Being Alien
#2575 of 8,085 books · #678 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1990) and the Philip K. Dick Award (1990).
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
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Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1990)
- Philip K. Dick AwardShortlisted(1990)
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- 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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