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Wesley Chu nominated for John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013).
The Lives of Tao surprised me and kept me reading almost non-stop. I only took a break to attend a star party hosted by my astronomy club at a proposed site for a new observatory. Lots of action, some good witty sarcasm and even a good emotional connection between me and the protagonist and his unusual predicament(s). And for once, the IT ge ...more
The Lives of Tao surprised me and kept me reading almost non-stop. I only took a break to attend a star party hosted by my astronomy club at a proposed site for a new observatory. Lots of action, some good witty sarcasm and even a good emotional connection between me and the protagonist and his unusual predicament(s). And for once, the IT ge ...more
Wes Chu combines elements of spy thrillers, the hero's journey and sci-fi for this immensely enjoyable novel. If the idea of a secret race of aliens living on earth and training humans to be covert agents sounds like fun, then you'll love this book.
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An ordinary schlub is enlisted by an alien parasite in a civil war against a merciless enemy.
A fun read and one I would have enjoyed a lot more had I not got stuck on one egregious logic lapse early on. The bad guys are incredibly powerful, yet can’t be bothered to fork over twenty bucks and do a license plate check on our hero’s abandoned car and thereby learn his identity. Of course, their doing so would have meant their discovering his whereabouts early in the narrative, which would have deep ...more
A fun read and one I would have enjoyed a lot more had I not got stuck on one egregious logic lapse early on. The bad guys are incredibly powerful, yet can’t be bothered to fork over twenty bucks and do a license plate check on our hero’s abandoned car and thereby learn his identity. Of course, their doing so would have meant their discovering his whereabouts early in the narrative, which would have deep ...more
Being very generous in giving this three stars. There were some funny bits, and it was an interesting premise, but the love triangle and the girlfriend really only existing just so that she can eventually need to be rescued really put me off.
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