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The Change (Alien Nation #4)

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I have no clue where Longyear got off changing George's name from Stangya to "Nicto". He obviously didn't do enough research in writing this book. The dialogue is off and you really can't imagine the characters saying things that Longyear had them say. Longyear did a discredit to Alien Nation fans with this book.

The idea of this book is very good, however the auther changed a lot of material that never should change (like George's Tenctonese name) For the longest time I didn't know who they were talking about. It was a good story overall, but common alien nation themes like George's tenctonese name being Stangya, should never be changed. Other than that it was a good book.

For a novel that was written based on an extant script, it makes me wonder if this author had ever seen the show, or the original feature film, since he obviously couldn't get everything out of the directions in the script.

The story itself is a good idea that would have made a great episode. The other reviewers have pointed out how George's given name has been changed and language patterns. Also, there felt like there was a lot of missing action that had to be dropped in order to keep the book below a certain word count. All you have to do is read the last chapter and wonder just how on earth that concluding scene in the hospital went off so quickly. It would have been better written by someone who was more familiar with the Alien Nation universe and the fanbase.