Antoine devereux has appeared in the following books. In 2019, teens mia, antoine, and midori are selected by lottery to join experienced astronauts on a nasa mission to the once topsecret moon base, darlah 2, while in a florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the terrible danger there. Between two lockers with johan harstad forever young adult. This 355 page scifi thriller depicts three teenagers, and their once in a lifetime opportunity of setting foot on the moon. Take a closer look at the photographs and diagrams that appear throughout this novel. This theme is recurring as several characters insist that travelling to the moon was a big mistake to begin. Creepy and bleak, harstads story is both psychologically and atmospherically disturbing. Johan harstad s 172 hours on the moon, originally published in norwegian as darlah. The premise of 172 hours on the moon boils down to. In the novel the house of the scorpion matt is the protagonist.
He just wanted to get as far away from paris as possible. Yet, it feels like johan harstad does not utilise the situations he brings his characters in to their full extent. The basis of the book is that nasa are going back to the moon, they have a hidden agenda but that agenda is disguised in the form of a lottery that chooses three people to go with the astronauts to the lunar surface. A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near moab, utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. Rights to darlah have also been sold to sixteen other countries.
Okay, thats a pretty farfetched premise, but presumably readers are readily willing to suspend disbelief if the author presents the whole idea plausibly enough. In the film, canyoneer aron ralston must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in bluejohn canyon, southeastern utah, in april 2003. A first warning for books in the horror genre is to confirm what genre it is before you start reading it. The holdmeimshakingillneverlookattheuniversethesamewayagain type of frightening. She loves shopping and fashion, and she visits a shopping center twice a week.
Darlah is a 2008 scifihorror novel by norwegian author johan harstad. More friends of mineral town, 172 hours game boy advance via this is the oldest game on our list, and it is also the second longest. Protagonist and antagonist, the house of the scorpion. Johan harstad won the 2008 norwegian brage award in the young adultchildrens literature category for 172 hours on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers are about to become the first young people in space,and change their lives forever. The male player character pokemon sunmoon and pokemon ultra sunultra moon.
After nasa picks up a transmission from the moon, it chooses three lucky teenagers to go to a topsecret moon base with a team of astronauts. Character profile for antoine devereux from 172 hours on. Antoine devereux has a vision before moon trip duration. No design or tech skills are necessary its free, easy, and awesome. While mia goes through an impressive character arc and i enjoyed her story, it does come at the expense of the other characters, which is a. His exgirlfriend, simone, started dating another guy, and antoine couldnt handle it. Although she is considered normal and attractive, she suffers bullying at school. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of nasas unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in spaceand change their lives forever. Whichever it is, it only took a few pages to be totally fed up with the characters. Powtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations that your clients, colleagues, and friends will love. They want to return to a secret base, darlah 2 built in the sea of tranquility from 1974 to 1976. Han further develops her cast, pushing them to new maturity and leaving few stones. Theres a fourth character who doesnt last very long in the story, and thats himmelfarb.
Quote from the book its been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Characters are not going to make it out alive in 172 hours on the moon, and the way harstad develops his characters will give readers an indication of who plays an important part in the story and who is simply along for the ride. This book starts off in the year 2019, nearly a decade after the last moon mission nasa sent. Harstad keeps the focus mostly on mia, seemingly the only participant strong enough to keep fighting against the evil forces they encounter on the moon.
The basic premise of the story is that nasa want to send a mission to the moon and, to reinvigorate interest in space travel, they hold a worldwide lottery which teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, can enter to be selected to go on the next mission. Dont take this seriously its just for fun also i made sure this is kid friendly so no swearing or inappropriate thingies unlesss if you think being lgbt is. In this occasion, the moon, physically a scary planet to be on in the first place should have been left unattended. Sailor mini moon and sailor saturn confront queen nehelenia who tells them that there is nothing she can do to remove the curse from darien and that the only way would be to physically remove the piece of glass from his eye. Whatever you do call it, 172 hours on the moon is bound to scare the crap out of you. There are vague conversations amongst secret characters.
