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Title: Cocoon
Author: David Saperstein
Narrator: Alex Hyde-White
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-01-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Fifteen years before the start of the Earths third Christian millennium, after a 5,000-year absence, Antarean space travelers have returned to Earth. After the destruction by the impact of an asteroid, a few islands were all that remained of the continent above the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Before the asteroids impact destroyed Antares Quad-Three, they had cocooned and secreted a diplomatic army for future use on Earth. They believed these soldiers and commanders, numbering 941, were secure and safe in a state of suspended animation beneath the sea floor. But, sadly, the Antareans discovered that pollution and ultraviolet radiation had adversely affected the cocoons, making the life they held partially damaged and dangerously vulnerable.
On arrival to the destroyed planet, the Antarean presence was discovered by a small group of retired humans. Once discovered, the seniors offered to help the Antareans reseal their damaged cocoons and return them to their underwater chamber, saving the diplomatic army to be revived and awakened in the future. To show their gratitude, the Antarean leaders invited their aged helpers to join them on their Mothership, and thus become Earths first deep space travelers. They called themselves the Geriatric Brigade.
Cocoon, which was a New York Times best seller upon its release (and an Academy Award-winning film of the same name), is the amazing beginning of the Cocoon trilogy, which spans 20 years and was a pioneering science fiction novel by David Saperstein that still resonates with audiences today.
Members Reviews:
Nice Fantasy that may be reality some day
The more I read about genetic research, the less I believe that this storyline (living forever) is a complete fantasy. Of course, it is amiable aliens who bring it to Earth rather than our planet's research scientists. Heck, if jellyfish do not get old, why do we have to?
Four Stars
A lot of mistakes but overall a good story and different from the film.. Me likey
Comparison to the movie. SPOILERS.
I saw the movie years ago, and thought the book would be a sweet, familiar read. Little in the book except the basic premise of alien rescue, the names of main characters and Jack's boat are the same. The story isn't in a retirement community with adjacent nursing home; they are in a seaside high-rise that has people in their early 50's and older as residents. The second building in the development (both buildings owned by aliens called Antereans are a working base, while they retrieve their comrades from the sea) is kept unfinished so that the Antereans can move about it unmolested.
Jack (who owns the Manta II) is a vietnam vet with a brother, sister-in-law and live-in girlfriend. They figure prominently as worried family members who resort to spying on him and the aliens when a more somber and efficient Jack than you know, works an extended charter with 'treasure hunters'. The family cause quite a bit of trouble and girlfriend Judy smokes a lot of 'grass'.
Ben (Wilford Brimley) is a tough, cunning and intimidating ad-man who resents his loss of status as a retiree. Joe (Hume Cronyn) is a kind natured retired stage actor with Leukemia. He is madly in love with his wife, and is failing fast. Joe is not an adulterer!
Art (Don Ameche) is a retired mob accountant. He has a lot of dirt on his hands, but grimly acknowledges there was no way out for him. And sweet old Bernie Lefkowitcz (Jack Gilford)...
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Title: Cocoon
Author: David Saperstein
Narrator: Alex Hyde-White
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-01-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Fifteen years before the start of the Earths third Christian millennium, after a 5,000-year absence, Antarean space travelers have returned to Earth. After the destruction by the impact of an asteroid, a few islands were all that remained of the continent above the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Before the asteroids impact destroyed Antares Quad-Three, they had cocooned and secreted a diplomatic army for future use on Earth. They believed these soldiers and commanders, numbering 941, were secure and safe in a state of suspended animation beneath the sea floor. But, sadly, the Antareans discovered that pollution and ultraviolet radiation had adversely affected the cocoons, making the life they held partially damaged and dangerously vulnerable.
On arrival to the destroyed planet, the Antarean presence was discovered by a small group of retired humans. Once discovered, the seniors offered to help the Antareans reseal their damaged cocoons and return them to their underwater chamber, saving the diplomatic army to be revived and awakened in the future. To show their gratitude, the Antarean leaders invited their aged helpers to join them on their Mothership, and thus become Earths first deep space travelers. They called themselves the Geriatric Brigade.
Cocoon, which was a New York Times best seller upon its release (and an Academy Award-winning film of the same name), is the amazing beginning of the Cocoon trilogy, which spans 20 years and was a pioneering science fiction novel by David Saperstein that still resonates with audiences today.
Members Reviews:
Nice Fantasy that may be reality some day
The more I read about genetic research, the less I believe that this storyline (living forever) is a complete fantasy. Of course, it is amiable aliens who bring it to Earth rather than our planet's research scientists. Heck, if jellyfish do not get old, why do we have to?
Four Stars
A lot of mistakes but overall a good story and different from the film.. Me likey
Comparison to the movie. SPOILERS.
I saw the movie years ago, and thought the book would be a sweet, familiar read. Little in the book except the basic premise of alien rescue, the names of main characters and Jack's boat are the same. The story isn't in a retirement community with adjacent nursing home; they are in a seaside high-rise that has people in their early 50's and older as residents. The second building in the development (both buildings owned by aliens called Antereans are a working base, while they retrieve their comrades from the sea) is kept unfinished so that the Antereans can move about it unmolested.
Jack (who owns the Manta II) is a vietnam vet with a brother, sister-in-law and live-in girlfriend. They figure prominently as worried family members who resort to spying on him and the aliens when a more somber and efficient Jack than you know, works an extended charter with 'treasure hunters'. The family cause quite a bit of trouble and girlfriend Judy smokes a lot of 'grass'.
Ben (Wilford Brimley) is a tough, cunning and intimidating ad-man who resents his loss of status as a retiree. Joe (Hume Cronyn) is a kind natured retired stage actor with Leukemia. He is madly in love with his wife, and is failing fast. Joe is not an adulterer!
Art (Don Ameche) is a retired mob accountant. He has a lot of dirt on his hands, but grimly acknowledges there was no way out for him. And sweet old Bernie Lefkowitcz (Jack Gilford)...