![]() He’s English, but then, no one’s perfect. This is Only You Can Save Mankind, the first book about a boy called Johnny Maxwell. Read moreĬhapter 1 The Hero with a Thousand Extra LivesĬhapter 9 On Earth, No One Can Hear You Say UmĬhapter 10 In Space, No One Is Listening Anyway His special genius, to my way of thinking, comes in how he treats the conversations and thinking of the kids, along with those little unexpected twists. Pratchett adds those extra touches that regular readers love such as when they go by the ruined hulks of Space Invader ships tumbling in space that the aliens use to show each other what happens when you take a stand. He and his friends suspect a computer virus but things get even stranger when Johnny finds himself in incredibly lifelike dreams piloting a starfighter, leading the alien fleet home where they will be safe from mankind, and communicating with a girl who also is dreaming of the alien fleet. ![]() Johnny, whose parents are going through Trying Times, is playing his favorite video game when the aliens suddenly surrender to him instead of fighting back. ![]() They are set in a very ordinary run down town in England, centering around Johnny Maxwell and his three friends. ![]() The Johnny Maxwell books are not Terry Pratchett's usual Discworld books. ![]()
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