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How I Proposed To My Wife: An Alien Sex Story (2006)

by John Scalzi(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Subterranean Press

review 1: I've been working my way through these 99 cent short stories from John Scalzi's works, and I find that they're kind of perfect for a short little jaunt into another world or another time, like reading a comic. I don;t mind spending a buck on something that will entertain me for 45 minutes to an hour.That said, this was one of his lesser works. It's certainly fun, with a writer being forced to do a report on alien dating, all while he's in a committed relationship with his girlfriend.It's an entertaining story, but there isn't a whole of of depth to it. I find recently that I need my novels, short stories, or novellas to have something to say, and this one skirts around the ideas of xenophobia and racism as well as cross species dating. It's fun, but never really gets too f... morear in to the premise. It seems more concerned with being slightly tongue in cheek and to entertain than to say something.And that's fine, it's a fun, disposable kind of story that's enjoyable and short. Worth the buck I spent, but not my favorite from Mr. Scalzi.
review 2: I can imagine that John Scalzi could write the telephone book and I'd not only read it, but laugh at it. The first book (then series) of his that I read was The Old Man's War, and while it was a great book and I [mostly] enjoyed the series, I've adored everything he's written after that (except for the Night Dragons trilogy; having a hard time finding a copy of that one -[wink. wink; nudge, nudge]. Anyway, for all the laughs, the author generally has an oh-so-gentle point to make and this short story is no exception. Love the story, love his writing in general, and, to paraphrase his wife, he's very funny.Lousy review; I apologize. Read the story, send me your review, and I promise praise. less

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