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The Starlight Crystal
It is 200 years in the future. Paige Christian, 18, has been given the chance to join the crew of the Traveler--a special spaceship/time capsule designed to circle the solar system and study the changes on earth throughout two centuries. But an awful thing happens to the earth--and the Traveler.
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
March 1st 1996
by Pocket Books
(first published January 1st 1996)
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I love Christopher Pike. I have been reading his books since I was 11 or 12 and I am almost 30 now. His books are amazing, filled with colorful characters, unique settings and amazing stories. And The Starlight Crystal is no exception.
It's probably my most favorite Pike book and it's one of his least well-known. The story is not a typical Pike story and the blurb on the back does not do it justice. Nor does the cover.
Paige Christian is an 18 year old girl who has just fallen in love for the firs...more
It's probably my most favorite Pike book and it's one of his least well-known. The story is not a typical Pike story and the blurb on the back does not do it justice. Nor does the cover.
Paige Christian is an 18 year old girl who has just fallen in love for the firs...more
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I had read The Starlight Crystal when I was twelve and my curiosity in Cosmology and Physics was only just budding, it helped to put a more personal spin on the same topics I was reading from Hawking and Greene. This book is perfect for young adults who are tired of the same "Romantic Fantasy" or for the nerdy little girl who wants to read about a deeper love than teen vampires. To my younger self this book had a great influence in my personal ideology: We are all microscopic in the eyes of the...more
Like some of the reviews below, I've been reading Pike's books since my tween years. I remember visiting my middle school's library every morning to check out the next book in his series, reading it throughout the school day and returning it after dismissal. I eventually grew out of his children books and dove in YA, i could never tire of his style. I've lost sleep to his books and i don't regret it for a second. This book is by far my favorite of his and you can tell by the condition of my copy...more
This is my favorite book ever, I read it in the late 90's and have read it many many times since then. I have gone through at least 4 copies of the book, 2 that I loaned to friends who fell in love with it also so I gave it to them and one copy I actually wore ragged until I had to buy a new one. There seems to be two types of people who read this book, you either think its weird and no big thing - or you are absolutely stunningly amazed at how well planned and developed and freaking brilliant t...more
Dec 28, 2010
Kate
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3 of 5 stars
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I prefer Pike thrillers to his science fiction stories. The few books I read that qualify as sci-fi are more on the fantasy side of the genre. The Starlight Crystal begins a few hundreds years into the future and ends many lifetimes later. The names Alosha and the Shanti are mentioned so I wonder if that has anything to do with Pike's middle age trilogy which I have yet to read. At the heart of the book is Paige, a young woman who falls in love a week before she is scheduled to embark on a space...more
This is a very interseting book for certain people. I gave this book a 4/5 because of the following reasons....
They get off topic to much
Way to much muchy love stuff
And it gets boring and you dont really know what they are talking about and you just dont feel like reading it anymore. ( trust me i stoped this book like 3 times)
this girl is in collge and she meets this guy and they soon fall in love but she forgets to tell him that she is going on a trip into space with her father. But of course s...more
They get off topic to much
Way to much muchy love stuff
And it gets boring and you dont really know what they are talking about and you just dont feel like reading it anymore. ( trust me i stoped this book like 3 times)
this girl is in collge and she meets this guy and they soon fall in love but she forgets to tell him that she is going on a trip into space with her father. But of course s...more
It is two hundred years in the future and 18 year old Paige Christian has been given a chance to join the crew of the Traveler, a special spaceship designed to circle the solar system at near light speed. One day aboard the Traveler is equal to ten years on Earth. It is a time capsule as well as a spaceship whose purpose is to study the changes on earth throughout two centuries, and then return home.
Something awful happens to the ship and the Earth and the years pass, billions of them, and stil...more
Something awful happens to the ship and the Earth and the years pass, billions of them, and stil...more
I have read this book four times and I still adore it. If you like your sci-fi mixed with Eastern philosophy and epic multi-world, multi-lifetime heroes like in the Matrix trilogy, definitely check this out. Don't be put off by the fact that it's marketed as a cheesy teen horror novel- that couldn't be further from what it is.
