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Interstellar Pig (Interstellar Pig #1)

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ANOTHER BORING SUMMER AT THE BEACH...NOT!

Sun-hating Barney is all set to spend a lame two weeks sitting in the shade doing nothing at his parents' summer rental. But then the neighbors move in and things start to get interesting. Zena, Manny, and Joe are not your average New Englanders on vacation...in fact, Barney suspects they're not from anywhere around here at all!

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Published June 1st 1995 by Puffin (first published 1984)

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Jun 29, 2008 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: kids that like to daydream

I’m almost ashamed to comment on Young Adult books; I’m afraid that anyone stumbling across this will suspect that I play with action figures, wank it to anime, and collect the free trinkets from cereal boxes, when in reality I only partake in one of these three unsavory acts. However, I also know that 99% of the posts in regards to young adult works published prior to 2001 will be along the lines of “I read this when I was a kid and it kicked my ass! I should dig through that mountain of decayi...more I’m almost ashamed to comment on Young Adult books; I’m afraid that anyone stumbling across this will suspect that I play with action figures, wank it to anime, and collect the free trinkets from cereal boxes, when in reality I only partake in one of these three unsavory acts. However, I also know that 99% of the posts in regards to young adult works published prior to 2001 will be along the lines of “I read this when I was a kid and it kicked my ass! I should dig through that mountain of decaying issues of Hustler/Juggs/Omni and re-read it sometime!” I hope that I can potentially provide the impetus for you to actually go read it, by giving you some idea what the book happens to be about, why I personally liked it, and rapping some absolute gibberish which you are better off ignoring, all with the with the goal of convincing you that not only is "Interstellar Pig” worth your time, but that playing with action figures should be regarded as a sign of manliness.

Just to make sure I’m covering all the bases, I did read this back in my youth (and yes, it did thoroughly kick my ass), but aside from the general plot, this story taught me several things I thought were cool; the meaning of the word ersatz, it introduced me to the practice of keelhauling (which made such a deep impression that to this very day, every time I witness a transgression while aboard any form of water-bound conveyance, I drunkenly blurt ‘keelhaul that scurvy scalawag!’), symbiotic relationships were first explained to me through the misfortune of poor Luap and his slug-tongue Zshoozsh, and I also established that my IRSC is probably disastrously high (ranking alongside that of the hilarious and carnivorous lichen). If you’re already on goodreads searching for book reviews from the many fine reviewers out there, I’m assuming this would all be remedial for you; but I would certainly suggest that you keep this book mind for when you start introducing your own little brood to the wonders of reading.

I’d also strongly recommend this to any gamers. While I’ve never experienced the joy of getting immersed in the world of role-playing (short of the ordinary nurse/patient, hooker/john, Ike/Tina, Santa/kid-wishing-for-a-Red-Ryder BB Gun type stuff that doesn’t require dice or the need to keep stringent record of hit points), it seems that author William Sleator certainly spent his fair share of days in the trenches. Even without RPGs, I get very involved in any game I do play, or make a game of anything I’m doing. While throwing darts I’m not particularly concerned with the score, I’m busy pretending that the double-bull is actually the one component of the opponent’s artificial heart susceptible to attack, and only by pegging that sumbitch can I effectively eliminate them from this year’s round of DeathDarts. Should I go a little retro and hunker down for a game of Clue, I’m not foolishly dashing to the billiard room to discover what nefarious ends the venerable Colonel Mustard might have found for the rope, I’m the pervert lurking in the filthy, darkened secret passageway that connects the lounge to the conservatory, fondling myself vigorously while peeking out to see what creative uses that sultry minx Ms. Scarlet has found for the candlestick while draped naked across the top of the Steinway, usually leaving behind a small specimen of evidence of my own to an insidious crime nobody is going to bother investigating amidst all the madness at hand. When my old man would throw me out the door and make it plain I wasn’t welcome back in until the lawn was properly mowed, I knew this wasn’t merely an exercise in property upkeep, I was Bombardier Chris, being sent out on another reconnaissance sortie over North Viet Nam with my B-57 crew, which quickly becomes wrought with peril, and each swath of grass I cut is actually the deforestation caused by my merciless carpet-bombing, until, at long last, we receive word from Admiral Ackbar that it’s time to return to base and resume smoking dope through a rifle barrel. Growing concerns from the neighbors led to my folks prohibiting me from wearing the flak jacket while operating the trusty old Toro, but we settled on letting me keep the aviator goggles on, perhaps the only successful compromise in family history.

