- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Roc (MM) (Aug 7 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451457927
- ISBN-13: 978-0451457929
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,449,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Five people have been chosen.
They have heard the voice in their heads. A voice calling for help. A voice that must be answered...or the entire world will die.
But to answer it, they must find it.
Unfortunately, the voice is not of this earth...
Call From a Distant Shore is the amazing second novel from Stephen Burns, the fast-rising star known for his stories in Analog and his smash debut novel, Flesh and Silver. Now, Burns takes a major step forward with a novel that is part Close Encounters of the Third KindPlanes, Trains & Automobiles, and all original.
They have heard the voice in their heads. A voice calling for help. A voice that must be answered...or the entire world will die.
But to answer it, they must find it.
Unfortunately, the voice is not of this earth...
Call From a Distant Shore is the amazing second novel from Stephen Burns, the fast-rising star known for his stories in Analog and his smash debut novel, Flesh and Silver. Now, Burns takes a major step forward with a novel that is part Close Encounters of the Third KindPlanes, Trains & Automobiles, and all original.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
And where IS the Distant Shore?,
By A Cotton Farmer (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Call From A Distant Shore (Paperback)
Pretty good story - and a neat premise for a tale of first contact. A two individual team from a benevolent alien race, protecting earth from the natural vagaries of an indifferent universe, experiences an unexpected calamity and must reveal its existence and ask earthlings for help or perish. By fortuitous coincidence, earth's first Mars mission happens to be in the neighborhood and might be diverted to the rescue - if the few who have received the telepathic cry for help can convince a skeptical world to do so. Perhaps there is a sequel in the future. The story ends fairly abruptly. It would have been fun to read far more about the alien, its origin, its culture, its technology, the scope of it's knowledge, etc. In short, more about this "distant shore". Additional narrative describing the specifics as to how earthlings could provide aid to such an advanced species, as well as how the global psyche was affected by this momentous landmark in human history, would have been welcome. Unfortunately a lot the story is written in the scatological style indicative of the salacious thought patterns of teenage boys. I'm aware that much real life verbal intercourse is similarly crass, but in the written word, it to me is usually a bit unsettling, annoying - and unnecessary. I found myself frequently skipping through the text (something I rarely do), some of which seemed like mere filler, with little loss of the story line.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Childish.,
By Lior Issacof (Englewood, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Call From A Distant Shore (Paperback)
I found the characters to be both superficial and extremely unreliable. The dialogs are very disappointing, often shallow and unsophisticated. Unfortunately -so is the plot.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Call for a Distant Shore,
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This review is from: Call From A Distant Shore (Paperback)
This novel starts a bit slow as the author takes great care to introduce us to all the characters. Becoming friends with all concerned makes the plot in the second half that much better. While the book is complete, I was left hoping that there would be a sequel to follow up on a number of topics. It almost seemed like the author suddenly decided the book had to stop which is at odds with the slow build up at the beginning. I will read more by Stephen Burns and recommend the book as a good read. I can't say exactly why but I lost a night's sleep as I could not put the book down.
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