Agent to the Stars
Ratings59
Average rating3.7
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Ratings59
Average rating3.7
Hot Hollywood agent Thomas Stein advocates on behalf of the peace-seeking Yherajk race, but finds his considerable negotiating talents challenged by his efforts to win humanity's trust in the ugly, bad-smelling aliens.
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This starts out great, with all the sly wit I've come to expect from Scalzi. But I feel like the pacing is poor, and the story bogs down terribly when it gets to extended reflections on bioethics. Not only does this meditation last too long and clash with the tone of the first part of the book, but it feels rather contrived to deliver the outcome Scalzi wants so the plot can wrap up well, rather than an honest philosophical discussion.
Still, this is well worth reading and is overall very charming and fun.
[a:John Scalzi 4763 John Scalzi https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1407277112p2/4763.jpg] can do no wrong.Great story!
A fun story, made all the better by Wil Wheaton's narration.
I enjoyed Wil Wheaton's performance in this audio book. I'd heard good things about the author and for some reason chose this as my introduction. My one take away was that Mr. Scalzi must really have a thing with smell.
