Interesting, humorous, quick read for boys especially (character wants to see "naked" ladies). Not Paulsen's norm, but could stimulate discussion about the power grid, etc.
I read the Time Hackers by Gary Paulson. It all started as Dorso Clayman discovers a medical cadaver in his school locker ("It was an old cadaver. Runny").discovery of a "hologram projector chip" has led to "time projection": anyone with a laptop could now "pull images from the past and project them anywhere." Yet this technology is supposedly governed by the "paradox of time"; individuals can view the past but cannot physically be transported back in time so as to be able to alter history.
I liked that it is a mystery. and no one knows who the time hackers are. But what I would change is dorso's name because it is a weird name and it's hard to pronounce. What I also liked about it was that Gary Paulson had a way of connecting to the reader through Dorso and Frank. He also had a way of keeping me addicted to the book. Not everything is perfect and this book had its flaws.
Paulsen could have used more imagery because I found myself having to imagine what the scenery looked like a lot. Overall, The Time Hackers was a very engaging book!
I recommend this book to people that like mystery books.
In the future, we can observe past happenings with our computers. You can visit them, but you can watch a hologram of what has happened. Of course, there are restrictions to what you can watch, kind of like how movies and TV are rated today. But someone has figured out how to bring the events to life. It is no longer a hologram, this someone is playing practical jokes on Dorso and his friend Frank.
As the pranks begin to escalate, Dorso and Frank have to figure out who is doing it, why, and how to stop it before someone gets seriously hurt or their timeline is changed.