For this behavior, I lay the blame entirely on William Sleator’s doorstep, and whoever the hell wrote the screenplay for The Last Starfighter. In these yarns, one is rewarded for their gaming expertise with a chance to become the savior of the human race if not the collective freedom of a galaxy by untwitting an armada of giant, W-shaped spacecraft piloted by betentacled badasses, but in real life, your unparalleled proficiency at gaming is merely indicative of your constant and fervid jack-off sessions, the lack of significant companionship in your life, and hours spent at home during peak partying time while you sit home huffing gas playing Gurps.

This is supposed to be a compliment of the highest order, even if I’m not effectively getting that message across. I cannot possibly repay Mr. Sleator in this lifetime for both entertaining me fully with “Interstellar Pig” and for helping me realize that if you look at every little nuisance in life as a game, it all works out pretty well in the end. The boss needs me to get some shit from headquarters in Wurzburg to the Chicago office; there I am contacting Lufthansa, playing “Sneak the Bomb on Prototype German Aircraft”. The girlfriend calls giving me short notice that her mother is coming over; it’s time for a quick session of “Hide The Contraband (And Probably the Drudwyn Works, Too)”. Wow, I’m just realizing that will probably be a song title on an emo album in the next five years. There you go, Taking Back Sunday, I’ve saved you five minutes. Resume plugging groupies at your leisure.

“Interstellar Pig” is the story of Barney, a self-proclaimed ‘whiz’ at games (and evidenced by his pasty white coloring from spending many a night in his dungeon-like basement) who is vacationing with his parents on a private beach. His folks are pompous asses with absolutely no regard for the fact Barney doesn’t like the beach, and he’d rather be rolling a 20-sided die to determine if the wood-nymph/dryad he just encountered in the “Forbidden Forest” will acquiesce to his request for a blowjob. So, while his folks hobnob with the social elite of the area, Barney is left to his own devices, which is pretty much limited to reading so sci-fi novels while avoiding the sun’s wicked rays, and dwelling on an eerie story concerning the ill-fated former owner of the house they are currently occupying, which the groundskeeper felt it was imperative to relate to an impressionable kid. The story in a nutshell: about 100 years ago the house was owned by a respected seaman known as Captain Latham, whose downfall began when he rescued a shipwrecked sailor. The sailor was a truly unique individual, speaking a language none of the world-traveling crew was familiar with, and while recuperating, the unfortunate wretch is iced by the Captain’s brother. Per the ship’s inflexible charter, the brother gets a brief introduction to the pageantry of keelhauling and winds up locked in the house, insane, clawing at the walls.

Then unexpected neighbors arrive, three of them; two total studs and a fine chick (Manny, Joe, and Zena), all apparently in their early twenties. Barney, who is probably on the path to blindness with all the time on his hands to pound his pud, can’t help but become ecstatic when they seemingly want to hang out with him, though he quickly realizes that they simply using him as a tool to assist in some sort of treasure hunt. This disparaging fact isn’t making Zena’s rack any smaller, so Barney is still content to tag along.

Eventually, the neighbors shed some light on what exactly it is they do behind closed doors; they play a board game called Interstellar Pig, perhaps one of the coolest things conceived. The point of the game is to scour a few planets scattered about the galaxy and combat all manner of their indigenous monstrosities in order to possess an ugly-ass and seemingly useless relic know only as The Piggy when the allotted time runs out. The Piggy only serves one purpose, it grants the owner and his planet immunity from being completely destroyed when the game time finally runs down to zero. During the four-player games of Pig, Zena always ends up in the role of Zulma, a menacing arachnid creature, Joe is always Jrlb, a beast which looks like the expected result had Jeff Goldblum ended up with a swordfish in the matter-transfer device from ‘The Fly’, and Manny is always Moyna, at which time he changes gender and is described kindly as an “octopuslike gas bag creature”. Barney gets to assume the role of a colony of flesh-eating lichen in one game, and a lizard-man named Luap in another, both creatures are considered borderline imbecilic by their character attribute as IRSC (IQ, generally) although Luap has a relationship with a slug living in his mouth, and the slug has the best IRSC of any species in the game, even if it lacks manners. Perhaps my favorite part of the book is Barney playing as Luap, trying to feed the slug to boost his powers of reasoning, but the slug decides to talk trash about his sloppy eating manners and exclaim “Hey, slow it down, you retard!”

