The Thing Itself
by:
Adam Roberts (author)
Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenters' The Thing. Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is...
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Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenters' The Thing. Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one boo
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780575127722 (0575127724)
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
“That was the last time I saw that aircraft.” ‘Sophie’s World’ plus monsters. Kantian philosophy is the MacGuffin but wait, come back, it’s also got a John Carpenter ‘The Thing’ inflected opening. So say all the reviews but…it’s a very tenuous connection to ‘The Thing’ (they’re in Antarctica and the...
The three star rating is a temporary rating because this book will definitely need some pondering and possibly a reread or two.I have to admit to getting lost in the philosophical discussions and the several threads didn't help the flow of the novel for me personally. Everything tied up neatly at th...
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