Being Alien
Rebecca Ore
I don't know if Ms. Ore is familiar with the late John W. Campbell's classic challenge to science fiction writers--'write me a creature that thinks as well as a human, but not like a human'--but she has pulled off that near-impossible trick many times here.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Year
- 1988
- ISBN-13
- 9780812547948
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- Alien contactIdentity and othernessInterspecies communication
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1990)
- Philip K. Dick AwardShortlisted(1990)
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