Stephen E. Bridge

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also detrimental to her family's health. The setting of 1950s Las Vegas' bomb testing is increasingly significant to the development of the story.

At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own fraternity to protect their outcast brothers, the campus nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.

カリフォルニアのトレーラー・キャンプに住むアレックス青年は、キャンプの雑用係として働いている。ガール・フレンドのマギーとのデートがキャンセルになった日、唯一の楽しみであるビデオゲーム「スター・ファイター」に挑戦し最高点をあげた夜、宇宙人のセントーリが現わる。セントーリは、ズアーという男が宇宙の権力を握ろうとしていることと、宇宙戦闘機隊に宇宙戦士として参加して欲しいとアレックスに伝える。