Through Alien Eyes

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Book details

  1. Print length
    400 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Ace
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    5.08 x 1.11 x 6.74 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0441007392
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0441007394
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Two members of an alien species are faced with a desperate and dangerous struggle for survival on a strange planet called Earth, in a new science fiction novel by the author of Virtual Girl. Reprint.

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"A solid, convincing story of human paranoia and the potential disaster it could cause when we finally meet an intelligence that doesn't look, or think, the same way we do." -- Science Fiction Chronicle

"An unusually thoughtful novel of first contact." -- Publishers Weekly

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Amy Thomson
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4.1 out of 5 stars
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"Great science-fiction story. It will hook you up after the first few pages and you will find yourself having trouble to put down this novel...." Read more

"...this sequel of The Color of Distance, and was rewarded with another engrossing story. This author is brilliant, and I only wish she wrote more books!" Read more

"...Overall, this book makes a good follow-up and worthy of a read. Several plot lines remain open for a possible continuation." Read more

"...Amy has really captured so many cultural elements and made it into something truly special. Highly recommended!" Read more

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"...style is smooth, fluid, and very vivid making the reading experience very enjoyable...." Read more

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"...Overall, this book makes a good follow-up and worthy of a read. Several plot lines remain open for a possible continuation." Read more

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Jorge Elosegui
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Great book.
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012
Great science-fiction story. It will hook you up after the first few pages and you will find yourself having trouble to put down this novel. It gave me some serious sleep deprivation, but I enjoyed every single page of it. This is a perfectly balanced and well-crafted... See more
Great science-fiction story. It will hook you up after the first few pages and you will find yourself having trouble to put down this novel. It gave me some serious sleep deprivation, but I enjoyed every single page of it. This is a perfectly balanced and well-crafted narrative. The writing style is smooth, fluid, and very vivid making the reading experience very enjoyable. The story...wow....this is my first time reading this type of science-fiction. I basically like hard-core science-fiction with a lot of weight on the science and an acceptable percent of space-opera. However, this book blew me away...literally (at least my mind). This novel really made a dent deep in my consciousness.

This story is like a "documentary" of the clash of two civilizations thousands of light-years apart (it is based on a real story...it just hasn't happened yet). Very, very interesting read. I strongly recommend this book.

I am seriously looking forward the third book, but so far there are no indications that it will happen.
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Kathryne Kennedy
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Brilliant, Original Masterpiece!
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2017
Finally purchased this sequel of The Color of Distance, and was rewarded with another engrossing story. This author is brilliant, and I only wish she wrote more books!
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Steve
4.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Good, readable sequel
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2000
A good follow-up to 'The Color of Distance', although not as strong. There were more noticeable plot elements that were hard to buy. One thing I found particularly unbelievable was the character of Bruce. In the first book, he is portrayed as a caring, understanding and... See more
A good follow-up to 'The Color of Distance', although not as strong. There were more noticeable plot elements that were hard to buy. One thing I found particularly unbelievable was the character of Bruce. In the first book, he is portrayed as a caring, understanding and giving person who doesn't judge the Tendu on human values. In this book his character does a complete 180. He's a selfish, close-minded, bigoted jerk. This Jekyll and Hyde personality was distracting and has hard for me to swallow. I felt like smacking the character on the head. I guess this change was required for plot.
The implications of Tendus' ability to heal and extend lifetime on human society was touched on by the author, however, I think the impact of the Tendu was downplayed much more than would be the case. Overall, this book makes a good follow-up and worthy of a read. Several plot lines remain open for a possible continuation.
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mirope
1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Predictable portrayal of Earth's future.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2001
This is a disappointing sequel to Amy Thomson's novel "The Color of Distance". "Color" was the story of a human abandoned on an another planet who was forced to understand an alien lifestyle. This story is the reverse - aliens are taken to Earth and... See more
This is a disappointing sequel to Amy Thomson's novel "The Color of Distance". "Color" was the story of a human abandoned on an another planet who was forced to understand an alien lifestyle. This story is the reverse - aliens are taken to Earth and struggle to understand the mysterious ways of humans. The great appeal of "Color" was Thomason's wonderfully imaginative creation of a new world and a very different species with a unique culture. This novel lacks that originality. Thomason offers nothing new in her rendition of a futuristic Earth- environmental destruction, political divisions, xenophobia. Added to this, there isn't much plot. I managed to slog through this book, but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016
I love this book! Amy has really captured so many cultural elements and made it into something truly special. Highly recommended!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2022
Loved this book. And the Color of Distance. These are some of my top books to read.
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Anne M. Hunter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable even without having read the first one!
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2009
Since this book was given to me, and doesn't indicate anywhere on it that it is the sequal to "The Color of Distance" I started right in, and by the time I realized it had to be a sequel, I was hooked. It has interesting aliens (as usual, humanoid), and is set on a... See more
Since this book was given to me, and doesn't indicate anywhere on it that it is the sequal to "The Color of Distance" I started right in, and by the time I realized it had to be a sequel, I was hooked. It has interesting aliens (as usual, humanoid), and is set on a fascinating future earth with group families, earth colonies in satellites and on other planets, and features a strong woman central character. It definitely stood okay alone, although I wish I'd read the first one first. I look forward to reading many other books by this author, including the prequel to this one. Definitely reminiscent of John Varley, one of my favorite SF authors.
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Soarist
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing sequel to the first book, although for different reasons different
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
The sequel responds to the idea of the aliens trying to understand the concepts that drive humans....The issues are as old as Cain and Abel but we still want to fear what is different, derive maximum profit at the expense of resources and paid human labor. I want... See more
The sequel responds to the idea of the aliens trying to understand the concepts that drive humans....The issues are as old as Cain and Abel but we still want to fear what is different, derive maximum profit at the expense of resources and paid human labor.

I want to see another book leading to more issues and resolutions between the aliens and humans.
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