Loved itone of the most impressive and convincing alien survival stories out there. It's a really fantastic alien ecosystem and I certainly cared about the characters, whether they were human or not.
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Color of Distance (1995)
Others: Leaning positive The award-winning author of Virtual Girl creates a strange new world of infinite possibilities where honor, sacrifice, and friendship between humans and aliens can mean many different things at once. Reprint.
- ISBN:
- 9780441006328
- Length:
- 431 pages
Genres: science fiction
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MixedI thought that it was decent the characterization I think is a little bit weak it is a little bit over long but the ideas in it the World building in it is really good