I ABOUT THE AUTHOR William Warner Sleator III was born February 13, 1945, in Havre de Grace, Maryland, to William Warner Sleator, Jr., a university professor, and Esther Kaplan, a physician. He grew up in University City, Missouri, near St. As a child, Sleator was interested in music, studying the piano and cello for a number of years and writing musical compositions with macabre titles, such as 'Guillotines in Springtime' and 'The Haunted Easter Egg.' According to Sleator, he was surrounded by scientists as a youth and enjoyed reading science fiction. In 1967, Sleator received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and he spent the next year in England, where he studied musical composition and worked as a pianist at the Royal Ballet School.

He returned to the United States in 1968 and spent the next nine years as a rehearsal pianist for the Boston Ballet. Following that, Sleator took a job as an assistant to children's book illustrator Blair Lent and soon began writing for children and young adults. All Clad Slow Cooker Troubleshooting Hp more.

William Sleator was one of the very few 'YA' authors I loved when I was young. Sleator's novels (mostly sci-fi or surrealist high-concept) are slim enough to be devoured in an afternoon, although I customarily started reading them around midnight and stayed up until early morning to finish.

Sleator's first book, The Angry Moon, was illustrated by Lent and was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 1971. Sleator continued his collaboration with Lent and composed the score for Lent's animated film Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky. Many of Sleator's books aimed at young adults fall into the science fiction genre and have proven to be extremely popular. His books have won a number of awards, including American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults for House of Stairs, Interstellar Pig, Singularity, and The Boy Who Reversed Himself; School Library Association Best Books of the Year for The Green Futures of Tycho, Fingers, and Interstellar Pig; and the Children's Choice, International Reading Association, and Children's Book Council awards for Into the Dream. II OVERVIEW Sleator's science fiction novels are noted for their unusual plots, which usually involve conflicts between young adults. Singularity is a tale of sibling rivalry that explores the value of individuality, the fear of the future, and the nature of time. It is an adventure-accomplishment romance, in which the protagonist develops and overcomes his own fears and bitterness; a suspenseful science fiction novel; and a 'Robinsonade,' a survival tale in which a character learns to live in isolation, much like Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Despite its somewhat shallow characters, Singularity goes beyond mere formula and, as a result, makes interesting and satisfying reading. III SETTING Most of Singularity takes place in the rural town of Sushan, Illinois, in and around the former home of Ambrose Kittery, as well as in the 'playhouse' built in the meadow behind it. The main house is typically Gothic, jammed with antiques, old furniture, books, an old-fashioned and decaying bathroom and kitchen, and carefully mounted skeletons of some unusual creatures (like a 'cat' with six legs).

To Harry and Barry Kresner, twin brothers who watch the house after their parents inherit it, staying there is an adventure. The house is very remote and there is no one around to tell the boys what to do. Soon after their arrival, Harry and Barry find a meadow behind the house with a sundial and a playhouse, 'a nondescript rectangular building with a sloping roof, about twelve feet long by six feet wide.' The playhouse is actually in better condition than the real house.

It is freshly painted with a shiny roof, and has a metal door that requires two keys to open it. The interior is like a bomb shelter, filled with piles of books and U.S. Army Survival Biscuits. The twins soon discover that the playhouse was built to fence in a 'singularity,' a sort of black hole with one side on Earth and the other in another universe.

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The playhouse also has a faucet and sink which, when filled, allows Harry and Barry to see objects that are approaching Earth from another universe. During the course of the novel, the playhouse is used as a metaphor for the way in which Harry tries to lock up his problems and fears. Like 'The Approaching One,' the creature that must be freed from the playhouse to keep it from destroying everything, Harry must let out his own pent-up fears, confronting both Barry and the creature. Shortly after Harry breaks free from Barry's control by making himself a year older, the rock that the playhouse is built on breaks in two, destroying the singularity.

IV THEMES AND CHARACTERS Singularity focuses on the relationship of sixteen-year-old brothers, Harry and Barry Kresner, both of whom wish they were not twins. Harry, the novel's narrator, is better at math and science than his brother, but is also more nervous and cautious; he allows himself to be bullied by Barry.