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Interstellar Pig



Interstellar Pig is a sci-fi book written by William Sleator. A teenager named Barney is on vacation on a beach with his parents and 3 peculiar neighbors moved into the cottage next to their rented house. The neighbors are oddly obsessed with a board game called interstellar pig and the history of Barney’s rented house. Barney was intrigued by the neighbors and the board game, but his curiosity caused him to be dragged into a complicated mess holding multiple alien species at large risk.


I’d say it’s an average read, not spectacular, but not terrible. You can read it pretty fast and it’s not hard at all. It’s like one of those books that you forget about after reading them and there isn’t much that sticks with you after you finish. There is just a mystery, a climax, and a resolution. 


Despite its slight blandness, the premise of the story is pretty interesting and there is a lot of foreshadowing and clues written into the story in a way readers can pick up on them and think about what is going to happen. I really liked that aspect of the book, it felt like I was looking over Barney’s shoulder, figuring out what was up with those weird neighbors alongside him. It kept me interested in what would happen next and I remember leaving the book at an important plot point, thinking about it before I went to sleep. 


It was nice to read an easy book like Interstellar Pig. It kind of felt like I was in 6th grade reading late at night. I have not read a sci-fi book in a long long time and it was definitely a nice change of pace from the type of books I usually read. It’s a short book so if you have spare time, I’d say it’s worth reading.


By Maggie Li

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  1. Walter KraatzJanuary 21, 2021 at 7:26 PM

    Sounds kind of like sci-fi Jumanji

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  2. Zhaoxin SunMarch 12, 2021 at 6:13 AM

    Nice post! I agree with your review. It was kind of meh to read, but there was this eerie vibe that made me keep turning the pages.

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