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5.0�toiles sur 5 our ecological niche?, Janv. 15 2004

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This review is from: OF MEN AND MONSTERS (Mass Market Paperback)

A science fiction novel whose premise is that we're designed
to occupy the same ecological niche as rats and cockroaches,
and we'd do it perfectly. I liked it.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 A nearly forgotten classic, Mars 4 2001

Par	Laotse - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: OF MEN AND MONSTERS (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book two decades ago, and I still remember it vividly. The images of human beings living in the walls of gigantic alien houses will stay with you for a long time. It would also make a great movie! Although the book is not available in the US, it has just been re-released in the UK and is available from Amazon UK. So don't hesitate to get it. If you are looking for a remarkable science fiction classic, you will not be disappointed.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Some good ideas, Jui 13 2000

Par	Gordon R Cameron (Los Angeles, CA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: OF MEN AND MONSTERS (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book as a teenager, and my feelings about it are mixed. On the one hand, I would not put it up with the works of the best sci-fi authors -- Le Guin, Bradbury, Wells, etc. The prose has that vaguely chummy tone that to my mind mars Heinlein and other authors whose cleverness of ideas outweighs their elegance of expression. The presentation of the monsters is absurdly comical -- but it might be seen as working in a sort of Swiftian satirical tradition.

Tenn is good at exploding human pretensions, and this is really where "Of Men and Monsters" finds its stride. A simple mental flip-flop -- what if men were pests, the cockroaches to another, larger species? -- allows Tenn to take our race down a notch, and have fun doing it.

This is not the classic work of sci-fi that some have made it out to be, but it's a good read nonetheless.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Quite a lovely little novel.
I ask you: is there any genre other than science fiction in which the classic, seminal novels go out of print and stay that way forever? It's not bloody fair. Read more

Publi� le Mai 10 2000 par G. Moses

5.0�toiles sur 5 William Tenn is a remarcable sci-fi writer
For me, William Tenn is one of the top sci-fi writers, leveling with Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke. He deserves reprints of all of his books. Read more

Publi� le Mars 21 2000 par Jos� Frajtag

4.0�toiles sur 5 It made an impression on me
This was one of the very first sci-fi books that I ever read (I was about 11 yrs old). It turned me on to the genre. Read more

Publi� le Ao� 31 1999 par Brendan Gray

4.0�toiles sur 5 Innovative and interesting novel of human survival
Before you spray those pesky ants that are crawling around in your walls, pick up a copy of this book and have a quick read. Read more