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newnumber6Finished: Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
Started: The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak
Venus Plus X wasn't bad I suppose, but nothing in it really sung to me either. For the most part it was one of those typical 'modern man taken into a utopian society so he can learn how they do things', which are more or less an excuse for the author to get some thoughts on society out there than to actually tell a story. There is more of a story in this than some of those tales (for example, Looking Backward), but overall it was only just okay. The story was intercut with vignettes that were happening in the 'modern age' that had only tangential relevance to the story at hand and so annoyed me. They were thematically related but never actually intertwineed with the plot that I could tell.
The Visitors, so far, is a fairly typical 'what would happen if aliens landed' story, showing the public and government reaction. In this case, the aliens have (so far anyway) not communicated in any way and seem to just be going about their business on Earth, eating trees. They killed a person who shot at them (which was like a dream a while ago, but probably I dreamed it because I read the back of the book where it was mentioned).
Started: The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak
Venus Plus X wasn't bad I suppose, but nothing in it really sung to me either. For the most part it was one of those typical 'modern man taken into a utopian society so he can learn how they do things', which are more or less an excuse for the author to get some thoughts on society out there than to actually tell a story. There is more of a story in this than some of those tales (for example, Looking Backward), but overall it was only just okay. The story was intercut with vignettes that were happening in the 'modern age' that had only tangential relevance to the story at hand and so annoyed me. They were thematically related but never actually intertwineed with the plot that I could tell.
The Visitors, so far, is a fairly typical 'what would happen if aliens landed' story, showing the public and government reaction. In this case, the aliens have (so far anyway) not communicated in any way and seem to just be going about their business on Earth, eating trees. They killed a person who shot at them (which was like a dream a while ago, but probably I dreamed it because I read the back of the book where it was mentioned).
