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Alien Affairs
Even later presidents were denied the truth about the Roswell incident, but under the directorship of Allen Dulles, the CIA determined the terrible purpose of the aliens' invasion by deciphering a reading device recovered from the crash site. Seventy years later they are coming back to finish the job and one woman is forced into the role of humanity's spokesperson because her uncle, who cracked the alien language, taught it to her as a child and now she is thrust into Alien Affairs.
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April 19, 2017
Alien Affairs was everything I wanted and more in a science fiction book. It had aliens, first contact and funny parts to keep it light.
Who never heard of Roswell? Mr. Scott Skipper weaved his story around it and made it so plausible; one might wonder if he actually had insight about the secrecy.
My favorite parts were the verbal exchanges between Carrie and Deshler. Some of these made me laugh out loud. Yet the one that bested them all is a reaction from one of Carrie's coworker who offered to go in the alien ship to be one of the humans tested for something. (I can't really say, it might be a spoiler.)
This is what he said when he came back to Earth: “You didn’t tell me I was going to get an alien hand job.”
This is an image I don't think I will ever be able to get out of my head. But it will always leave me with a smile.
Who never heard of Roswell? Mr. Scott Skipper weaved his story around it and made it so plausible; one might wonder if he actually had insight about the secrecy.
My favorite parts were the verbal exchanges between Carrie and Deshler. Some of these made me laugh out loud. Yet the one that bested them all is a reaction from one of Carrie's coworker who offered to go in the alien ship to be one of the humans tested for something. (I can't really say, it might be a spoiler.)
This is what he said when he came back to Earth: “You didn’t tell me I was going to get an alien hand job.”
This is an image I don't think I will ever be able to get out of my head. But it will always leave me with a smile.
April 28, 2019
Alien Affairs by Scott Skipper is a very well-executed first contact science fiction novel. The book gives the author's take on how the alleged UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 might have transpired. As the story progresses, it covers the subsequent ramifications decades in the future.
I was pleasantly surprised at how many of the events and character actions seemed plausible. Even though the tone of the drama is light-hearted, the author still took the time to think through the logistics of how first contact with a more advanced species might truly unfold. In fiction, the underdog triumphs over a superior force all the time because it's satisfying. Such a feel-good result emboldens us to believe that we can each transcend whatever stands in our way. But in real life, Goliath slays David the vast majority of the time. With that in mind, the struggles and failures of humankind's efforts against the aliens in the story rang true, and the bittersweet ending concluded the tale appropriately.
The characters, while seemingly dry at first, eventually show a great deal of personality through their dialogue and actions. This, as opposed to descriptions given in prose, is a sign of effective writing. Along those lines, the story unfolds very fluidly. It was an easy read. I tore through the novel in a pair of four-hour flights. However, in the last quarter of the novel, the author increased the level of detail and made his prose a bit meatier. This is in contrast to the first three-quarters of the story where the exposition was more bare-bones.
In regard to the light-hearted tone, the author took a while to establish it. At first, the novel struck me as a serious drama. But after few chapters of more casual dialogue and humor placed in serious situations, I began to realize that the story isn't meant to be taken too seriously. My figurative jury is still out on whether the easygoing tone improves or lessens the experience, but it does establish one thing for certain. The author is in no way trying to convince us that this was what really happened.
On the negative side of tone, the humor was occasionally a bit low-brow and distracting. The author makes much too big of a deal about how badly the aliens smell to humans and vice versa. It makes sense that beings from different environments with different biochemistry might reek to one another. However, there are multiple ways to resolve this issue that aren't addressed. And thinking about smell and contamination while keeping clean rooms, the CDC, and War of the Worlds in mind, one might think that both sides would want to do everything possible to minimize physical contact between species.
All in all, after much deliberation between four or five stars, I decided to give the book the full treatment with five. While by no means perfect (what work of fiction is?), Alien Affairs held my attention and impressed me in ways that no other novel has done in some time. It also helps that this novel falls within my primary genre of interest. Seeing an author breathe fresh life into one of the most overdone incidents in science fiction is, well, a breath of fresh air. I will definitely be checking out the subsequent books in the series.
As a side note, I recommend upgrading the cover of book one. The exterior is not representative of the high quality of the content. A quick glance at Amazon reveals that the covers for subsequent books in the series become progressively more eye-catching. I would revisit book one's cover since it's the first cover that potential readers see. If the initial cover doesn't sell them, they may never see the rest. Of course, we all know that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. But let's face it. Everyone does.
