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What happens when an extraterrestrial made of plastic and passion meets a lusty, liberated earthling made of flesh and blood?

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

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Author 1 book109 followers
April 23, 2021
I made fun of this book on my last haul video and then again on my March Wrap-up/April TBR. I said it was going to be really, really bad. I was wrong. It was actually quite funny, extremely relatable despite being fifty years old, and not at all about sex and lust (which is what the front AND back of the book claimed).

So what is this quirky little SF novel? Well, it's about an alien in an artificial human body who has been tasked with coming to Earth, getting a job at TIME magazine, and breaking the news to the world that aliens are on their way. During that time he has encounters with a genius drunkard, a Marilyn Monroe-esque office assistant, and a supercomputer with sass. Want to know more? Check out my upcoming review on Youtube under the channel name Coffee, Cats, and King.
59 reviews2 followers
July 17, 2018
A fairly straightforward tale of an alien agent sent to Earth to prepare us for first contact. Definitely dated by today's standards in terms of its science and female representation (what little there is of both). Somewhat amusing at times, the reason for the three stars, but not something I would call "sublimely funny" as seen on the book's cover. In fact, this is a bad case of a book's cover art, title and blurbs not truly reflecting its content. For example, I highly doubt it was the lustiest SF novel published in 1972 never mind 2018. That might explain the disconnect though. The references are US-centric and I'm not familiar with them. Certainly not of that period.

In the end not something you absolutely have to read but worth a look if you come across it in a used bookstore as I did. It's a fairly light read that doesn't overstay its welcome.
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48 reviews
March 15, 2025
J’ai adoré !!
Ça me rappelle le loufoque de H2G2. J’ai plusieurs fois rigolé à haute voix!
Ça se lit vite, j’aime tous les personnages et comment ils sont présentés et caractérisés.
L’histoire avance avec plusieurs procédés : l’histoire classiquement racontée, scènes de cinéma dans la tête de Ding, Dialogues tout en capitales avec RUFUS, dialogues en italiques avec le vaisseau…
Il y a une bonne part de mystères : pourquoi faire cette mission ? Quel est le message que doit faire parvenir Bing dans le journal ? Pourquoi ce journal ? Qui sont ces extraterrestres ? Et la plupart des questions n’ont pas de réponses et laissent la place totale à l’imagination.
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62 reviews
November 24, 2025
Lu en rentrant de Bordeaux en vélo. Le style est sympa, très facile à lire, prenant. Une ambiance marrante avec une intrigue efficace. Quelques passages vraiment drôles, et des perso plutôt attachant. Bon tous les perso féminins se ressemblent et sont traités un peu de la même manière par l'auteur, en draguant plus ou moins l'alien ce qui est un peu dommage.
Mais voilà un livre très sympa à lire, qui ne répond pas à la fin aux questions inutiles au scenario (d'où ils viennent, à quoi ils ressemblent...).
Mais cette ambiance avec le point de vue de cet alien assez attachant, juste un type sympa, assez sûr de lui avec une mission et les capacités de la réaliser. Et ses interactions avec ses collègues, l'ordinateur Rufus.. c'est généralement assez drôle et original.
Pas de moment dingue, mais très agréable à lire avec quelques chouettes idées et un scénario assez simple qui est parfaitement suffisant, objectif publié un magazine dans un journal prestigieux pour annoncer que son chef arrive.
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649 reviews9 followers
February 28, 2017
Les romans avec une telle fin devraient être interdits.
C'est dommage car l'écriture était émaillée de notes d'humour. Malheureusement, ça ne sert finalement à rien !
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33 reviews1 follower
July 7, 2016
The language is not as dated as one might think (although some of the situations are) and is pleasant enough to read. Certainly not "the lustiest SF novel of the year" as the cover announces.

It's got a certain Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy quality to it, with some other weirdness added in. Not a book to overthink.
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459 reviews76 followers
June 25, 2011
I first read this book in high school almost forty years ago. It was a bit dated then, now it is a veritable treasure of social history. The story isn't great, isn't terrible, but the sixties culture it caricatures is unique.
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