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Pixie Dust
by
Henry Melton (Goodreads Author)
Jenny Quinn's life was on course for her advanced physics degree until a lab experiment in vacuum decay turned her life upside down. With her career hopes destroyed and her professor dead in an unexplained fall, she is left with a strange change in her own body. On her own, her childhood infatuation with old comic books may be the only guide to help her solve the twin myst...more
Paperback, 338 pages
Published
April 1st 2010
by Wire Rim Books
(first published March 29th 2010)
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In Pixie Dust, the story begins with Jenny conducting an experiment on vacuum decay with her Professor, Jace. Everything seems to be going in order until something wrongs occurs within the experiment. Jenny and Jace are at high altitude and strange things begin to happen. Jenny is falling up and her professor is unconcious after hitting his head but Jenny manages to save her professor and lands them to safety using his parachute. After conducting this experiment and recording the data resulted,...more
I enjoyed this book...I've had it since March and finally got around to reading it this past week. It was a page turner once I got into it. The first third had some overly wordy descriptions that annoyed me, but then I became engaged in the complexity and strangeness of the tale that it ended up being a very entertaining read. And when I read a book i want to be entertained! I do wonder about the accuracy of some of the physics aspects as thats an area I'm completely ignorant about. The scientis...more
Decently engaging book, especially for a YA (Young Adult) novel. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes a little Sci-Fi and quick engaging draw.
Unfortunately some odd phrasing or grammatical errors did interrupt the flow a little bit. Having read some of Melton's other novels I'd chalk this up to either a quicker release cycle, or an earlier novel that just didn't get as much clean editing.
Still, I found it more then engaging enough to read through it a day, and keeping myself up about three hour...more
Unfortunately some odd phrasing or grammatical errors did interrupt the flow a little bit. Having read some of Melton's other novels I'd chalk this up to either a quicker release cycle, or an earlier novel that just didn't get as much clean editing.
Still, I found it more then engaging enough to read through it a day, and keeping myself up about three hour...more
Overall this book was decent, but there were a LOT of grammatical errors, missing words, etc. which were very distracting. The book definitely needed to be edited better. If you can get past that though the story was interesting and a good quick read.
Mar 12, 2013
Valerie
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E.J. Stevens
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Henry Melton is often on the road with his wife Mary Ann, a nature photographer and frequently captivated by the places he visits. This has inspired his latest series of novels; Small Towns, Big Ideas. Formerly a programmer specializing in database work and web design, he pioneered Internet use for a Fortune 500 company until the tech bubble collapse. In the early days of home computers, he create...more
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