Lee read and liked Red Siegfried's review of The War Against the Chtorr 1: A Matter For Men:

"David Gerrold is a goddamn genius. Let me repeat that. I want to have a civil union with David Gerrold and have his children. Perhaps then I can convince him to finish the remaining three books for this series that he has had on tap since 1992 or ...more David Gerrold is a goddamn genius. Let me repeat that. I want to have a civil union with David Gerrold and have his children. Perhaps then I can convince him to finish the remaining three books for this series that he has had on tap since 1992 or so.

A Matter for Men is the first book in the War Against The Chtorr series, a not-so-class story of alien invasion. This time, the story begins at the end of the world (no, it's not The Stand). After a series of plagues wipes out most of the world's population, mankind seems to be on the rebound. However, sightings of giant pink caterpillars and other equally bizarre animals are being reported and Jim McCarthy finds himself a part of a secret government military operation tasked with fighting the "worms" after being volunteered for biological research in Colorado.

Jim discovers the true extent of the worm problem - that Earth is being rapidly "terraformed" by a much more highly advanced - and hungry - ecosystem from an unknown planet, and man is no longer at the top of the food chain. What are the worms? Are they the invaders or merely a vanguard? How far will the ecological infestation go? Will man survive? And given that after the plagues most of the world is insane or given over to self indulgent nihilism, does he deserve to?

The character of Jim McCarthy is what makes this story really stand out, far more than the unusual twist on the alien invasion story. Gerrold has a talent for crafting believable near-future worlds, but the character of Jim demonstrates his growth as a writer since his early days writing for Star Trek. Having seen most of his family die in his teen years, never making peace with his father or his mother, confused over his sexuality, trying to fit in with the command at his base, trying to understand the Chtorr, and most of all, doubting his own sanity, Jim is a character with MAJOR fucking issues, to say the least. But Gerrold has a brilliant way of making Jim into not only one of the biggest dysfunctional assholes on the planet, but demonstrating his reasons for being one so that you still find him more appealing than any other character in the story. You have to read it to appreciate Gerrold's talent for writing conflicted yet likeable characters. Even when Jim's fucking up the situation once again, you can't help but wish him well. And since he's messed up in so many ways, almost everyone can find something to relate to. "Everyone's crazy," or so the catchphrase goes.

Jim still has a lot of growing up to do, and the Chtorran invasion is truly "A Matter For Men" in several ways, as the reader begins to realize from the state of the world, the state of humanity and its society, as Gerrold describes them.

Wonderful reading, if somewhat horrifying in places. Highly recommended.(less) "

Lee read and liked Mistsy's review of Que Tal?: An Introductory Course:

"Poor order of presentation. Online materials OK but poorly integrated into online systems. Coverage of grammar is confusing and not always intuitive. "