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jessidee's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
meghan111's review
3.0
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 [b:When You Reach Me|5310515|When You Reach Me|Rebecca Stead|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255666130s/5310515.jpg|6608018] by Rebecca Stead.
mhall's review
3.0
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 [b:When You Reach Me|5310515|When You Reach Me|Rebecca Stead|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255666130s/5310515.jpg|6608018] by Rebecca Stead.
jolew's review
4.0
The first of many of Sleator's books I've read and enjoyed. A fun sci-fi thriller.
williamsdebbied's review
3.0
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?
djwudi's review
Fan site for TGFoT (run by a good friend of mine): http://www.tycho.org/
snowsnakes's review
4.0
Not the conventional time travel stories I'm exposed to; if I can travel anywhere throughout time, I always think big- centuries into the past or into the future. But this book played it a bit differently, and that really made it an incredibly fun read for me. It's simple and refreshing but the author didn't shy away from sprinkling in a few paradoxical concepts and strange (to quote Doctor Who) "timey-whimey" situations.
mngwinn's review
5.0
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.
kilgoretrout's review
4.0
A delightful revisit of a great read from childhood. As an adult it's easy to judge Sleator's work in a harsher way, so in one sense I'm judging this from an adult perspective as well as my inner child's. As an adult there are holes in the work, and the ending feels rushed but those holes go out the window when I consider how imaginative the work really is. Time travel, paradoxes, and the vague possibility of remembering multiple universes are at the heart of this book. In a very real way Sleator is unapologetically ambiguous, having Tycho question what is happening along the way- the same way that the reader is too. Doing that makes the young adult reader a real part of the journey.
Major themes prevalent within that speak to young adults are parental expectations, sibling rivalry and teasing. It seems a brilliant stroke on Sleator's part to have Tycho escape from himself. As the youngest I may have felt that within myself growing up too.
Major themes prevalent within that speak to young adults are parental expectations, sibling rivalry and teasing. It seems a brilliant stroke on Sleator's part to have Tycho escape from himself. As the youngest I may have felt that within myself growing up too.
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