Reviews

An Alien Light Arbor House Hardcover, Jan. 1998

Marta Randall "An Alien Light is a surprisingly good book: tightly plotted, imaginative, and staffed with fascinating characters. Sure to be an award nominee" Locus "In the experiment’s microcosm, we see ourselves: man, woman, healer, fighter, hero, brute. Both within and beyond this spectrum of differences lies the single, central answer to the paradox of what we are. Kress gives it the rightful role in her novel, as a matter of high excitement. This quest for understanding packs more punch than the flashiest battle in space. James Patrick Kelley "This book deals masterfully with timeless themes of love and duty, humanity’s search for knowledge and our dark impulse to violence. Kress is a writer of ambition and admirable range – An Alien Light shows that she become one of our very best. Julian May "Nancy Kress has written a novel that graphically dissectts the roots of human violence while affirming the invincibility of the human spirit. An Alien Light is both provocative and insightful. Stephen R. Donaldson "Nancy Kress Has the true story-teller’s Gift – the ability to make her characters and what happens to them so vital that the reader’s heart aches." Analog "... A depth of imagination unusual even among SF writers, as well as a distinct warmth of human perception. She follows through on her premises most admirably and I commend her to you." School Library Journal "The most precious gift that science fiction/fantasy writers can give their audience is a sense of reality’s mysteries. Kress delivers just that. Don’t resist her invitation to say, ‘what if…?’"

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