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3.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical alien invasion, Jun 15 2006

By	Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Sturgeon seems to delight in telling a number of disjointed stories and trying to bring everything together in the end. While he is relatively successful doing that here, the actual reading of the novel can be a little frustrating--when you are halfway through a book and are still being presented with brand new characters doing things that seem to relate not at all with the actions of the characters you have already met, you start to wonder just what is going on. Fortunately, Sturgeon does possess the skills to create memorable characters, so the danger of getting confused about the identities of individuals is fairly low. Still, though, the constant jumping about only serves to harm the potential of the novel, I feel. Just when you are really relating to a character and beginning to understand him/her, you are suddenly whisked off to a totally different place. While the ending is rather good, you as a reader just don't care enough about any of the characters to feel much of anything when you are finished; the whole story quickly flits out of your mind as you immediately reach for a new book off of your shelves.

The basic idea is a rather good one. Earth is invaded by a spore-like creature representing a hive of creatures called the Medusa; the alien culture is spreading throughout the universe assimilating all life forms into its hive mind. Every organism on every planet to be found in over two galaxies is linked together and can communicate with each other immediately over thousands of light years' distance...it is enough to say that I found it rather refreshing and brilliant. The novel pretty much stands on the merits of Sturgeon's description of man's reaction to the cosmic challenge (the title's suggestion of cosmic rape is not quite discernible to me)--without such an effective ploy by the author, this would be a mediocre sci-fi novel long forgotten. This book is worth reading and does supply some satisfaction to the reader, but it is far from being Sturgeon's best work.

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