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Loading... Titan A.E.: Akima's Storyby Kevin J. Anderson
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Akima found a new home among the starsNow she must fly beyond them...Akima is a survivor. She escaped Earth just as the alien Drej destroyed it. She grew up-fast-in one of the drifter colonies that had to become home for the scattered remnants of humanity.And through it all, she held out hope-hope in the legend of the Titan, the mysterious starship that held the key to the future of mankind.It was out there, somewhere beyond the stars. To find it, she would have to learn to pilot a starship. And to do that, she would have to risk everything.But Akima is determined, whatever the cost. And together with her young friend Abdel, she will abandon the safety of the drifter colony for the perils of a hostile universe.For the Titan may be out there-but so are the Drej...Titan A.E. ? & ? 2000 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. No library descriptions found. |
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This book is like the other two prequels. Not that fun of a read and poorly edited. But the story is more interesting than the others (honestly it's the only interesting one). You meet Akima as a teenager and see her growing up and learn about living on a human colony after Earth's destruction and how she learned how to be a pilot and how she met Korso (really didn't endear me to him) and prejudice against humans (which was really poorly constructed; I don't think the authors know a lot about how prejudice works) and why she collects Earth artifacts. And Stith. Who is amazing in so many ways.
I do like that we delve more into Akima as a woman of color (she has Japanese ancestry) and how she grows up in a Muslim home (after a fashion), because of her foster uncle(?). It was also nice to see how the person who sticks out for her didn't stab her in the back or meet a bad end although I really question what happened with that plot because it seemed mysterious and interesting but the film never developed it and these were the only three published books. Maybe they though they would get to develop the universe more with video games and more books and films?
I wouldn't pick this up for a fun read but it's definitely the best of the trio and honestly more of a creative story in many ways than the film. ( )