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An original radio dramatization of "Star Wars", this giftpack contains 13 episodes of the science-fiction classic. It tells of the revolution when rebels united to challenge a tyrannical empire, and of a young boy's grace in the face of evil. ... Read more

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These are short so get them all now
This is one continuous story split into books. The books are so interesting that you are better off getting the whole series at once.

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The Field Guide

Really spooky

The book is the first of five books that constitute one story that is divided up in to bite size books that again are divided up in to bite size chapters. Be sure to read all the periphery notes and charts left in the book. And if you are reading out loud to someone you may want to show them the pictures.

The author really knows how to write creepy stories. It makes you want to sleep with one eye open. There is nothing cutesy yet on the other hand there is not violence for violence sake. The story just squeezes into the realm of possibilities. However it takes an evil mind to write these chronicles. One good advantage is that they are short and to the point enough to holds your attention and then be over before you realized what happened.

Three children (Mallory, Jared and their younger brother, Simon) and their mother move in to a new home (O.K. shack... O.K. more like several shacks staked on top of each other.) There they find strange noises in the walls. Perusing the source of the noises and with the use of a dumbwaiter they locate a secret library and you guessed it a riddle that may lead to "The Field Guide." There is an out write warning that if they find it to get rid of it. However the story is fascinating. All of this comes at a price. I do not want to elaborate but if you have long hair or a suspicious mother then I suggest you read with caution.

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The Seeing Stone

Watch your cat

The author really knows how to write creepy stories. It makes you want to sleep with one eye open. There is nothing cutesy like Harry Potter and or ridiculously dumb like the "So You Want to Be a Wizard" series. This is more in the vein of Lemony Snicket. It just squeezes into the realm of possibilities. However it takes an evil mind to write these chronicles. One good advantage is that they are short and to the point enough to holds your attention and them be over before you realized what happened.

By now you are familiar with Mallory, Jared and his young twin brother, Simon. We also know about the discovery of The Field Guide. After the introduction of Brownie named Thimbletack we also need to reevaluate the statements of Aunt Lucinda.

The cat is missing. Naturally the siblings ignore Thimbletack's warning about The Field Guide. Yep, tasty Simon has been kidnapped by unseen goblins. Now his brother and sister must save him before he becomes Goblin Chow.To do this they must first obtain "The Seeing Stone."
Will they save Simon?
What creatures will they encounter?
Why is Mallory all wet?
What is that aroma of roasting ...?

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Bruised and battered, Jared, Simon, and Mallory return home to find their home ransacked and learn that Mulgarath has made off with their mother and Spiderwick's Guide.With only the help of Thimbletack, Hogsqueal and Byron, the Grace kids have to defeat Mulgarath and his goblin army. But they have to rescue Arthur Spiderwick from Lorengorn and the elves first. ... Read more

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review by a girl on the spiderwick chronicles book 3
Jared grace his twin brother Simon grace their older sister Mallory had a some what normal life until they move to a small town in the middle of nowhere. Where their schedule is to meet a phooka and to be knighted by a unicorn. The only problem is that they're the only people that see it except their crazy old aunt Lucinda that friends are sprites. It all because an old book that was found in the attic that tells of trolls but everyone in the forest wants it when they all go in but will they come out. Is an adventures fantasy that everyone will love.
Ps.the book is way better than the movie.

Average Book
This was an okay book, but nothing special. It didn't impress me, so I won't be reading the sequels.

The Spiderwick Chronicles, Books 1 and 2: The Field Guide and The Seeing Stone
We love this series.I have enjoyed it right along with my seven year old.

Disappointing audio rendition of okay books
My baby brother reads Spiderwick and from his giggles I know he likes it. The Spiderwick Chronicles is one story spread over five books. The books are very short, about 120 pages each with many illustrations, and it took me a little over an hour to read each book.

In this audiobook, books 1 and 2 of the story are combined into one. The audio is 2 hours and 4 minutes. The narrator is the biggest let down. He reads everything in one grating, irritating voice - making me wish I never bothered with the audio book.

The Field Guide is the first book in The Spiderwick Chronicles. It introduces the Mallory, Jared and Simon, the three Grace children who move with their mom to their Aunt Lucinda's old Victorian house. While exploring the house, the three kids discover a secret library in the house and a mysterious note. Later they find Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You. The book explains secrets of the fantastic and three kids meet a brownie named Thimbletack who makes the fantastical real.