It appears on darlah 2s computer screen and earlier its signal had been picked up by a giant radio. There is a lot of switching of perspective in this book, which was interesting in learning about the cast and their backgrounds and culture. The book was originally published in norway on september 15, 2008 by cappelen damm, with an english language translation being published by little, brown in new york city on july 10, 2012. If you like it is a very suspensfull book leaving you to want to read more suspense. Because the first half of the book is spent briefly but slowly developing many characters whose background add little to the plot, the book seems to lack suspense, and readers may find themselves less than engaged. Relieved it was not 172 hours long 172 hours did not live up to my expectations. It never seemed to fully develop and i felt like part of the story was missing. Its been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. In 172 hours on the moon, author johan harstad manages to bore, delight, and horrify his readers in just 351 pages. The characters ping from event to event with emotions always at the forefront. The smooth translation flows well, and, despite a somewhat slowpaced beginning, the story grabs readers and doesnt let go. Between two lockers with johan harstad we get the scoop from 172 hours on the moon author johan harstad, and spoiler alert. The book is set in the year 2018, and is about three teenagers who enter a competition, not all to their own will, to spend 172 hours on the moon at moon base darlah 2, the first time on the. As soon as the group arrives, however, things start to go horribly wrong.
A 16 year old boy from france, antoine only wanted to go to the moon to escape his complicated relationship issues. Over one hundred pages are spent introducing the concept, the thee or four main characters and briefly summarising the training the three teenagers receive. The astronauts and the three teens become stuck on the moon with no power and no protection from the elements. Theme one theme in this novel is that things are better left alone.
Johan harstads 172 hours on the moon, originally published in norwegian as darlah. The basic premise of the story is that nasa want to send a mission to the moon and, to reinvigorate interest in space travel, they hold a worldwide lottery which. First look at new ya scifi horror novel 172 hours on the. Spend 172 hours on the moon at moon base darlah 2, trying to get them to believe that the upcoming mission to the moon was in fact real. The group intends to shelter for a week in a previously secret lab that nasa had established on the moon in the 1970s. The main conflict of this novel is external conflict or person vs. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. With james franco, amber tamblyn, kate mara, sean bott. Each part of the adventure should be played over multiple sessions of play. This book reads like a cross between a scandanavian thriller film and straight up jhorror. He has also written several novels for adults, including buzz aldrin, what happened to you in all the confusion. Three ordinary teens won a trip to spend 172 hours on the moon at base darlah 2. Moon thrills and planet palpitations crunchingsandmunchings august 22, 2012 at 5.
No one likes matt due to the fact that he is a clone and clones are looked down upon. Publisher little, brown is hoping for big things with its new ya scifi thriller 172 hours on the moon and the hollywood reporter has an exclusive sneak peak of chapter one in advance of the book. After obsessing over simone for weeks, he decided that he was going to go to the moon. A terrifying thriller for young adult fans of the martian and paranormal space adventure that will be devoured in one heartpounding sitting. But once i started reading the book, i completely forgot it had ever been translated at one point. Johan harstads novel, 172 hours on the moon, is a fictional horror story that will entertain and creep out most readers. The story takes place in 2018, when a forgotten organization called nasa attempts to revive itself by holding a lottery to pick three random teenagers from anywhere in the world to accompany real astronauts on a fun trip to the moon. In 2010, eight men including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff met to plan a return mission to the moon.
I was actually not aware that this is more of a horror novel until i was about halfway through it. Please remember to follow the manual of style and code of conduct at all times. This is the organizations attempt to increase the publics interest in space travel and also create some sponsors for the program. Something or someone doesnt want their demise to be any easier than necessary. Less on the science fiction, and more on the scare factor. Its when things begin getting very desperate when members of the moon mission team are splitting up in hopes. To ask other readers questions about 172 hours on the moon, please sign up.