“A strange little sci-fi book, but apparently a classic in some circles. I enjoyed it, and it made me think I should see the film based on it. It's almost a cliche story now - an alien is sent to earth to save its species or mankind or both, and Christ allusions abound - but this story forgets the superhero aspect, despite the alien's greater abilities in technology and knowledge, and attempts to plunge into the emotional world of an alien on an alien world trying to help the aliens around him. In other words, it's more than a little depressing. A black cloud larger than any UFO hovers over this novella.”
batwood wrote this review Monday, July 9 2007.
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