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2.0 out of 5 stars Great characters no surprises, July 7, 1999

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Shane Tiernan (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond the Veil of Stars (Hardcover)

Good writing and characterization but not much on plot and definitely no action. Don't be fooled by the interesting looking cover. The surprises didn't surprise. It's like a 1st contact story that condenses the contact to 10 pages after 300 pages of setup and then ends abruptly with nothing happening in between.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Premise, May 12, 2007

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Delores Sheppard "renaissance gal" (Macon, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond the Veil of Stars (Hardcover)

The book started off a little slow , but I like the premise of becoming an alien, even though the other aliens know the posers are different. I think Reed is an excellent writer, having read Marrow, The Well of Stars and The Cuckoo's Boys.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, mature Sci-Fi., July 27, 2004

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This review is from: Beyond the Veil of Stars (Hardcover)

Concerning both "Beyond the Veil of Stars" and "Beneath The Gated Sky", Mr. Reed is one of the better "new" sci-fi writers in the field... if you like original ideas, exploration themes, shape-shifter plots, or that "high lonesome" feeling of old Bradbury novels, this might be for you.

Reed's 2 related novels in this series will make you ~think~, and perhaps dream, of alternate realities. I have re-read both books numerous times since. They are quite original, and devastatingly believable.

Please Mr. Reed, write a third book in this series!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Posing as SF
This novel did not work for me. The plot was built around a silly premise, and several idiotic notions. Read more

Published on January 9, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars makes the reader think about his real purpose in reality
"beyond the veil of star" a book solely for those who haven't forgotten what dreaming was all about. Read more

Published on February 18, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!
I read it quite a while ago, but I remember that I loved it. It wasn't "ordinary" science-fiction, and it had a weird sense of 'notstalgy'. I love it!