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Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Why we're reading this: BunWat: Its short, its weird, it chooses great little details with which to imply the society in which th…more
[close] BunWat: Its short, its weird, it chooses great little details with which to imply the society in which these people are living rather than explaining ad nauseum. It would be fun to talk about this one in a group of adults because its one of the few books I've read in which aliens don't somehow automatically understand and respond appropriately to human sexual taboos. Which is an odd trope of SF stories. Somehow an alien that's never seen a human knows which are the private parts.

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Nov 14, 2008 Carolyn rated it it was ok

Shelves: science-fiction, read-ya_16-and-up, 2011-read

A bit weird.
OK, read in all one sitting and I liked the 'world' created for this story, but I can understand the reason this book isn't found in too many public libraries. Waaaaay too much emphasis on the teen's masturbatory (by the aliens) and sexual encounters (with another teen). It's not handled in a 'porn' way, but I just found it detracted from the overall book.
I would have preferred more backstory on some of the other characters, or on the setup at the colony - his father at one point b ...more

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