Gene Brewer
Autor de K-PAX
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de Gene Brewer
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Brewer, Gene R.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1937-07-04
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Muncie, Indiana, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
Vermont, USA
Muncie, Indiana, USA - Educación
- DePauw University
University of Wisconsin - Ocupaciones
- biologist
science fiction writer
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 12
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 1,304
- Popularidad
- #19,682
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 28
- ISBNs
- 57
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 3
On reading K-PAX IV, I at first felt like it emphasised all the lesser elements of Brewer's novels: his slight absurdity is full-blast here with the ludicrously over-the-top agents; the 'pop psychiatry' in which prot recognises ways of curing every patient that we can't figure out, felt just a little pat this time. But on reaching that final chapter, I was blown away. Suddenly, everything makes sense.
I still can't say this book is amazing: the appearance of a genuinely alien creature (as opposed to prot's apparent humanity) doesn't seem to have an effect on Brewer's Earth. But on the other hand, his true point - the failings of humanity, and how horrific the dark side of our species is - needs to be spoken to everyone. There is hope, Brewer says, but we can't keep ignoring the darkness. A beautiful four book saga, all things considered.… (más)