Jumper

By: Steven Gould

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

What if you could go anywhere in the world, in the blink of an eye? Where would you go? What would you do

Davy can teleport. To survive, Davy must learn to use and control his power in a world that is more violent and complex than he ever imagined. But mere survival is not enough for him. Davy wants to find others like himself, others who can Jump.

©1992 Steven Gould (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"An exceptionally well-organize debut, with thoughtful ideas, a controlled plot, and characters-particularly the young protagonist-portrayed with insight and compassion." ( Kirkus)

"Gould's warm, delightful, and compulsively readable novel dispalys assured storytelling skill." ( Publishers Weekly)

Loved it!

read the book 3 times over the years, and finally listen to the Audiobook version. Was not disappointed!

Not what I expected

I saw the movie first and although expected the book to be different and probably better. I didn't expect a completely different story line. Worth the listen, very entertaining.

loved it

It's a different story than the movie, but Just as entertaining. I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is the audio always seemed to start half a second late and would cut off the first syllable. The narrator would say "she" but you would here "he" which got confusing. If you get past that it was really entertaining.

1st of 300+ audibles that I could not put down

Great story, great narrator, lots of twists, A big reveal, lots of narrow escapes and romance. I am very surprised that I only just now heard of this title.

Teenage Fantasy

Jumper is a good listen, briskly paced, straightforward, hard to turn off, well narrated. Good qualities all. But beneath that, it's really just a teenage fantasy: What would you do if you could teleport anywhere anytime? Take care of your family issues, move to New York City, impress a girl. And eventually run afoul of the authorities. Don't want to introduce spoilers, so let's just leave it at that.

In the second half, the fantasy goes one step further and our adolescent hero becomes a superhero. Hence the three star story rating -- that's taking the wish fulfillment a little too far. Written in 1992, the premise of the superhero stuff is partially dated, although still partially relevant. Gould ends up teaching his hero the lesson that wish fulfillment really isn't the answer, but only after going through all the motions.

Overall, worth listening to as long as you don't subject it to too much critical scrutiny.

enjoyed thoroughly

This audiobook had very good narration. the performance, voices, and accents were well done. looking forward to more from this actor

Listen to it all in a single day

Extremely enjoyable, I've never listened to an entire 10+ hr Audiobook in a single day. What would you do if you had his powers?

Great, and nothing like the movie

I really enjoyed the movie, and the first several chapters of this book, cover the first several minutes of the movie, and then never came back. As there are 4 more book in the series, maybe the series comes back around to the movie or maybe they just completely diverge, but it was good. I like looking into the mind of someone that has the ability to teleport around the world and see how it alters his opinions and mindset. Very good.

Big fan

Well written only wish there was a way to have them listed in the order that they are released

MUCH better than the movie, adult themes

The cover leads you to believe it's a schmaltzy young adult novel, it really needs a redesign to convey what a great story lies within. I never would have used my credit on this except for some reviews from other folks saying how really well done this audiobook is - I'm glad I took a chance on it. I enjoyed the movie and was happy to find the book is much better, with more philosophical questions and deeper relationships, and more reality portrayed. The narrator is excellent and fills Davy's role perfectly for me.

I'm not a heavy sci fi person, but I do enjoy sci fi movies, and I enjoyed this book enough to download what I believe is the second book in the series, Reflex.

Good stuff!