The Seeing Stone is the second book in The Spiderwick Chronicles. It is the continuing story of the Grace children - nine-year-old twins, Simon and Jared, and thirteen-year-old, Mallory. When Simon Grace's cat disappears, Jared thinks that the cat has wandered off to explore like usual, and refuses to help Simon find the missing cat. But when Jared discovers an old seeing glass - a monocle - that gives him the ability to see the fantastical world around him, he realizes that Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide was telling the truth. While using the seeing glass, he sees Simon being pulled into the forest by a group of goblins. Terrified, he gets his older sister Mallory to help go after Jared through the creepy forest. In the forest, they encounter goblins, an injured griffin, a terrifying troll, and a baby-toothed hobgoblin all the while they are trying to save their kidnapped brother, before it's too late.

As audio books, this series doesn't work. As printed books, The Spiderwick Chronicles are all quick, good reads and recommended for little brothers. I also recommend The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches by Robert Stanek.

All about adventure
I thought this book was a great story!!Did you? I thought this book was great becaucse it is about a sound in the house,wich the children in the house(Jared,Mallory,Simon)thought was a squirrel in the walls ,so Mallory, the only girl with the other boys, got a broom and Mallory held it like a baseball bat.WACK.Later on all of the children made a lift to take a look whats in the wall, Jared went in the lift to see whats the sound was.He found all sorts of things like, bones,skulls,treasure chests,wierd notes to the children.This was one of the poems:In a man's torso you will find,My secret to all mankind if false and true, can be the same you will soon know of my fame Up and up and up again.Good luck dear friend.He also found a book that said all the secrets(as said in the poem about secrets)After all it wasnt a Squrirrel it was a monster about the size of a regular pencil,he was holding three small dogs.READ THIS BOOK!!
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sci-fi cinema
Hey! This is Star Wars! If you don't know anything about it then where have you been the past thirty years? Well, this is the final installment of the original trilogy. This is the digitally remastered edition WITHOUT the new or alternate footage put in. Which is good. This is probably the best copy of Return of the Jedi that you can get. It's a great finally to the greatest sci-fi epic of all time!

One of the better editions of the Star Wars movie scripts
Premiere Magazine's movie screenplays tend to be a bit plain & straightforward-looking, yet eye-catching at the same time. Depending on whether or not the movie is considered a classic or `popular', the color of the thin posterboard-stock cover will be black or red (the latter being the case for the ROTJ script), respectively. The writing on the cover & spine is in gold foil. The front cover is a die-cut, with the movie's release one-sheet poster featured in the void. Although the die-cut gives the script an attractive look, it tends to get caught up on the edges of the other books on my shelf when I put it away, which can lead to wrinkling and tearing of the cover. So needless to say, I gotta make sure there's a decent space between books when I put this away.

The Script itself is printed in the basic screenplay typeset and format, with each page printed on one side only. The typeface isn't too bold, and can be hard to read at times. The back of the book includes all of the movies (up to 1994) the main cast members have appeared in, as well as four color & four B/W photo reproductions from the movie. I was somewhat disappointed by the kinds of photos included with the ROTJ script- they're the rather plain & very common publicity stills that have been seen many times over in endless other Star Wars publications. I was kinda hoping for some `new' pics, but I guess I'm just S.O.L. in that department...

Aside from `Return of the Jedi', there are also Premiere scripts of the first two pre-SE `Star Wars' flicks, the Star Trek movies from II through VI, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Rocky, The Wizard of Oz, and many others. If you've a fave movie that's considered a classic, or a popular modern release from the 80s or earlier, there's a good chance that Premiere magazine published a script of it. Unfortunately, they've all been out of print for several years now, which means you're gonna hafta do some big-time hunting if you want to get the Premiere screenplay of your fave flick. More power to you...

One last thing: this particular script is of the original ROTJ. Check out the `Return of The Jedi Script Facsimile' if you're looking for a somewhat similar presentation of the Special Edition screenplay.

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The Little Robot Who Could
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot (1983) is the first SF novel in the Norby Series.Norby is the product of McGillicuddy -- a genius level space explorer-- who found an alien spaceship in the asteroid belt.Norby was constructed in a stainless steel barrel used to transport nails and has various and sundry components from the alien ship.

In this novel, Cadet Jeff Wells is really in trouble.While trying to use the main computer network to sleep-learn Martian Swahili, he accidentally scrambled the recipes in the kitchen computer.Federation Security Agent Two Gidlow intends to take Jeff back to headquarters to probe his brain for the presence of any classified material.

Admiral Yobo of Space Command is skeptical of Agent Gidlow's charges.He calls Jeff's older brother -- Farley Gordon Wells -- and discusses the situation with him.Fargo suggests that Jeff be sent home by matter transmitter as soon as possible.

