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this review : https://goodreads.com/review/show/63159873?book_show_action=true&page=1
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
this review : https://goodreads.com/review/show/63159873?book_show_action=true&page=1
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
this review : https://goodreads.com/review/show/63159873?book_show_action=true&page=1
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
I wouldn't give it two stars as this reviewer did but I pretty much agree.
The main thing I remember about this book is that Sawyer introduces truly alien aliens then as he usually does makes them pretty much human. Good concept: the aliens believe that because their god is Omniscient and omnipotent , anything they do must be OK because otherwise wouldn't god have stopped them? I like the reasoning but as a matter of practicality how can a society function like that? That reasoning should lead to atheism.
The other thing I remember is that one of the aliens cut off someone's legs (human) because they didn't understand human anatomy and meant it to only be incapacitating not lethal. That was a defense i guess.
A wildly uncomfortable story about a species that’s functionally asexual outside of breeding season being influenced by hollywood sexuality. It hit a little too close to home, I think, as an asexual reader, and really skeeved me out.
I guess this could be viewed as a scathing indictment of capitalism and colonialism and the dangers of mass media, and it does eventually get around to making that point in a kind of vague way. If you enjoy spy novels and espionage and smuggling, you might enjoy this book.
I guess this could be viewed as a scathing indictment of capitalism and colonialism and the dangers of mass media, and it does eventually get around to making that point in a kind of vague way. If you enjoy spy novels and espionage and smuggling, you might enjoy this book.
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