love those books which have been si...more
I read this book many years ago (probably in late grade school or junior high) and really enjoyed it at the time.
The first of many of Sleator's books I've read and enjoyed. A fun sci-fi thriller.
remember liking this book as a kid. nice james jean cover on this reprint edition.
Sleator is a great YA science fiction author.
I must have read this five times when I was younger (maybe 10-15 sort of age). I decided it was time for a re-read after thinking of some scenes from this book recently. It's quite a good little book that deals with the importance of chance in affecting the future. Great alternative future stuff. Totally enthralling to me as a child and pretty enjoyable as an adult as well.
A kids' time travel novel from 1981, The Green Futures of Tycho is a fun, high-concept book that presents the complications of time travel and the perils of accidentally changing the future. This might be a good companion to When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.
It has been many years since I read this book. I remember it being decently cool. I remember loving the idea of a causality loops and paradoxes; the idea that many and all futures exist and can be embraced (only one) or avoided (all the others). This book entered my life long before Dune, but prepared me for the ideas that later influenced me.
I first (and several times) read this book as a child. I remember the intese feelings of fear and curiosity as I followed Tycho's dark exploration of his future.
I then read it as a teacher to my 3rd grade students, and appreciate it more now as an adult than I ever could have as a child.
I then read it as a teacher to my 3rd grade students, and appreciate it more now as an adult than I ever could have as a child.
Oh yeah! My first sci-fi book! I loved this author & I'm finding him rather enjoyable still. I think this might be the *actual* library copy I read when I was a kid.
Tycho finds a mysterious silver object that turns out to be a time travel device. He can't resist using it, but the more he travels around in time, the scarier his future becomes. Can Tycho prevent his grown-up self from destroying the world?
A great scifi novel where each chapter shows a slightly different future, based on actions in the present. It's very clever, even with some fairly unlikeable characters.
One of the weirdest books I ever read as a youth. It really left it’s mark on me. Worth the read for the long-term effects. Very imaginative and appropriately disturbing.
My favorite book growing up. Actually held up pretty well when re-read as an adult. Even though he writes for the YA crowd, I'd like to read more William Sleator.
I read this as a kid, and it really stuck with me. Definitely messed with my pre-pubescent brain in all the best ways. "Interstellar Pig" is pretty whacked out as well.
I can't remember a William Sleator book I did not like.
And I definitely liked this one ;)
And I definitely liked this one ;)
This book blew my mind when I was in 5th grade, just re-read it, holds up a a decent kids story.
A direct descendent of the Ray Bradbury story "A Sound of Thunder."
Fan site for TGFoT (run by a good friend of mine): http://www.tycho.org/
Jul 24, 2008
Robertj
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Absolute power corrupts absoulutly
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William Warner Sleator III was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland on February 13, 1945, and moved to St. Louis, MO when he was three. He graduated from University City High School in 1963, from Harvard in 1967 with BAs in music and English.
For more than thirty years, William Sleator thrilled readers with his inventive books. His House of Stairs was named one of the best novels of the twentieth cent...more
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For more than thirty years, William Sleator thrilled readers with his inventive books. His House of Stairs was named one of the best novels of the twentieth cent...more
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