Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies

Bogus to Bublly is pretty-making!

This was an awsome book! I enjoyed reading it and it has a lot of fun info from Uglies!

6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

I liked it

This book was pretty helpful for understanding the world of Uglies better. I learned a lot, and really enjoyed Bogus to Bubbly. Good job, Scott!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A Must-Have!

I can't wait to get my hands on this one! Scott Westerfeld is an amazing writer, and I totally recommend all of his titles! I have no idea how I'm gonna wait for October!

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Sometimes, when a book series gets really popular, writers will try to cash in by writing unauthorized guides to the story or books about the "science" behind popular fantasy titles. Then, rarely, you get a book like Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies (2008) that was actually written by the ultimate insider: Scott Westerfeld.

Uglies is a series of books (one trilogy and a companion book) about a world in the future where in order to prevent war and strife everyone gets plastic surgery to be beautiful and live long. Everyone else, by contrast, is ugly. That is the super, super short explanation of the series which is more complex. I don't recommending reading this guide before the series because it contains spoilers and, truth be told, unless you know you like the books this guide will not be that interesting.

Westerfeld explains a lot of things in this book. He discusses where the idea for the story came from, as well as how he thought of skintennas and the Rusties. Parts of the book also explain technology, history, and culture surrounding the worlds created in the Uglies series.

What I liked about the book was that it mentioned a lot about the writing process. While Westerfeld himself notes that it's hard to trace the origin of ideas, this book does try. It's interesting to read how a dentist visit inspired several aspects of the book while, thankfully, we are not the entire inspiration behind the Rusties. Explanations of names and slanguage were also very informative and interesting.

I was less enthralled by the technology information. It was fun to hear about the science of beauty, but the information about magnetic levitation, hoverboards and inventions got a bit, well, technical. Although I fully admit that could be me since Uglies is one of the few straight sci-fi series I read (I usually go in for fantasy which, having dragons and what not, is guaranteed to be less technical). There is also a bit of repetition with the books revealing much of what Westerfeld puts together in Bogus to Bubbly but that is probably inevitable with an insider's guide like this.

Aside from content, I liked the book's organization. It's written like a real guide with cross-referencing between sections and an index. The book also includes illustrations and maps which helped a lot to visualize the city as it was meant to be seen.

While the entire book might not be read-worthy for every fan, it's very likely at least one nagging question about the series will be answered in this book. Mine, for instance, being whether belly sensors were indeed belly button rings or not. Readers will also leave the guide with a new insight into how the writing process might work. On top of that, Bogus to Bubbly also includes a preview of Westerfeld's new series Leviathan.

My only serious regret is that the Awesome Librarian Clique only warranted passing mention (though since they didn't factor in the books at all, perhaps that is to be expected).

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Not so hot

Perhaps I read this out of order... I read all four of the books from the series, and THEN bought Bogus to Bubbly. It may be fun for a pre-teen to have when going through the series, but after you've read the series, it doesn't add much. There were a few cool things about the writer's though process, notes on the cover pictures, etc. Would have liked more along those lines, less about how to hoverboard.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

bogus to bubbly

new look at uglies. shows you all the gadgets and stories behind the characters and covers. like it.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Great way to end the series!

I think that by making a guide, that is deffinitely a great way to end the series. This book shows you secrets from Tally's city to Japan in Aya's city. It has all the secrets of science and beauty and magnetism. It has all the cliques and a little surprise. (The first draft of Extras. INCLUDING HIRO NOT AYA!!) Read this book it you want more from Uglies and if you have ALOT of questions! They all get answered right in this 213 page Uglies guide.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

WOW

I can't wait to get this book, Bogis to Bubbly. It's is a guide to the uglies world with drawings of the gadets and charaters! And all the information that you need. This is a book that i think everyone that is a fan to the uglies series should have!

1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Zane or David?

Sorry about my typo below. I keep thinking of Peeta in the Hunger Games.
(I am on team Zane.)

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Interesting

This was interesting to read. It was nice to dive deeper into the world of pretties, uglies, and extras. What I found most interesting was the science behind being "pretty". You should definately check this out if you loved the Uglies series!

Amazing

This book helps you to answer your questions about the Uglies book. Scott is an awesome writer. I hope people get to read his amazing Uglies series

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Awesome Information on Uglies Series

Everyone whoever read a good book always wannts more like it and this series was so great anyone who read it would be constantly trying to find a book half as good as the series. But Scott Westerfeld had to make it even more impossible to find a book even an eighth as good when adding Bugus to Bubbly to end the most fantastic series. This book was full of all the right information, just great.

Answered All Of The Questions That I Wanted Answered And More. Wouldn't Have Wanted To Buy It However. This Is A Good Book To Check Out From A Library.

Bogus to Bubbly by Scott Westerfeld, was the complete guide to the world that Tally and Aya live in. I recommend that you read the series, then this. This will answer all of the questions that you have about the gadgets, surgery, and the whole world itself. This is a good book, but you absolutely have to read the entire Uglies series first.

Recomended

This book explains, reveals and answers many questions that any reader might have on the Uglies Trilogy. I highly recomend it to any reader of the Uglies Trilogy.

wwoonndddeerrfulll

i loved all the books, and this just really brought the series home for me. it was a nice rap up that really introduced you to the nitty grity details about tallys world

perfect description

this book made the uglies series come together. very interesting to read.

Total Explanation

I first read the preveiw of the book on my nook. I was utterly dissappointed when I realized I wouldn't be able to finish my "Guide to My Series 9 Hoverboard" until I bought the book... so I did! Yup, it's tatally worth it (If you're totally intrigued) Once finished learning how to work a hoverboard I took a history class on ourselves, (the Rusties) and learned of our "big crash". I have to say, if it weren't for this book the Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras would have been wasted on me. I DEFINITEELY reccomend this!!!!

We best watch ourselves

In this guide by Scott Westerfeld, it explains how the Uglies world came to be and it made sense because if you think about it, it is where we are headed right now. But putting the depressing end of the world aside this small guide taught us a lot about the world in 300 years. It gave a short summary of what happened in the novels to refresh our memories along with some interesting facts that were not in the novels. It came with some extra stuff like Extras but from Hiro's point of view and how a hoverboard works and how some of their inventions are beginning to come to life in our actual time. It is a great read for the day when you want to snuggle up, having read the series before of course, and learn some interesting new things. The way he wrote was very witty and made engeneering and science sound exciting.

To find you're not ugly or pretty, you're just as special as any extra and you just go from bogus to bubbly.

In this readers guide to the bestseller series, UGLIES, you can see the inside story of everything from the crash of the rusties to the mechanics of the ever envied hover board. Scott Westerfeld informs us of all the little details we coulodn't read between the lines in the series and keeps you just as enticed from cover to cover in this guide as he does in his ever adored Uglies series.

Thia is a great book!

This book was amazing, it is full of things anyone who has read the Uglies books might want to know. I enjoyed every chapter, and am very glad I got it.