Becoming Alien
Book 1 of Saga of Tom Red-Clay
Language: English
Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera aliens--science fiction aliens-science fiction astrobiology--fiction astrobiology-fiction
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: Jan 1, 1988
Book 1 of Saga of Tom Red-Clay
Language: English
Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera aliens--science fiction aliens-science fiction astrobiology--fiction astrobiology-fiction
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: Jan 1, 1988
Description:
16-year old boy finds an alien crash-landed on a farm and ends up being recruited to join the Federation of Sapients - and adventuring out among the stars.
First book of a trilogy, although ends in a way that does not require continuation to the other books. Sequels are "Being Human" and "Human to Human". Finalist for the 1989 Philip K. Dick Award. Nominated for the John W. Campbell Award. Nominated for the 1988 Locus Awards.
I don't know if Ms. Ore is familiar with the late John W. Campbell's classic challenge to science fiction writers--'write me a creature that thinks as well as a human, but not like a human'--but she has pulled off that near-impossible trick many times here.--Spider Robinson