Children Of The Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure (Children Of The Lamp)

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You can tell from the very first page that P. B. Kerr had great fun writing his novel, The Akhenaten Adventure. The way the author introduces his cleverly named characters, the atmospheric setting, the fun tone of his narration--all indicate that a hugely entertaining story is in store. The first installment of his Children of the Lamp sequence is set firmly in the present day, but it soon breaks away and encompasses several wonderfully colorful parts of the globe, England and Egypt included.

John and Philippa Gaunt, two twelve-year-old not-very-identical twins, live a privileged life on the Upper East of Manhattan with their wealthy parents and two curiously-mannered Rottweilers named Alan and Neil. The twins realize there's something amiss with their world when a string of strange things begin to happen after their wisdom teeth are extracted--they dream the same dreams, become stronger, their zits clear up, and wishes wished in their presence inexplicably come true. And, when their estranged Uncle Nimrod asks them to come to England for the summer during one such shared dream, the discovery of their destiny is set in motion.

John and Phillippa discover that they are descended from a long line of Djinn, have great inherent powers. They must call on these powers a lot sooner than they anticipated, though, because the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten is not as dead as history has so far declared and his legion of seventy magical djinn could tip the balance of power in the magical realm and affect the whole world order.

P.B. Kerr, under his given name Philip Kerr, is the author of several bestselling thrillers for adult readers. His debut novel for children is a slick, zeitgeisty fantasy adventure that is sure to win him a new raft of fans. The Blue Djinn of Babylon is next up for those who get hooked. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay

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Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places, and make people and objects disappear. Luckily, the twins are introduced to their eccentric djinn-uncle Nimrod, who will teach them how to harness their newly found power. And not a moment too soon . . . since John and Philippa are about to embark on a search to locate a monstrous pharaoh named Akhenaten and his eerie tomb.

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Where's the magic?.......2007-09-05

I was sorely disappointed in this first book of the series, hoping that it would be the beginning of a great adventure. What I got instead was an adventure that didn't really begin until halfway through the book. The first half was mind-numbing exposition from an unmemorable Uncle about how being a Djinn works. Pages upon pages of exposition - I literally couldn't stay interested.

The characters are really the main problem here however. They are one-dimensional at best and after the entire read, I still don't really know anything about the children's personalities. The plot works, but the characters seem to have been cut out and dropped in without any thought to their personalities. Bland dialogue, bland supporting characters, and bland exposition. I rushed through the last third of the book just trying to get done, not caring at all what happened to the characters, and certainly not caring about the next installment. It's a great idea for a series, but that's about all that's present here.

Pass on this one - you can do better.

Hard to put down!.......2007-08-01

Very entertaining and unique. Well written, this book held my interest with a bloodthirsty grip. The author not only fulfilled my hopes for this fun subject, he also made me want to read more of the classics. Well done.

Children Of The Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure .......2007-07-15

Children of the Lamp is the first book of The Akhenaton Adventure series. This book introduces John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve year old twins, who live pretty ordinary lives with their parents. That is, until John suddenly gets a bad toothache. Strangely, the boy's wisdom teeth have already started to grow in and need to be removed immediately. In twinly fashion, Philippa has also gotten her wisdom teeth early and these teeth also need to be removed. This surgery begins a weird series of events beginning with a shared hallucination of the twin's uncle during surgery and leading to a family secret concerning magical Djinn powers.

Children of the Lamp is a delightful magical adventure that will be enjoyed by all ages. Extremely well written, filled with lots of adventurous twists and turns, and completely entertaining. A touch of humour, sarcasm, and quirkiness make the characters more endearing and the storyline even more enchanting. I can't wait for the next adventure.

One of the worst things I've ever read........2007-06-30

This book was terrible. I got halfway through it before I just got disgusted and put it down. The really bad thing is that I know I've suggested it to people to read and I had no idea it was intolerable!
There are a lot of reasons I could give for not liking it, but I'll just keep it to a few or I'll just end up mad about it again. First off, the characters are fake. Flat. They have no personality at all. They could be any idiot boy or girl and the adults any extra out of a cheesy B-rated Arbian Nights movie. You don't care about a single one of them because they're all so boring. Second thing, the man who wrote it seems to have great disdain for fat people. Halfway through the book he's mentioned fat people at least three times I can think of off the top of my head and while they may even be nice people he writes as if they're mildly pathetic and greedy. Then the next scene he'll have his own characters talk about how greedily they're eating a banquet themselves!
I was half bored the whole time I read the book and just kept waiting for it to get better. Then I made the mistake of reading the author's note at the front of the book. (My copy is an advanced reading copy so the author's note might not be in the published book.) Mr. Kerr writes in his note that he believes that there's not (and this is a quote) "any more room on the bandwagon of children's fiction." and that even after writing his terrible book, he's still "almost inclined to think that way." Jerk!
I'm sorry, but you can never have too many books of any kind. Yes, there may have been a great influx of children's books since Harry Potter became so popular, but it was a greatly needed influx. Out of it have come some amazing stories and because of it some writers' of children's fiction can get the attention and respect for their works that they didn't have before!
The man's whole tone writing both his author's note and the book is that he's better than this story and better than you because you're reading the story! He talks down to the reader and not in a way you can ignore, but in a way that makes you want to look for someone to hit! I don't care if the man has published apparently many times before (which, I asked around an no one recognized his name.) under adult thrillers, he's not worth reading and I will never recommend his books again. Adult thrillers or children's fiction.

humorous, magical, realistic, & fun!.......2007-05-21

I found the novel, the akhetan adventure, quite an enjoyable read. It is magical, in more ways then one, being about a pair of djinn (genies) finding their powers and helping there eccentric uncle Nimrod,the protagonists (John and Phillipa Gaunt) are realistic and easy to realate to, and while its no comedy, it has its fair share of humour. My only complaint is that P B Kerr, the author, is not very consistent in a plot, and parts of it lack relevance. Otherwise, this book is one you will not be able to put down.

Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure

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Making Sense From the Start.......2002-03-08

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Incisive without being condescending

An Amazing Commentary on Today's Society

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"Man on Upper West Side Attempts Foolhardy Stunt. Read All About It."

In the tradition of Charles Sopkin's classic book on the state of television in the 1960s, Seven Glorious Days, Seven Fun-Filled Nights, Jack Lechner recounts what it was like to lock himself in his apartment for a week and plug in to the new multichannel universe, watching twelve TVs for sixteen hours a day. The obvious question is: Why?

In the thirty-three years since Sopkin's famous experiment, the quaint world of three networks and a handful of independent stations has morphed into a surfable, endless wave of infomercials and infotainment, A&E and MTV, occasional brilliance like The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and a vaster-than-ever wasteland of Jerry Springer, wrestling, soap operas, and other mind-numbing fodder. The world and television have changed a lot since 1967, and a week of television immersion at the turn of the century proves to be equally revealing about the state of American popular culture now.

With his pet pug Cosmo's unflinching emotional support, his wife Sam's more tenuous forbearance, and advice from "experts" who drop by (a five-year-old for the scoop on Pokémon, for instance), Jack Lechner plops himself down in his New York apartment and, in brave human guinea pig tradition, lets everything from Meet the Press to Xena: Warrior Princess, from beach volleyball to Bob Dole's erectile dysfunction, have its way with his impressionable psyche. As the week progresses, he explores the limits of the media universe -- watching all three network news shows simultaneously, diving into the bizarre waters of public access programming, and even conducting a playoff between the Disney Channel and the Playboy Channel. His observations are perceptive, surprising, and dead-on.

By week's end, Lechner emerges bloody but unbowed, thankful he survived. "I was like the proverbial guy who banged himself over the head repeatedly with a hammer because it felt so good when he stopped. Watching a week of television isn't a mental health regimen I'd recommend to everyone, but it worked for me." This book is his lab report -- hilarious and a little bit scary, a trenchant comment on our media-soaked society.

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Change the channel.......2003-10-31

This book is like being held hostage while someone else randomly changes channels. Lechner offers no insights to America's obssession with television. Instead, he merely recaps whatever show he happens to be watching. I would sooner flip through old issues of TV Guide than re-read this book.

Incisive without being condescending.......2001-03-27

Let's face it. Most books claiming to comment on the state of television and popular culture are elitist, supercilious diatribes against the medium, a la Newton Minnow. Not so this book, though the author is a self-described "cultural elitist." I did not have the advantage of having read the original 1967 book which inspired this "experiment", but no matter. The book stands up on its own merits.

As the author shows us, television and the world have indeed changed, in ways that are surprising. There's the usual expected condemnation of WWF Wrestling and Jerry Springer, but the most poignant statement the author makes about the changes of the last thirty-odd years is the death of Saturday morning, a smorgasbord of classic cartoons when the author (and this reviewer) were kids. Thanks in large part to overzealous parents' groups and "niche marketing", Saturday morning as late baby boomer/Gen X kids knew it is no more. Why have one day set aside for cartoons, after all, when one channel shows them 24 hours a day?

The very objective of this book, to see how television viewing has changed in our multichannel world, is ultimately what mars it, however. Because there is just so much to watch, it is impossible for the author to devote sufficient time to an analysis of any one program.(Particularly my favorite, Star Trek: Voyager, which he didn't see at all). What we get, therefore, is the literary equivalent of channel surfing. The humor of the book (and the byplay between the author, his wife, and friends) save it from superficiality.

I have the feeling he might have come out with this book a year or so too soon. What might he say about "Survivor" and "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Maybe we'll know in another thirty years.

An Amazing Commentary on Today's Society.......2001-03-19

I was glued to the book much more than I ever am to a television show. Mr. Lechner takes a potentially dull subject (endless hours of television) and takes the reader on a journey through modern society. His observations on what he sees during his "experiment" are not only entertaining and funny, but are quite poignant. Mr. Lechner leaves the reader with new feelings about America's favorite passive-pastime in his keen, humorous style which includes many personal insights. Highly recommended!

Wow! What a book..........2001-03-18

I can't believe another person thinks the same way about television as I do. I laughed myself silly reading this book, and I hope to read more of Mr. Lechner's work in the future.

And having a pug didn't hurt. ;)

Better than Television!.......2000-12-08

This book is a riot! Mr. Lechner gives the reader a humorous, insightful look at the true national pasttime. No couch potato when it comes to writing, he delivers real entertainment on every page. I wish he were writing the shows!

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