I was pleasantly surprised at how many of the events and character actions seemed plausible. Even though the tone of the drama is light-hearted, the author still took the time to think through the logistics of how first contact with a more advanced species might truly unfold. In fiction, the underdog triumphs over a superior force all the time because it's satisfying. Such a feel-good result emboldens us to believe that we can each transcend whatever stands in our way. But in real life, Goliath slays David the vast majority of the time. With that in mind, the struggles and failures of humankind's efforts against the aliens in the story rang true, and the bittersweet ending concluded the tale appropriately.
The characters, while seemingly dry at first, eventually show a great deal of personality through their dialogue and actions. This, as opposed to descriptions given in prose, is a sign of effective writing. Along those lines, the story unfolds very fluidly. It was an easy read. I tore through the novel in a pair of four-hour flights. However, in the last quarter of the novel, the author increased the level of detail and made his prose a bit meatier. This is in contrast to the first three-quarters of the story where the exposition was more bare-bones.
In regard to the light-hearted tone, the author took a while to establish it. At first, the novel struck me as a serious drama. But after few chapters of more casual dialogue and humor placed in serious situations, I began to realize that the story isn't meant to be taken too seriously. My figurative jury is still out on whether the easygoing tone improves or lessens the experience, but it does establish one thing for certain. The author is in no way trying to convince us that this was what really happened.
On the negative side of tone, the humor was occasionally a bit low-brow and distracting. The author makes much too big of a deal about how badly the aliens smell to humans and vice versa. It makes sense that beings from different environments with different biochemistry might reek to one another. However, there are multiple ways to resolve this issue that aren't addressed. And thinking about smell and contamination while keeping clean rooms, the CDC, and War of the Worlds in mind, one might think that both sides would want to do everything possible to minimize physical contact between species.
All in all, after much deliberation between four or five stars, I decided to give the book the full treatment with five. While by no means perfect (what work of fiction is?), Alien Affairs held my attention and impressed me in ways that no other novel has done in some time. It also helps that this novel falls within my primary genre of interest. Seeing an author breathe fresh life into one of the most overdone incidents in science fiction is, well, a breath of fresh air. I will definitely be checking out the subsequent books in the series.
As a side note, I recommend upgrading the cover of book one. The exterior is not representative of the high quality of the content. A quick glance at Amazon reveals that the covers for subsequent books in the series become progressively more eye-catching. I would revisit book one's cover since it's the first cover that potential readers see. If the initial cover doesn't sell them, they may never see the rest. Of course, we all know that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. But let's face it. Everyone does.
December 8, 2018
This is a cute fun read with a surprising twist which was very enjoyable. Some facts are true with the author throwing a twist in to make it interesting. There are always lots of question about aliens but never any answers, the author gives you answers which are fun and entertaining. I got many laughs and smiles, it is an audio that I would listen too again.
The narrator does a wonderful job at narration. Really the only issue I have is with the welcoming word come, to me the way it was said just didn’t work. Her character voices were great, the emotions she puts into it makes you feel what the characters are going through. There are no repeating of words, no volume changes and if any breaks were taken I could not tell. The narrator gives many hours of entertainment and joy. She made this a fun listen that I truly enjoyed.
I thought the author did a great job of pulling the reader, I really didn’t want to put it down. I do have a major issue with the welcoming word but beside that I thought it was a thrilling fun read. He made the story believable with likable characters and a plot that could very well be true. The plot is based on what one has made and will take it back. They made humans now they want to end the line. This could be the end of earth it is left up to one person to do some fast talking to find out what these aliens want and how to stop them from achieving their goal.
The narrator does a wonderful job at narration. Really the only issue I have is with the welcoming word come, to me the way it was said just didn’t work. Her character voices were great, the emotions she puts into it makes you feel what the characters are going through. There are no repeating of words, no volume changes and if any breaks were taken I could not tell. The narrator gives many hours of entertainment and joy. She made this a fun listen that I truly enjoyed.
I thought the author did a great job of pulling the reader, I really didn’t want to put it down. I do have a major issue with the welcoming word but beside that I thought it was a thrilling fun read. He made the story believable with likable characters and a plot that could very well be true. The plot is based on what one has made and will take it back. They made humans now they want to end the line. This could be the end of earth it is left up to one person to do some fast talking to find out what these aliens want and how to stop them from achieving their goal.
