Peeps

By Scott Westerfeld

ONE LINE SUMMARY: A carrier of a strain of vampirism, Cal hunts peeps (parasite-positive people) and learns why he is different from them.

I must have been hiding under a rock or something, because I had never heard of Scott Westerfeld until this year. Two of his books are nominated for the Andre Norton Award given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers who also give out the Nebula Awards. (Interestingly, Westerfeld’s wife, Justine Larbalestier is also nominated for the Andre Norton Award.)

I’ve now read Westerfeld’s Midnighters trilogy, and have been waiting (and waiting) for my library to get the first book of another of his trilogies, Uglies, which is constantly checked out.

So far, Peeps is by far the best book. Although I felt like I never knew Cal at all, the book has so much going on that I didn’t really miss him. And the book is about Cal discovering himself so it seemed normal that I didn’t know him either.

Now that I think about it, this would make a great movie. I’m not sure why it hasn’t been optioned yet, given that the Midnighters series has been optioned as a TV show by the WB, and a few others optioned as films.

Westerfeld’s also won a bunch of awards for his adult and YA fiction. This dude is prolific.

Posted by: ssjane | March 22, 2007 | 9:55 pm
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