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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I finished this book in a single sitting (thank you, long train commute). It never fails to astound me how some stories can be written with so light a touch and yet still have such deep roots. Lyn plays with language and double meanings in some amazing ways, and really makes you feel for her characters. And now for something completely different! My readers know that I don’t read much in the way of speculative fiction, but I bought the eBook version of this one on impulse when I met the author Lyn C at the Indigenous Language Intensive workshop. I was curious… and at $4.31 AUD for the Kindle edition it was cheap enough to experiment with an unfamiliar genre. I started reading it over breakfast at QV Square before the workshop… and soon found myself totally hooked by the story. Nil by Mouth is what I recognise as classic SciFi. It has aliens who invade earth and they have various capabilities which enable them to exert control over the humans, but they have a fundamental flaw which enables the situation to be resolved. However, what makes this an interesting and satisfying book to read is the character development so I was not surprised to learn that it was shortlisted for the Aurealis Award Best Science Fiction Book in 2014. The portrayal of an Earth defeated in war reminded me of other occupation novels I have read. The central character comes to be known as Ale, a shorthand version of Alien-lover, and he is scorned as a collaborator because his pub on the outskirts of Melbourne is taken over as a base by the Aliens. His point-of-view narration reveals a sense of resignation and despair... To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2016/11/26/nil-by-mouth-by-lyn-c/ sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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How do you help a man that doesn't want to be helped? A man, used by Aliens as an incubation tank, who believes his only friends are Aliens?He becomes an Outcast when he finds himself back amongst humans, not sure of his role.Alone, Ale stands between two opposing forces - Aliens and Humans.How can this damaged Human protect his loved ones from an Alien force so powerful that they dominate our planet?Can a man this broken, find love again? And where?This is his story. Biography: LynC is a 50 something year old widow, currently working as a Database Administrator in her spare time, and juggling the demands of writing Science Fiction and being a single Mum the rest of the time.She resides, with two teenagers, four cats, and two canaries, in a hidden area less than ten kilometres from the Melbourne CBD (in Australia) surrounded by creeks and wooded hills. Her four cats are doing a sterling community service with the current rat plague. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As well as this important plot line, the story covers a doomed rebellion against the invaders and an attempt to use humans (including Jack) as living incubators for alien babies. Through these events we slowly gain a better understanding of the nature of the aliens and what drives them. Despite some of the horrible things Jack is forced to endure, he begins to understand their viewpoint. Eventually, a reconciliation of sorts is reached.
Although short (about 40,000 words) this is a very readable and thought-provoking novel. ( )