May 5, 2016
This fast-moving tale was one of the most entertaining stories I've read in a long time. Not only did I find numerous scenes laugh-out-loud hilarious, but it had enough suspense for me to stay up into the wee hours of the night to see how it ended.
Ironically, one of the reasons I bought this book was because one of its reviewers gave it a poor rating simply because it was politically incorrect. And they were right, it certainly is. And therein was where I found most of the humor. The snarky, cynical comments were such an accurate reflection of the state of the world today that you either laugh or cry. I, for one, prefer to laugh.
The story begins with the Roswell incident back in 1947, with which any UFO nut like myself is duly familiar. The author did an excellent job of recounting the incident and blending those individuals mentioned in the historical record with fictitious characters. In fact, it's difficult to tell where the truth (which is undoubtedly out there) ends and speculation begins, placing this story within that popular sci-fi subgenre where fact mingles comfortably with supposition.
This version of the incident begins when a counter-intelligence officer recovers an ereader the surviving alien was trying to destroy. They discover that it activates when picked up and displays alien writing on its screen, but shuts down a few moments later, leaving the person slightly light-headed. The device eventually winds up in the hands of the CIA where Miles Ashly, a linguist, and Lambert Gray, a cryptographer, are tasked with the translation and soon discover that as they begin to recognize certain words that the device "speaks" the word telepathically, providing the pronunciation, then eventually starts teaching Ashly the language. When they uncover the aliens' "Mission Plan" they are horrified to discover that their intent was to exterminate the human race. Once the failure is apparent to those back on Tau Ceti, a new attempt will be made which they expect will occur around 2016.
The author marches through time, taking us to the present while tying in various historical events, such as the race to the Moon as well as other presidential administrations. Eventually Ashly retires and decides to teach the alien language to his grand-niece, Carrie Player, telling her it's the language of the Dogon people. Years later, when he's on his death bed and Carrie is an adult, he tells her the truth and advises her to write the CIA a letter about her special skills when she graduates from college. She does and, as expected, they hire her. It takes a couple decades but eventually the dreaded day arrives when three UFOs are discovered on a course toward Earth. Their plan is not to kill everyone overtly, but rather render everyone sterile, so they would die off over time. The reason for this action is because Earthlings are a potentially harmful, belligerant race that poses a potential danger to other civilizations in interstellar space.
Eventually contact is made with the incoming craft and Carrie converses on her cell phone with their leader, a grey, almond-eyed alien named Deshler, and the real fun begins, starting with her assigning the theme from The Twilight Zone as his ring tone. Her goal, as expected, is to talk him and his crew out of completing their mission to exterminate the human race. Various remarks about how our government operates as well as conducts international relations definitely were politically incorrect. For example, Carrie's question during one conversation where she asked, "We have many parasites who live off the work of others. Could you use your sterilization stuff selectively? There are plenty of people I would like to stop from reproducing."
The POTUS is not shown in a positive light, either, which would undoubtedly be offensive to some if you projected his identity to an actual person. Frankly, depending on your political persuasion, he could be from either major party, both of which are laughable these days, if you maintain your objectivity and sense of humor. Thus, those of you who can see our current state of affairs for the FUBAR it is will appreciate the satire and what is a rather convincing tale with enough credibility to make you wonder, as good fiction should.
The dialog is convincing but includes quite a few f-bombs, so those who prefer less graphic language may want to look elsewhere. If you're a UFO fan you'll recognize numerous familiar stories and names which provide authenticity and credibility as they interact with Skipper's characters. Depictions of how the various government agencies would react to the situation's developments are believable, the characters diverse and engaging, the technology described sufficient to satisfy hard sci-fi fans. The story would make an excellent mini-series with its outstanding balance of humor, suspense, and UFO lore, somewhat like a cross between The X-Files and Men in Black. I found it sci-fi at its best with any political incorrectness contributing to its authenticity. I'm actually glad that it's the first book in a series and look forward to reading the sequels.
Ironically, one of the reasons I bought this book was because one of its reviewers gave it a poor rating simply because it was politically incorrect. And they were right, it certainly is. And therein was where I found most of the humor. The snarky, cynical comments were such an accurate reflection of the state of the world today that you either laugh or cry. I, for one, prefer to laugh.
