The Martian Child, David Gerrold
The Martian Child, David Gerrold
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The Martian Child

Author: David Gerrold

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 4 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

Gerrold, a science fiction writer from California, adopts a son who has a slight behavioral problem. He believes himself to be a Martian. Gerrold begins the long, involving work of trying to earn the acceptance of Dennis, a hyperactive eightyearold who desperately wants a fathers love, but is so insecure he feels he must be an alien. Gerrolds semiautobiographical memoir of the first two years with Dennis is a funny, endearing, heartbreaking, and beautifully written testament to fatherhood.

About David Gerrold

David Gerrold has been writing professionally for half a century. He created the tribbles for Star Trek and the Sleestaks for Land of the Lost. His most famous novel is The Man Who Folded Himself. His semi-autobiographical tale of his son's adoption, The Martian Child, won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and was the basis for the 2007 movie starring John Cusack and Amanda Peet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jemppu

A single man adopts a kid lost in the system, and teaches them to trust and love again. Does one even need Star Trek, when there are inspirational real life stories like this behind the scenes? Trek connection, which by the way, I had no idea of, when going in. Just picked this for the cute seeming p......more

Goodreads review by Karl

David Gerrold, perhaps best known for writing the classic Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," gives us a fictional account of his true life adventures as a gay, single father adopting a special needs child. At times both funny and sad -- but heart-warming throughout -- "The Martian Child"......more

Goodreads review by Takoneando entre libros

No se si os he dicho alguna vez que me gusta participar en retos de lectura. Me sirven para bucear entre mis libros pendientes y "obligarme" a leerlos; pero por lo que más me gustan es por hacerme leer libros que jamás me habría planteado leer y, ¡oh sorpresa! En muchos casos, me encantan. En este c......more

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