Sadly, I did not like it. I blame it on George Clooney. He played the main character in the movie of the same name. I found the writing stilted and uninspiring. Could be a bad translation but just not for me. This classic SciFi story didn't interest me one bit. One reluctant Star.
Many sci-fi authors think that they write about aliens. The truth is, they really don't. Instead, they essentially write about humans. Most sci-fi aliens are little more than an allegory for humanity, a mirror through which we can see ourselves - maybe slightly different-looking, with more (or fewer...
An interesting exploration of what it really means to be labelled "alien", and how any attempt at understanding another being inevitably goes both ways... It's also a rather good love story ;)
Very, very interesting story. I didn't know what to think of this story at times, so I will describe, as well as I can, the different impressions I had at different times while reading. If this makes no sense, please accept my apologies. I'm gonna try to keep it clean, but be warned, there may be sp...
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