The story begins with the Roswell incident back in 1947, with which any UFO nut like myself is duly familiar. The author did an excellent job of recounting the incident and blending those individuals mentioned in the historical record with fictitious characters. In fact, it's difficult to tell where the truth (which is undoubtedly out there) ends and speculation begins, placing this story within that popular sci-fi subgenre where fact mingles comfortably with supposition.
This version of the incident begins when a counter-intelligence officer recovers an ereader the surviving alien was trying to destroy. They discover that it activates when picked up and displays alien writing on its screen, but shuts down a few moments later, leaving the person slightly light-headed. The device eventually winds up in the hands of the CIA where Miles Ashly, a linguist, and Lambert Gray, a cryptographer, are tasked with the translation and soon discover that as they begin to recognize certain words that the device "speaks" the word telepathically, providing the pronunciation, then eventually starts teaching Ashly the language. When they uncover the aliens' "Mission Plan" they are horrified to discover that their intent was to exterminate the human race. Once the failure is apparent to those back on Tau Ceti, a new attempt will be made which they expect will occur around 2016.
The author marches through time, taking us to the present while tying in various historical events, such as the race to the Moon as well as other presidential administrations. Eventually Ashly retires and decides to teach the alien language to his grand-niece, Carrie Player, telling her it's the language of the Dogon people. Years later, when he's on his death bed and Carrie is an adult, he tells her the truth and advises her to write the CIA a letter about her special skills when she graduates from college. She does and, as expected, they hire her. It takes a couple decades but eventually the dreaded day arrives when three UFOs are discovered on a course toward Earth. Their plan is not to kill everyone overtly, but rather render everyone sterile, so they would die off over time. The reason for this action is because Earthlings are a potentially harmful, belligerant race that poses a potential danger to other civilizations in interstellar space.
Eventually contact is made with the incoming craft and Carrie converses on her cell phone with their leader, a grey, almond-eyed alien named Deshler, and the real fun begins, starting with her assigning the theme from The Twilight Zone as his ring tone. Her goal, as expected, is to talk him and his crew out of completing their mission to exterminate the human race. Various remarks about how our government operates as well as conducts international relations definitely were politically incorrect. For example, Carrie's question during one conversation where she asked, "We have many parasites who live off the work of others. Could you use your sterilization stuff selectively? There are plenty of people I would like to stop from reproducing."
The POTUS is not shown in a positive light, either, which would undoubtedly be offensive to some if you projected his identity to an actual person. Frankly, depending on your political persuasion, he could be from either major party, both of which are laughable these days, if you maintain your objectivity and sense of humor. Thus, those of you who can see our current state of affairs for the FUBAR it is will appreciate the satire and what is a rather convincing tale with enough credibility to make you wonder, as good fiction should.
The dialog is convincing but includes quite a few f-bombs, so those who prefer less graphic language may want to look elsewhere. If you're a UFO fan you'll recognize numerous familiar stories and names which provide authenticity and credibility as they interact with Skipper's characters. Depictions of how the various government agencies would react to the situation's developments are believable, the characters diverse and engaging, the technology described sufficient to satisfy hard sci-fi fans. The story would make an excellent mini-series with its outstanding balance of humor, suspense, and UFO lore, somewhat like a cross between The X-Files and Men in Black. I found it sci-fi at its best with any political incorrectness contributing to its authenticity. I'm actually glad that it's the first book in a series and look forward to reading the sequels.
October 1, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS. MUST READ! April 27, 2015
By Burt Boyar
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This wonderful book begins with an alien air craft, a flying saucer, crashing somewhere on an American ranch land.. Three of the crew were dead, one survived and was found holding an unknown device that today would resemble a Kindle. The language on it was totally unknown. The government called in a linguist who spoke eight languages. He was able to decipher the words and their meaning because the device taught the holder how to understand it by showing pictures along with their meaning verbally. Only this one man could understand the alien text and he passed on his knowledge to his niece before dying, leaving her as the only person on earth to be able to understand their misión and to speak with them. The aliens claimed to have created mankind millions of years ago and now found it useless and planned to end our existence by attrition, spreading a gas that would eliminate all human’s ability to procreate, therefore removing us without killing anyone, just letting us die off. The author fascinates in telling with details such as the Space Station with our and Russia's astronauts has 5 or 6 hookers aboard for obvious reasons, surely $5000 a night caliber. He writes with such attention to military detail and with frequent sly humor that it is a book one literally cannot put down. And I didn't. Nor will you. I am very good at spending other people's money so I urge you to BUY THIS BOOK. I did and I congratulate myself on my good judgment.
