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Thinly veiled commentary on colonialism where the natives live in another world both literally and figuratively. Some of the imagery was haunting and has stuck with me. The story breaks down toward the end. I think I may need to reread this someday.
Hmm. Interesting start, I enjoyed it until about halfway through, and then it all went a bit weird.
I have the hardback of this book.Ostensibly, Paul Park writes Science fiction. But I believe he writes literary fiction using SF as a skin around the body of his work. There are definitely ideas of importance in this book, but it's not something I would normally read if I hadn't met Paul Park and know him to be a nice and generous fellow. Frankly, there are elements here that I didn't understand, which may be good, although it can be frustrating at times. If you are looking for space opera type
Simon Marayam has left earth, sere and dessicated, to become a consular official on a distant planet. His linguistic skill has enabled him to master the language and culture of twentieth century America, a society whose mores have been reproduced in all their imperialistic violence and jingoism on a world where the aboriginal inhabitants have undergone extreme enhancements to appear human. Few have had more surgery and chemical additives than Katharine Styreme who has become the epitome of a fla...
A few lines of brilliant writing and prose are scattered among the first hundred pages, but the characters are nearly impossible to care about or for, and the plot is so obtuse and poorly conveyed there's little reason to pay it mind either. A textbook example of why explicit sex scenes are rarely necessary and nearly always cringe inducing events that make the books worse.
Imperialist HUmans find a planet to sustain life after the Earth is all used up. Two Aboriginal races live there and the humans genocide one of the races, and force the other to take a medication that limits their senses; to enslave them. A good story for a misanthropa like myself, but not for a misandrist like myself.
interesting book, the author mudt br a genius
This was a very sad and sobering tale, a replay of our European treatment of so many native peoples here on earth. The Americas, Australia, Africa, but through a futuristic lens. The writing style was different but the story was moving.
At times I had a problem finding a sympathetic character, but the portrayal of aliens (to us at least) is as thoughtful and interesting as any I've seen in science fiction. Paul Park's portrayal of futuristic imperialism is imaginative and disturbing.
I can't tell if I liked this or not. It truly makes us humans look the most inhumane than any other sci-fi book I've ever read.Simon, a kind of attache to the gov't, is sent to a party in place of his boss. Katharine is an altered human, a native to the planet who has taken drugs and surgery to make herself look as human as possible. She is devoted to religious icons, she plays the piano, she has attended private schools with other human girls. She is at the party with her wealthy father. Both K...
A well-written dark view of humanity through a Sci-fi lense. The ending is haunting.