Admiral Yobo tells Jeff to do as Fargo says and even gives him some credits to buy a used teaching robot so that he can learn Martian Swahili.Jeff packs -- not hard with the little allowed a cadet -- and heads home.After dropping his stuff off at home, he heads out to buy a teaching robot.

The salesman tries to talk Jeff into putting a down payment on a newer model, but Jeff finds Norby behind all the other robots and buys him for a reasonable amount.It helps that Norby had not been talking to the salesman and was therefore thought to have failing faculties.Jeff immediately takes Norby home with him.

In this story, Norby displays some unusual properties, including a lack of the usual three laws of robotics.He doesn't obey commands very well, but tries to protect Jeff and himself.He is also good-natured, but his feelings are easily hurt.

Fargo does not come home to meet Jeff for the summer solstice rites.Shortly before sunrise, Norby wakes Jeff and takes him to Central Park.Jeff is rather surprised by the method, since Norby has a very small anti-gravity device concealed within his barrel.Jeff enjoys the ride, but Norby complains about power usage.

When they reach the park, Norby has a little trouble with the landing.It is survivable, but somewhat erratic.Jeff lands on his hands and knees in mud and Norby lands in the fish pond.When Norby soars up out of the pond, he rotates and showers Jess with pond water.

Despite this mishap, Jess leads Norby to the proper site.They wait for Fargo, but he doesn't appear.Suddenly three men run out on the high walkway.Fargo seems to be running away from two men.Jeff has Norby lift them over the two pursuers and then they drop on the men, knocking them unconscious.

The two men are henchmen of Ing the Ingrate, wannabe Emperor of the Solar System.Fargo uses their own truth wand to learn something of the situation.Then a cop shows up in an anti-gravity car and insists on taking in Fargo and Ing's men.Jeff leaves for home.Then things start getting really complicated.

This story is a straight forward action tale, with a few moments for introspection and discussion.Norby tries hard and assists Jeff in some very weird ways -- after all, he is mixed-up -- but he always seems to do the right thing eventually.Jeff thinks highly of the little robot.

This story is very short, but leaves lots of loose ends for the sequels to develop.Enjoy!

Highly recommended for younger Asimov fans (and for some older ones too) as well as for anyone else who enjoys tales of space adventures, evil villains, and mixed-up robots.

-Arthur W. Jordin

A Great Introduction to Science Fiction
Norby the Mixed- Up Robot

First, let me say that the Norby series is an ideal way to introduce Science Fiction to a young adult or to a middle school student.My guess is that boys will like this series more than girls, but what the hey, maybe girls would like it as well.It is written by Janet Asimov, Isaac Asimov's wife.

As I'm sure you know Isaac Asimov was the Father of Science Fiction Robots. (The Robots of Dawn, the Caves of Steel, the Complete Robot, etc).He's the one who invented the three laws of Robotics; in fact, he coined the phrase Robotics.

Now as to the age of the reader.I would guess that a bright seventh grader would enjoy this series.Jeff Wells, the protagonist is fourteen, that's probably a good mid-range age for the reader.I believe that reading science fiction can expand one's vocabulary andexpose one to some new and fascinating ideas; also, it can expand one's sense of wonder and help create a love of reading.
In this book Norby battles against Ing the Ingrate.Now I don't know about you ,but I don't believe that "ingrate"was in my lexicon in the seventh grade.This book reveals that Norby has certain special capabilities, such as the ability to feel emotions and anti-gravity capabilities. He can also go into hyper-space.

To date the series contains the following books, not including the omnibus editions which have their own titles:

* Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot (1983)
* Norby's Other Secret (1984)
* Norby and the Lost Princess (1985)
* Norby and the Invaders (1985)
* Norby and the Queen's Necklace (1986)
* Norby Finds a Villain (1987)
* Norby Down to Earth (1988)
* Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure (1989)
* Norby and the Oldest Dragon (1990)
* Norby and the Court Jester (1991)

Omnibus Editions:
The Norby Chronicles(Books 1 &2)
Norby Robot for Hire (Books 3 & 4)
Norby through Time and Space (Books 5& 6)

I highly recommend this book, especially for young adults.

Gunner, August,2007

The first in The Norby series for juveniles.
This is the first volume in a series of short science fiction novels for young teenagers about a 14-year-old Space Academy cadet, Jeff Wells, and his unusual robot, Norby. Norby has skills that other robots lack,apparently due to the incorporation of alien parts in his construction. Inthis first book of the series, Jeff and Norby foil a plot of a villian totake over the Solar System. Norby discovers he has "anti-gravity"capabilities as well as the ability to travel through"hyperspace" and great distances. [Isaac Asimov, in another book,apologizes for using antigravity in this series: he felt that itrepresented poor science.] The second book in the series is "Norby'sOther Secret," published in 1984. These two books were lateredreissued as "The Norby Chronicles." ... Read more

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Three ordinary kids, Jared, Simon, and Wallory Grace, have entered another world -- without leaving this one! Two remarkable talents, New York Times best-sellers Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, have risked everything to bring this remarkable account to light. Five books -- one thrilling adventure -- the Spiderwick Chronicles!