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! Highly recommended!! 27 April 2015
By theresa dawn sinclair
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Alien Affairs is not the first Scott Skipper book I have read but it is definitely my favourite. From the beginning, I was intrigued as to the direction in which Scott would take the Roswell story, having read other stories that mentioned the place and having watched the entire series of Roswell on TV. Let me make it quite clear, THIS one is different. ALIEN AFFAIRS is sci-fi at its best. There is enough techno info to make it believable and plenty of down-home incredulity from the characters to make it credible.
Without wishing to spoil anything, the developing relationship between our heroine Carrie and a character called Deshler is as romantic as it is unusual. They have a magical spark missing in so many in-your-face romances despite the fact that from beginning to end she calls him names like "deceptive bastard". The rest of the characters provide much amusement, especially the never seen, never named president of the USA.
It is rare for me to say "I couldn't put this down" because, for one thing, in general I read books in less time than it takes most people to read a comic. However, this time, I have to say, I genuinely did not want to stop page turning and just knew the end would be brilliant. It is. Stick with it however long it takes you....the ending is a cracker.
Couldn't recommend this higher. It's different, it's wonderful!
By Burt Boyar
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This wonderful book begins with an alien air craft, a flying saucer, crashing somewhere on an American ranch land.. Three of the crew were dead, one survived and was found holding an unknown device that today would resemble a Kindle. The language on it was totally unknown. The government called in a linguist who spoke eight languages. He was able to decipher the words and their meaning because the device taught the holder how to understand it by showing pictures along with their meaning verbally. Only this one man could understand the alien text and he passed on his knowledge to his niece before dying, leaving her as the only person on earth to be able to understand their misión and to speak with them. The aliens claimed to have created mankind millions of years ago and now found it useless and planned to end our existence by attrition, spreading a gas that would eliminate all human’s ability to procreate, therefore removing us without killing anyone, just letting us die off. The author fascinates in telling with details such as the Space Station with our and Russia's astronauts has 5 or 6 hookers aboard for obvious reasons, surely $5000 a night caliber. He writes with such attention to military detail and with frequent sly humor that it is a book one literally cannot put down. And I didn't. Nor will you. I am very good at spending other people's money so I urge you to BUY THIS BOOK. I did and I congratulate myself on my good judgment.
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! Highly recommended!! 27 April 2015
By theresa dawn sinclair
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Alien Affairs is not the first Scott Skipper book I have read but it is definitely my favourite. From the beginning, I was intrigued as to the direction in which Scott would take the Roswell story, having read other stories that mentioned the place and having watched the entire series of Roswell on TV. Let me make it quite clear, THIS one is different. ALIEN AFFAIRS is sci-fi at its best. There is enough techno info to make it believable and plenty of down-home incredulity from the characters to make it credible.
Without wishing to spoil anything, the developing relationship between our heroine Carrie and a character called Deshler is as romantic as it is unusual. They have a magical spark missing in so many in-your-face romances despite the fact that from beginning to end she calls him names like "deceptive bastard". The rest of the characters provide much amusement, especially the never seen, never named president of the USA.
It is rare for me to say "I couldn't put this down" because, for one thing, in general I read books in less time than it takes most people to read a comic. However, this time, I have to say, I genuinely did not want to stop page turning and just knew the end would be brilliant. It is. Stick with it however long it takes you....the ending is a cracker.
Couldn't recommend this higher. It's different, it's wonderful!
May 2, 2015
Not quite an affair to remember
Alien Affairs starts out with the famous Roswell crash of the flying saucer. In a clever twist, an e-reader is discovered on the scene. Shades of Kindle but with a much much better battery. People from the CIA learn to read the alien language on the e-reader and discover that the aliens are planning to sterilize the entire population of the earth.
When the CIA figures out that it will take until 2016 for the aliens to return to the earth, the agent teaches the language to his granddaughter. In the interim the CIA forgets about the whole thing, but when the alien ships are sighted on a course to earth, the granddaughter steps up to be a translator and try to talk the aliens out of their planned sterilization.
The first part of this book, which recounts the events at Roswell, is poorly done and I almost gave up reading it. However, once you're past the first few chapters and the granddaughter arrives on the scene things began to get interesting. Carrie does establish contact with one of the aliens on the way to earth and their conversations are the highlight of this book. She is trying to outwit him, and he has a few tricks up his alien sleeve. As the verbal sparring continues, a strange friendship develops.