The next time Barney sits down to play, he’s breathless when he draws the “Barney – Homo Sapiens” character card. Good thinking kid, you’ve drawn us all into the game which will almost inevitably end with planetary destruction thanks to your lust for a tarnished talisman shaped like a pig.

The story is predictable, fun, and very short-lived; it’s like shotgunning a beer. And we all know how totally awesome that is.
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Jul 11, 2007 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was read to us when I was in elementary school. I thought it was so good that I checked it out again a year ago and re-read it.

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Nov 14, 2007 Ben rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: those who churn the windmills of their minds

Months after I read this book and went on to other William Sleator books, I did a report on it by creating the large game board described in the story. I think I still have it in the back of a closet in San Leandro. I do remember than while creating it, I wished the slots I cut, the swirls I painted, and the cards I wrote really would do what they were supposed to do.

Interstellar Pig and Singularity are the two best William Sleator books because they fuck with the mind most successfully. At leas...more

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Mar 10, 2009 Preeti rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: back-in-the-day, ya, space

[Reviewed in '04:]

I've never really been one for Sci-Fi books. And then I started reading Douglas Adams. Hilarious, I must say. Of course, you have to be slightly off your rocker in order to maybe slightly understand what the hell goes on in his books.

Regardless, this book is Science Fiction. The only reason I picked it up from the library the other day was that I'd started reading it years ago (sixth grade, to be exact) and had never finished. And I heard the author wrote a sequel recently, so...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Austin Holzworth rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So far this book is kinda boring but it also has some exitcment and its a good mystery. the main caricter is trying to fuiger out what his main caricters are up to with this island and this weird game called intersteller pig were if u dont have the pig by the timer is up u will die.so he goes and travles with his nabors to this island were he him self finds the rl piggy.....let the games being

now there all playing the real life game and he is haveing troubles he doesnt know whats going on and ev...more

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Dec 27, 2010 Kiri rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

Yes, I'm one of those people who really liked this book as a kid. But I just reread it and was pleased to see that it holds up well even when read by an adult. Check it out!

The thesis is that Barney, a 16-year-old human, while on vacation at the beach gets sucked into an interesting board game called Interstellar Pig... played by his three rather unusual neighboring beachgoers. The game's objective is to be the one holding The Piggy when the timer goes off, lest you and your home planet be destr...more

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Oct 27, 2009 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, sci-fi-fantasy, young-adult

I read this book so many times growing up, and rereading it now as an adult did not disappoint. Everything that I loved about the book as a kid was still there, and it was just as magical. I was especially pleased by this because last year, I read the author's latest book, Test, and hated it, making me question whether Interstellar Pig was actually as good as I remembered.

Sixteen-year-old Barney is spending the summer with his parents at a beach house. Three people rent the house next door, and...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Jeffrey Kosh

Shelves: climb-that-mountain-high-challenge, july-12-genre-challenge, july-2012-reads, lpsummerreadchallenge, second-time-around, shrink-that-tbr-jul1-12-jun30-13, summer-reading-challenge-jun1-aug31, tbr-reduce

1984 publication

A delightful YA book which I read on first publication, this novel’s protagonist is a rather shy and diffident sixteen-year-old avid science fiction reader. Barney discovers himself in the midst of science fiction come true, while on a two-week isolated beach vacation with his folks. Barney, unlike his upright father and social-climbing mother, may suffer from a retiring disposition and find his greatest joy in reading, but be assured this boy is no reclusive fool. First (and onl...more

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Mar 25, 2012 P. Aaron Potter rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, scifi, future-youngling-reading

Back in the day, there wasn't much to write about.

At least, that's what it seems must have been true when I look at the Bloody Great Wall of YA fiction which dominates our Barnes and Noble these days. Did I say Wall? Walls. Multiple Walls. They are now separating the YA fiction into genres because they take up about half of the store.

