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June 15, 1999 New York City, New York Las Vegas, Nevada After leaping back into the present, but into the body of a very rich and powerful man, Same is in danger of losing himself forever, unless the Quantum leap team can get him back. Place The Leapee’s house. It’s not really clear exactly where that is, but appears to be somewhere not far from Carmel, California. Part of the leap is in Las Vegas. Name of Person Leaped Into Project Trivia Ziggy is having some trouble with the
Y2K virus. Tom Beckett and Donna become Observers
for a short time. Sam Trivia Al Trivia He is dealing with the funding for the
Project being in danger again. Ziggy is playing music that Al finds very annoying. Miscellaneous Trivia Writers Copyright Date Leap Date Regular Characters Guest Characters Guest character notes Characters who appeared in
QL TV episodes Personal Review Sam is portrayed as a selfish jerk that
only cared about his work and turned his back on everyone. Sam was
rather quirky, and his work was important to him. However,
he was a warm-hearted person who loved his family and cared about the
people around him, probably a little too much sometimes.
The novel seems to be focused on Sam dealing with guilt
feelings rather than what he is supposed to be doing on the Leap. Al is too crude and foul-mouthed. He was irritable sometimes, but he was a good
person underneath the gruff exterior. He
didn’t swear indiscriminately. Tom Beckett is a complete horse’s
behind here. The Beckett family wasn’t
perfect or anything, but they loved and supported each other. Tom was the one who encouraged Sam to leave
home and go to MIT and pursue his work in the first place, and then he
turns around and complains about it? That
sounds pretty inconsistent to me. I initially disliked Barbara Maxwell a
lot. I thought she was the one who was the
selfish jerk here. That was mitigated
somewhat by her coming around and doing right by her kid. I didn’t get Joe Powell; he had the
potential to be a great villain, but he was too hung up on his late
wife to be a good bad guy. Dove and Kevin were better; I could
relate to them, although why either of them would want to have anything
to do with Max was beyond me. I
guess love can make you blind. And then there is the infamous “Sam
never got home” complaint that most Leapers have; however, that was an
issue before this book was published. I’ll
say more about that later. Best Line Best Scene Worst Thing About the Novel Say What? Quotable Quotes Dove: Marie,
we get two hundred channels on the damn satellite.
Pick one of them. ISBN Number Author’s Notes Info about author |
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