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My review from my book journal when I was 12 (I was an aspiring book review columnist):
"Pike's best book, full of wonder, grief, inevitability...more
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My review from my book journal when I was 12 (I was an aspiring book review columnist):
"Pike's best book, full of wonder, grief, inevitability...more
With how much cheesy horror Christopher Pike is notorious for writing, I remember being really surprised to find out he delved into science fiction. I don't particularly remember a lot of details about this book, but I do remember really enjoying it and it making me more interested in the science fiction genre (which, up until my early teens, I wouldn't read much of and would really only stick to fantasy). This served as a kind of gateway into more of the hardcore science fiction.
Heaven only knows how many times I've read this book, though the last time was well over a decade ago. I remembered how much I loved this book, but I had forgotten how utterly depressing it is. Reading it was like reading 200 pages of chapter three of New Moon, gut wrenching pain. Except this is worse, because there isn't just a metaphorical death to deal with, it is total loss.
I had also forgotten that this was the period in Pike's writing career where he went off into eastern philosophy as th...more
I had also forgotten that this was the period in Pike's writing career where he went off into eastern philosophy as th...more
I love this book! It shows the amazing way that every action we take in our lives affects us and the world around us. This book is not linear at all, It takes you through one loop in time for the whole universe starting during Paige's present and taking the reader for a ride through her future and back into her past as she becomes the past, present, and future during her quest to re-unite with the boy she loves and lost.
I don't remember Christopher Pike sucking this bad. In fact, I remember him being a guilty pleasure read as a teenager. I guess it's good to know that my reading tastes have matured so well.
I found this book pretty stupid. In fact, I only finished reading it because it was so short and I was kind of hoping that there would be some grand epiphany at the end and suddenly everything would make sense.
I found this book pretty stupid. In fact, I only finished reading it because it was so short and I was kind of hoping that there would be some grand epiphany at the end and suddenly everything would make sense.
So this isn't the best book ever written, but it's been one of my favorites since I first read it as a teenager. It is an interesting sci-fi setting around an epic love story, with a little self-discovery in there. I must have read this two dozen times over the years and I fall in love with it all over again every time.
There was a time when this was my favorite book in the world. I reread it so many times I lost count. It was EPIC! With ALIENS and TIME TRAVEL (SORT OF) and SPACE and DEATH and LOVE and CLONING! I think this is where I learned about relativity. Thanks again Christopher Pike.
I read this book as a teenager. I still remember lending it to my best friend and her yelling at me later on: "I hate you for making me read this stupid book! I can't stop!" I'd like to reread it someday and see if it holds up.
Amazing book, elements of sci-fi, romance and new age all woven together as the protagonist, Paige, matures into adulthood. It is a journey that involves a spaceship, clones and new planets.
I loved this book when I was younger!! I know, it's kind of preachy and really throws his whole strange "religion" on you, but I tried to take to heart the important parts of it.
I loved this book so so much when I was a teenager. I even made my mum read it, and we discussed it at length. I feel I have to re-read it and remember the wonderfulness of it!!
My best gal, the very much missed Margaret, gave me a big ol' stack of Christopher Pike books for my birthday - including two I haven't read! I am a happy lady.
I've always been curious about the universe, and this book weaves my imagination of deep space with a love that transcends time. A thoroughly good read.
Er, not sure what to rate this one because some of it went over my head. There was a lot of stuff going on in this book. Destiny, clones, time travel, etc.
I read this book twice...something I never do. I don't even like sci-fi generally but something about this book just gets to me. It's a great story.
This was the very first fantasy book I read as a young girl. It opened up the world of sci-fi and fantasy and is still one of my favorite books!
Somewhere along the line I lost my copy of this book, but before I did, I'd re-read it regularly. Even as an adult I'd spend half the book crying.
I remember this book from my teenage years and it was awesome. The time travel that he gets into was very well done. It was kind of a sad book.
Sep 15, 2012
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One of my FAVORITE Christopher Pike books. I believe I've had this book in my possession for 20 years now. Lol.
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One of my favorite books when I was a kid...I had to reread to see if I was right. I was not.
this was my first sci-fi fantasy book when I was young. hooked me forever.
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“They are all I have left—the stars and the memory of the many times I wished upon them. But with all those wishes, I asked for only one thing.
To see him again.
But I will not see him again. I do not see him now.”
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To see him again.
But I will not see him again. I do not see him now.”
“How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.”
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