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3.0 out of 5 stars
Old stuff with some qualities,
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This review is from: The Alien Earth (Paperback)
I was a little surprised when I noticed that there is no biographical information about Michael Elder, as well as plot summaries and reviews for his works: which is unusual even for rather obscure science fiction writers of the 1970s. However, he was the author of several books in the field - some of which also got translated in other languages - before, apparently, turning to other genres. The Alien Earth is possibly the best known among them, and tells the story of an alien spaceman stranded on Earth, who wakes up in different times, after long periods of suspended animation, to try to find help to repair his ship. He thus experiences some adventures, being mistook for a god, a Chinese spy, then a god again. The final is a bit unrealistic, but not entirely predictable, as well as the plot, which is however quite thin as a whole. The characters are better depicted and less stereotyped than in most stories of this kind, especially in the episode set in the 20th Century, and there is an evident attempt to introduce 'modern' themes, particularly sexuality. As a whole, the novel is more enjoyable than most works of its kind, even for readers used to contemporary, more sophisticated, space opera.
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