Unearthly Neighbors (Classics of Modern Science Fiction Series #8)
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- Synopsis
- UNEARTHLY NEIGHBORS (1960) was Chad Oliver's fourth novel and his fifth book of fiction (counting 1955's distinguished short story collection, Another Kind). With it he closed a decade of impressive growth as a writer, by carrying forward his favorite theme of contact between intelligent species to a level of complexity and drama rarely seen in works of science fiction. "Chad Oliver continues to put his anthropology degree to good use," wrote Frederik Pohl. "Other science fiction writers have invented more 'alien' aliens than these for us to make contact with. Few, though, have been as able as Oliver to convince us that this is the way first contact is going to be." As humankind reaches out across the light years to confront another humanity, we see how both forms of intelligence are compelled to face their own inner natures before they can even begin to understand each other. Being alien, in Oliver's sensitive analysis, is not just a matter of physiological differences, but also a dimension of culture and history overlaid on the biology.
- Copyright:
- 1984
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780517552940
- Publisher:
- Crown Publishers, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 11/01/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Chad Oliver, Crown Publishers Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Michael Sestak
- Proofread By:
- Bob Wiley
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.