Becoming Alien
#5491 of 8,085 books · #1173 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award (1988).
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.
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780812547948
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Philip K. Dick AwardShortlisted(1988)
Other awarded books from Rebecca Ore
- Being Alien (1988)0 wins · 4 score
- Centuries Ago and Very Fast (2009)0 wins · 2 score
- Gaia's Toys (1997)0 wins · 2 score
- Outlaw School (1975)0 wins · 2 score
- Slow Funeral (2026)0 wins · 2 score
- The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid (1991)0 wins · 2 score
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