![]() ![]() ![]() Humour is really difficult to pull off (Adams was a master) and Alanson frankly isn't all that funny - obvious gags about Facebook and Cat videos don't really cut it. Suddenly we're in Douglas Adams territory - being invited to laugh at ourselves as a species. However, the abrupt shift in tone halfway through the book (the character 'Skippy' is introduced) is jarring. There's very little hard sci-fi here - by limiting us to our Sergeant's perspective we're never allowed/invited to grasp any of the mind-blowing changes that alien contact might have initiated, and I was left dissapointed by the limiting of perspective. Indeed, the book contains all the gung-ho Americana you want, if that's your thing (it's not my thing). The book is written from the perspective of a Sergeant in the US Army. What disappointed you about Columbus Day? Heinlein or Adams? Maybe pick one and run with it ![]()
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