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Pretender

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Gak. The blurb on the back is misleading. Sure there are a couple of Galactics wandering around in human host, but they never do anything special beyond suggestions to their host. The book ends abruptly with the teaser of what I thought the book was going to be about. The book focuses on several unsavory characters (tortuers) as our hero tries to avoid them and complete his seemingly hopeless quest. Pointless quest is more like it. Our hero remains an insignificant dupe and I couldn't care less about him. Ugh, the book was painfull to finish and I wish I hadn't picked it up.

(no space battles or anything) Piers Anthony is one my most influential writers simply because his work is so addictive that you can't put it down. This is smaller than most of his books, but it is entertaining and presents enough mesopotamia history and metaphysical considerations to make it memorable. Certainly comparable to much of his pre-80s sci-fi, which I always found very readable. (better than his most recent books I've read) Anthony's reading style is so engrossing that anyone who wants to get more into reading should try some of his work. (especially his older work, if you like adult themes I mean.)

A strange tale of a galactic entity marooned on Babylonian Earth. It explores concepts of deity and religion, and it seems to offer an origin myth for monotheism. Alphanumeric puns abound. The mythohistorical details are engrossing, but the New Age ethereal beings are alienating. Pretender was fun to read, but in the end dissatisfying.