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The Danger Quotient
A super-genius in a small underground colony of survivors of nuclear war, eighteen-year-old Casey risks journeying back to the twentieth century to discover why the survivors are dying and how he can save them all.
Hardcover, 216 pages
Published
January 1984
by Harper & Row
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May 08, 2010
rivka
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What's the Name of that Book??? Group
Shelves:
other-spec-fic,
young-adult
Mystery solved!
About a year ago, I tried to find a book I remembered from when I was a teen:
About a year ago, I tried to find a book I remembered from when I was a teen:
Not sure, but it may have been YA. The protagonist is in his late teens or maybe early twenties, living in the relatively near future (maybe 2050), and travels back repeatedly to the same year -- maybe mid 1980s? Which is probably also about when I read it....more
He was genetically engineered or somehow otherwise not normally born, with, IIRC, several genetic parents. There is a girl in the past that is part of
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Dec 17, 2008
Mary JL
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
any sf fan age 12 or up
Shelves:
young-adult-children
I often read juvenile sf to see what the kids out there are reading--or were reading. This find from a library book sale is a straight forward time travel SF novel of an 18 year old genius who travels back in time.
His goal is to seek info to help the people living in his underground complex to survive.
Aimed at age 12 and up, I found it pretty interesting---not a huge classic, no, but a quick easy pleasant read. The main characters are well developed and the style is mildly humourous. I would re...more
His goal is to seek info to help the people living in his underground complex to survive.
Aimed at age 12 and up, I found it pretty interesting---not a huge classic, no, but a quick easy pleasant read. The main characters are well developed and the style is mildly humourous. I would re...more
One of my favorite books! I read this in high school and always come back to it when I'm in the mood for Sci-Fi!
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From the age of twelve, Annabel was dedicated to a future of being an author, so that by the time she was twenty she had begun to see the happenings of her life as material for books to come. Prior to her writing career she worked in publishing houses as a librarian, as a legal secretary, and in other secretarial posts.
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