The Death And Life of Charlie St. Cloud (2004)
“Cloud TWENTY-THREE TESS WAS A NATURAL AT FLYING. ACTUALLY, “FLYING” wasn’t quite the word. It didn’t look anything like Superman with his arms outstretched and cape flapping. It was called spirit travel, Sam explained, and it was controlled by the mind. You only had to imagine the possibilities and you could run, swim, dive, or glide through any dimension. It was almost like using the Internet. A click here, a click there. You just had to think of a place and you were there.
For Tess, it felt l...ike the ultimate extreme sport, with no limits on how fast or far she could go. She had never believed in any of this supernatural stuff, but soon she was soaring over downtown, circling the gilded weather vane atop Abbot Hall, then shooting down to the harbor to check out the boats.
“Sure beats PlayStation 2, huh?” Sam said as they materialized near the top of the Marblehead light.
“Blows my mind,” she said, watching the powerful green beam slice right through her.
Next stop: the Sunday night submarine races on Devereux Beach, where SUVs and trucks with steamy windows were jammed into the parking lot.MoreLess
For Tess, it felt l...ike the ultimate extreme sport, with no limits on how fast or far she could go. She had never believed in any of this supernatural stuff, but soon she was soaring over downtown, circling the gilded weather vane atop Abbot Hall, then shooting down to the harbor to check out the boats.
“Sure beats PlayStation 2, huh?” Sam said as they materialized near the top of the Marblehead light.
“Blows my mind,” she said, watching the powerful green beam slice right through her.
Next stop: the Sunday night submarine races on Devereux Beach, where SUVs and trucks with steamy windows were jammed into the parking lot.MoreLess
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