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First contact between the Earth and the S'hudonni Mercantile Empire contrasts familial conflict with the early stages of colonialism.
Peter Holman is an ex-professional athlete turned freelance journalist and a pioneer of sweeping, an immersive sensory recording/playback system. He "happens" to observe the arrival of the alien S'hudonni and becomes involved in the Earth response to them almost immediately. As an early sweeper he's perfect for the aliens to use as a sort of combined propagandist/l ...more
Peter Holman is an ex-professional athlete turned freelance journalist and a pioneer of sweeping, an immersive sensory recording/playback system. He "happens" to observe the arrival of the alien S'hudonni and becomes involved in the Earth response to them almost immediately. As an early sweeper he's perfect for the aliens to use as a sort of combined propagandist/l ...more
Rounded up. A very promising beginning but overall disappointing. I think this was partly because the novel is a work over of several short stories. But there are other issues too. Too bad.