That's a good thing. Back when I was a wee nipper, the only "YA" fiction was horrible, horrible crap like Then Again Maybe I Won't and "Are You There God, It's Me M...more

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Apr 17, 2013 Erika Lawrence added it

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Sleator, W. (1984). Interstellar Pig. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

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Interstellar Pig is part of a series written by William Sleator. Sleator writes about an inquisitive and adventurous teen named Barney. Sixteen year old Barney has spent an uneventful week on vacation with his parents in a New England beach house; until three new neighbors Zena, Manny and Joe rent the smaller beach cottage...more

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Nov 30, 2008 Grant rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Barney is forced to go on a vacation for two weeks at his Mom’s beach house. But there were crazy and weird, and things start to get a little odd. Manny, Zena, and Joe are not regular fork tourist. In fact, Barney thinks they are not from earth they are from another planet. One reason why he thinks that is because they are perfect in almost every way, also he does not think that they have jobs or they live in one place and they do not have one house they just keep moving and do not stay any were...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Karissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I got this book simply because it sounded interesting. It is a very straight-forward children's science fiction novel about a role-playing game that gets out of hand.

It was a fairly fast-paced book that was an easy read. It is written about an overdone premise; a boy gets sucked in a game that is more than just the game it originally seems to be.

The only thing that sets this story apart is the ironic ending to it.

It was a quick, okay read, the premise was kind of interesting. The only outstandin...more

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Dec 14, 2011 Bryan Murdock rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this in 7th grade and it. I just recently re-read it (in one evening, it's pretty short) and it's still good. It involves a really fun board game (that probably should be made into a real game), some mystery, some sci-fi action, the beach, and some creepy undertones. Fun stuff.

As a parent I noticed that the high-school aged hero does partake of some wine when offered, but I don't think I noticed that at all when I read it as a kid.

Oh, and the other thing I didn't notice as a kid is the hi...more

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Sep 08, 2009 Kim (magicsandwiches) Lawyer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mudhole-bookgroup-selection, glad-i-read-it-but-wont-reread

Interstellar Pig is definitely one of the strangest books I've read. I don't even know if I can say what it's about, it's just that strange, but I'll give it a shot. A boy goes on vacation and meets up with some VERY different people who are renting the vacation cottage next to his. He gets sucked into playing a board game with them that turns out to be more than just a board game. And they're more than just vacationers. And the pig? Well, I still don't know about the pig! Just be careful what y...more

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May 16, 2013 Caleb Lohrberg added it · review of another edition

Interstellar Pig was no doubt one of my favorite books by William Sleator. I have read almost all of his books and Interstellar Pig was still and is still my favorite of his. Obviously you must be a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy to appreciate this story. (It really would not be for everyone) It combines aliens, horror scenes, extra dimensions, and inter-galactic battles all into a little board game, that some species in the universe are unfortunate enough to become a part of. So if you...more

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Mar 30, 2010 Dale rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book when I was a kid and thought it was one of the trippiest things ever. Nobody else I know has ever heard of it. It popped into my head last night as I was watchign Jeopardy because there was a question about lichen, and the climax of the book involves the main character disguising himself as sentient lichen and trying not to get killed by other shapeshifting aliens ... like I said, trippy stuff. I may very well try to force my kid to read it in about ten years just so I finally h...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Ross rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: ages 10-16 and adults who enjoy a quick fanciful read

Recommended to Ross by: read as a kid

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, young-adult, nostalgia, owned, 2012

A fun YA novel from my youth. It follows somewhat in the vein of Jumanji or Zathura, but Sleator didn't copy Van Allsburg with his concept. Instead of kids getting sucked into a board-game-come-to-life, in Interstellar Pig the board game comes to Barney, the protagonist of the novel. Barney, a bookish redhead who burns all-too-easily in the sun, has been dragged to a beach-house for a two week vacation where he's essentially stuck inside reading science fiction novels.
That all changes when a gr...more

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Aug 27, 2010 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was my first foray into straight science fiction and it proved to be enjoyable. The plot only covered a few days so I can't say the main character grew in leaps and bounds, but he painted in a realistic way. The tension grew throughout the story and I couldn't put it down at the end; I was too on the edge of my seat. My only major complaint is the cover; it's just terrible and cheesy looking. I never would have picked this up when I was young, which is a shame.

Course evaluation: Barney does...more

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Dec 30, 2009 Jason (FNORDinc) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed, reviewed-on-fnordinc, part-of-a-series

When i was a kid, i spent a lot of time at the library. every week or so, we would head to the local branch and walk out with armloads and tote bags full of books. i remember my parents forced us impose a personal book limit on what we could check out.

this maximum limit was a real pain in the ass, but it did force us to expand our horizons and read outside the comfort bubble we were in. this expansion was the only way we could ensure that we would not run out of stuff to read.

i remember that one...more

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Jul 10, 2011 Bridget added it · review of another edition

Best Selling Author William Sleator tells the story of Barney and his summer vacation. Like most kids, Barney wants to do nothing for two weeks. Things have a way of changing when he meets his neighbors for the time he is there. To make things interesting, the neighbors appear absolutely perfect. They are addicted to a game they call Interstellar Pig. Is this really just a game? Does Barney figure his neighbors out? You’ll have to find this fascinating science fiction title.