Their world is closer than you think.Amazon.com Review
Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi pull off an impressive five for five with Wrath of Mulgarath, the satisfyingly dramatic conclusion to their series, The Spiderwick Chronicles.After the gory conclusion of the The Ironwood Tree, we don't get even a moment's reprieve before the action picks up again, in a starting chapter entitled, fittingly, "IN WHICH the World Is Turned Upside Down." Thirteen-year-old Mallory and nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon return to the Spiderwick Estate only to find their home in shambles, with trash and broken furniture scattered across the lawn and Simon's griffin chasing a "goblin" across the roof. The faerie world that the Grace kids have so slowly probed in this series has finally come home to roost. Black and DiTerlizzi pack a lot into the finale of this beautifully produced series, with dragons and goblins and elves--and even a magical cameo by Arthur Spiderwick (the long-lost author of the disappearing-reappearing Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You). We get a dramatic rescue, a clever end to a fearsome foe (with some thanks to Hogsqueal from book two), and a long denouement that leads to a finalcryptic note from the author and illustrator: "Are there more ogres / and dragons to slay? / Is there more mayhem, / perhaps, on the way? / Ask Tony and Holly. / They'll swear that it's true. / But you still won't believe / what's coming for you!" (Ages 6 to 10) --Paul Hughes ... Read more

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The most awesome book in the world!!
I read books 3-5 in the series in 3 days! That should tell you how exciting they are. I love trying to figure out the mysteries in all the books, how they find their father and fight off the ogre. The Wrath of Mulgarath was my favorite of the series--it was really action packed and I couldn't believe it was the end of the series. One thing that I related to in these books was how Mallory and Jared pick on Simon. I have 2 brothers and one sister, and we all pick on each other (except for our little sister). :-)

If you are looking for a quick set of books to read that are mysterious, exciting, fun and adventuresome, these are the books. I have read all of them this summer and have loved them. I am sure you will too!

The most awesome book in the world!!
I read books 3-5 in the series in 3 days! That should tell you how exciting they are. I love trying to figure out the mysteries in all the books, how they find their father and fight off the ogre. The Wrath of Mulgarath was my favorite of the series--it was really action packed and I couldn't believe it was the end of the series. One thing that I related to in these books was how Mallory and Jared pick on Simon. I have 2 brothers and one sister, and we all pick on each other (except for our little sister). :-)

If you are looking for a quick set of books to read that are mysterious, exciting, fun and adventuresome, these are the books. I have read all of them this summer and have loved them. I am sure you will too!

Great Quality!
My son loves this book. So glad we where able to get it at such a great price!

An Exciting Conclusion
The Grace children are tired when they arrive home from their escape in the quarry (see the last book for details).Fully prepared to tell their mother everything that has been happening, they are surprised to find her gone and the house in shambles.Byron the Griffin is on the roof attacking a hobgoblin.It's from the hobgoblin they get the full story.Mulgarath the Ogre has been there, stolen the book, and kidnapped their mother.With just a tiny bit of information and a half of a plan, they set out to face their greatest foe.Can they defeat him?

The four previous books in the series have been building to this moment, and it is well worth the wait.Things moved quickly with so much happening it's still hard to believe they fit it all in.The climax is brilliant and a tad scary, so you might want to be prepared if your kids are easily frightened.

The producers of the movies took a couple ideas from this book, but pretty much did their own thing for the climax.Having seen the movie and now read this book, all I can say is both endings work equally well for me.

Get all five books at once so you can breeze through this enjoyable fantasy series.

The Final Installment
'The Wrath of Mulgarath' is the fifth and final book of 'The Spiderwick Chronicles'. It brings everything to a final satisfactory, albeit rushed, conclusion.
Overall the series was good, and I definitely would recommend it for tweens. It has a fairly engaging story, great illustrations and is a good introduction to fantasy. Adults, on the other hand, will find it episodic, rushed and somewhat insubstantial. As well the fact that the story is split into five separate books is also somewhat annoying. ... Read more

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An original radio dramatization of "The Empire Strikes Back", comprising ten episodes. It contains an extended script with many scenes and characters not found in the movie. The story of the tyrannical empire is accompanied by music by John Williams and sound effects. ... Read more