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A review by garnetofeden
The Message by K.A. Applegate
4.0
I'm still not liking the new re-release covers. I also miss having the little morph in the bottom corner that you could animate by flipping.
This volume has the first example I've noticed of the re-release 'updating' technology.
"Cool. A piece of prehistoric technology," Marco said.
"Not everybody has DVR," Jake said. "I guess no one else watched the late news last night?" (...) "Rachel, can we go downstairs and use your mom's old VCR?"
Also later it mentions them using the internet to look something up, which probably wasn't commonly used by kids in 1996 when this book first came out. Honestly, I think it's more likely that, if they were going to update to the technology kids would 'typically' use, they probably would have been using the internet to view the video clip as well.
Again, as an adult (and a geologist) I question things I wouldn't have as a child.
Rating reviewed 1/23/2023.
This volume has the first example I've noticed of the re-release 'updating' technology.
Spoiler
"Rachel," Jake interrupted, "I think I have something that may be interesting." He pulled a videocassette out of his bag."Cool. A piece of prehistoric technology," Marco said.
"Not everybody has DVR," Jake said. "I guess no one else watched the late news last night?" (...) "Rachel, can we go downstairs and use your mom's old VCR?"
Also later it mentions them using the internet to look something up, which probably wasn't commonly used by kids in 1996 when this book first came out. Honestly, I think it's more likely that, if they were going to update to the technology kids would 'typically' use, they probably would have been using the internet to view the video clip as well.
Again, as an adult (and a geologist) I question things I wouldn't have as a child.
Spoiler
I wondered about going 20 miles off the coast and then having a dolphin dive to the ocean floor. Although in some places this may be possible, there are areas where that far off the coast would be thousands of feet deep, depths that a dolphin probably wouldn't be able to handle.Rating reviewed 1/23/2023.