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May 19, 2011 Natalee rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read this after reading a blog about an 8th grade English teacher finding a classroom set of the book in their book room and deciding to teach it with his class. I can definitely see that appeal for doing it with middle school students! The story is very well crafted and paced. I loved the high level vocabulary words Sleator used. This was a fun story that, if I were to stay with middle school, and I had a group that was into gaming and sci-fi, I would definitely make use of this book.

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Oct 23, 2011 Paula Fogel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Interstellar Pig is about a boy named Barney who gets caught up in a game where the loser's home planet is destroyed. This book takes place in Barney's vacation home on Earth. This wasn't a very good book. Some parts are ridiculously boring, and I often had to force myself to keep reading. Another thing that got me is just how unrealistic it was. I know that's the point, but I have trouble paying attention to something that isn't even loosely based on fact. If you like wild fantasy books you'll...more

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Nov 21, 2008 Heath rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Madeline or Taylor

Recommended to Heath by: Mrs. Fjord

I read this book when I was in 2nd grade and I really didn't remember much about it other than some pictures I had drawn about it at the time. I found it on half.com for 75 cents so I picked it up. It was a really fast read (go figure) and I was surprised at how much I remembered once I got into it. Must have been where I got my love of Sci-Fi as it does it good justice. Fun, I would recommend it to my nieces and nephews...they can borrow it if they want.

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Jun 13, 2010 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: relics-of-my-youth, science-fiction

There are a few science fiction books I encountered when I was pretty young, so young that I wasn't into science fiction yet.

I recently discovered that all of these books were by William Sleator, and I've got them all queued up on my library holds list.
I remember Interstellar Pig being very scary, particularly the titular pig. I'll admit that I'm sort of a weenie about scary stories, but even with that in mind, this book was not frightening at all.

It was an all right book and the little switch a...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Irvington Public Library Teens rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, middle-school-summer-suggested-titl

As Barney begins another summer at his family's beach rental, he expects a quiet time and to read some books. Then new people rent the beach house near his and they get him to play a game called Interstellar Pig. In the game, aliens try to capture the Pig, and if they don't, their planet will be destroyed. Barne begins to wonder, is this just a game, or could this be the end of the world if he doesn't get the Pig? -- Steve Fondiller, Teen Librarian

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Dec 10, 2012 Kari Stark rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 13-25

Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig."

I liked this book a bunch. It was intriguing, had a back story, and added adventure to the mix. It sends you somewhere out of this world while still staying in the bounds of reality to some points.

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May 17, 2010 Erin Sterling rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010, story, youth-fiction, youth-fantasy, youth-sci-fi

I remember reading William Sleator in elementary school and thinking I was reading cool sci-fi. This one didn't live up to my childhood memory, although it may have been another one of his that I really liked. Basic plot is a teenager with his parents at a beach cabin befriends the neighbors next-door and becomes involved in an RPG game that turns out to have a basis in reality.

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Jun 24, 2009 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, sci-fi-fantasy

It's an ordinary summer at the usual beach house until Barney finds an unusual object. Soon after, new people rent the house next door and Barney joins them in their favorite game. He soon finds out they are aliens,the game is not just a game, and more aliens are coming to get the object…the interstellar pig! Even if you're not a big sci-fi fan, you'll enjoy Interstellar Pig!

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Oct 03, 2009 Ellice rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was an entertaining YA SF book, and a quick read (a couple of hours). Though our hero was a bit clueless in a couple of places (case in point: sure wish I could figure out what's strange about those strange, strange summer cottage neighbors...), William Sleator does his usual bang-up job of turning out a dark and interesting tale. Worth the couple of hours.

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Sep 15, 2009 Kbord rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed the sense of danger, the different types of aliens, the whole situation. It's aimed at a young audience (pre-teen? 10?). I'm sure it would have been riveting at that age. But now it's just a fun, easy read.

The author tried to do some romantic tension with the main character, but it didn't work for me. It just didn't seem to fit the overall story.

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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.

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