Unfortunately the story once again goes downhill towards the end. In particular, there is an unexpected twist which defies logic and which I found unsatisfying.
This is a light, fast read, and if you are a big fan of Roswell, you may enjoy it.
Alien Affairs starts out with the famous Roswell crash of the flying saucer. In a clever twist, an e-reader is discovered on the scene. Shades of Kindle but with a much much better battery. People from the CIA learn to read the alien language on the e-reader and discover that the aliens are planning to sterilize the entire population of the earth.
When the CIA figures out that it will take until 2016 for the aliens to return to the earth, the agent teaches the language to his granddaughter. In the interim the CIA forgets about the whole thing, but when the alien ships are sighted on a course to earth, the granddaughter steps up to be a translator and try to talk the aliens out of their planned sterilization.
The first part of this book, which recounts the events at Roswell, is poorly done and I almost gave up reading it. However, once you're past the first few chapters and the granddaughter arrives on the scene things began to get interesting. Carrie does establish contact with one of the aliens on the way to earth and their conversations are the highlight of this book. She is trying to outwit him, and he has a few tricks up his alien sleeve. As the verbal sparring continues, a strange friendship develops.
Unfortunately the story once again goes downhill towards the end. In particular, there is an unexpected twist which defies logic and which I found unsatisfying.
This is a light, fast read, and if you are a big fan of Roswell, you may enjoy it.
June 20, 2016
5.0 out of 5 starsGenuine Surprise. Loved it.
ByNeilson June 20, 2016
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After the first chapter I nearly put this book down. I thought it was another Roswell, N.M. story, a story that has been done time ad nauseum. I'm glad I didn't. Yes, it starts out that way, but Mr. Skipper has untwisted and re-spun it to a point I could actually believe it was possible. The characters are great, the plot straight forward and very nicely twisted at the end.
In fact, just as I thought the story was about to end, it took in a whole new life. Humanity, it turns out, has a future, even after all its failures.
This book is filled with humor, suspense and sufficient techno-babble (based,I might add on reality) to satisfy purists in Sci/Fi. Some characters are irreverent SOB's, others are feckless, and some are . . . shall we say, bureaucrats--you know the type.
There are some typo's and repeated words which a good proofreader/editor should catch. Another round of editing would really sharpen an already great story. I'm not that much of a purist to let it distract me from the story or lessen the rating I gave it.
Highly recommended.
ByNeilson June 20, 2016
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After the first chapter I nearly put this book down. I thought it was another Roswell, N.M. story, a story that has been done time ad nauseum. I'm glad I didn't. Yes, it starts out that way, but Mr. Skipper has untwisted and re-spun it to a point I could actually believe it was possible. The characters are great, the plot straight forward and very nicely twisted at the end.
In fact, just as I thought the story was about to end, it took in a whole new life. Humanity, it turns out, has a future, even after all its failures.
This book is filled with humor, suspense and sufficient techno-babble (based,I might add on reality) to satisfy purists in Sci/Fi. Some characters are irreverent SOB's, others are feckless, and some are . . . shall we say, bureaucrats--you know the type.
There are some typo's and repeated words which a good proofreader/editor should catch. Another round of editing would really sharpen an already great story. I'm not that much of a purist to let it distract me from the story or lessen the rating I gave it.
Highly recommended.
December 8, 2016
I enjoyed the book, I listened to it on audio books. The beginning of the book with the Roswell discover, and the Southern speak in the performance was cringe worthy. Once the narrator switched back to standard English I found the book enjoyable. I liked the tie in with our bumbling president who didn't want to offend or attack (Obama ). The friendship between Carrie and the Alien, and the strong female CIA director. The sly humor and political jokes are awesome.
September 30, 2016
I found this book badly written, as though it was written by a child. I listened to the audiobook and found it to be poorly performed, the alien portrayal was in my opinion cringeworthy. I cant recommend to anyone to read this book.
December 21, 2018
Interesting but unsatisfying
Enjoyable read but plot is overshadowed by repeated gratuitous sex. If you’re looking for new twists or insights in cyborg vs. humans this book is not it.
Enjoyable read but plot is overshadowed by repeated gratuitous sex. If you’re looking for new twists or insights in cyborg vs. humans this book is not it.
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