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Gene Brewer was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. He obtained a B.A. (chemistry) from DePauw University and a Ph.D. (biochemistry) from the University of Wisconsin, and studied DNA replication and cell division at UW, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Brewer is the author of the acclaimed K-PAX trilogy; the memoir Creating K-PAX; a mystery novel, Murder on Spruce Island; a courtroom drama, Wrongful Death; an illustrated novel, Ben and I; a mainstream novel, Watson's God; K-PAX IV: a New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra; the political satire, The American Way; K-PAX Redux: A Play, A Screenplay, and a Report; and, most recently, Three Stories and a Novella. He lives with his wife and mixed-breed dog in NewYork, Vermont, and New Brunswick. Hobbies include cosmology, jogging, music, and reading.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having devoured and thoroughly enjoyed the K-PAX Trilogy, I was sadly disappointed by this book.
Unlike the Trilogy about prot (where the reader is drawn into the fundamental question - is prot a mental patient or is he really a visitor from a distant world?) K-PAX IV introduces the new character, fled. From the outset fled is beyond question alien. Resembling a talking chimp, she openly displays her ability to travel on a beam of light. No ifs, no buts, no doubts about it, fled is from K-PAX. Having accepted this, I read on only to find that the same format as the Trilogy is adopted by the author.. hypnotising fled to reveal any "alters", introducing fled to the author's family members, offering bowls of veg (only a slight deviation from prot's penchant for fruit), and describing fled's interactions with mental patients. In my opinion the reader is left with an overwhelming sense of deja-vu. The fled character is only slightly different from prot, apart from the facts that she's female and resembles a large chimp, and the plot is so similar to the Trilogy that it leaves the reader disappointed. As a light (very light) read K-PAX IV is ok. I remain a great fan of Gene Brewer's work. However I strongly recommend that readers buy the Trilogy rather than IV.
Unlike the Trilogy about prot (where the reader is drawn into the fundamental question - is prot a mental patient or is he really a visitor from a distant world?) K-PAX IV introduces the new character, fled. From the outset fled is beyond question alien. Resembling a talking chimp, she openly displays her ability to travel on a beam of light. No ifs, no buts, no doubts about it, fled is from K-PAX. Having accepted this, I read on only to find that the same format as the Trilogy is adopted by the author.. hypnotising fled to reveal any "alters", introducing fled to the author's family members, offering bowls of veg (only a slight deviation from prot's penchant for fruit), and describing fled's interactions with mental patients. In my opinion the reader is left with an overwhelming sense of deja-vu. The fled character is only slightly different from prot, apart from the facts that she's female and resembles a large chimp, and the plot is so similar to the Trilogy that it leaves the reader disappointed. As a light (very light) read K-PAX IV is ok. I remain a great fan of Gene Brewer's work. However I strongly recommend that readers buy the Trilogy rather than IV.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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K-Pax IV: A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra
For fans of Brewers' work this is an absolute must as an addition to KPAX's I, II & III.
For readers unfamiliar with Brewers work this is STILL a absolute must. Okay, I am slightly biaised in having being a ufologist for sometime but my own love of Brewers' work aside - the book is still a winner.
Meet Fled, a large hairy visitor from the planet KPAX - the same as Prot, who features in the first three books. Fled is different from Prot however, she's beligerent, sarcastic, lacks patience, manners, and thinks nothing of offering, or engaging in sex with any male she encounters! As the story of why she is visiting our meagre planet unfolds, so do the methods of psychology used by her psychiatrist to determine whether she is from afar, or just mentally ill. Throughout the book you find yourself actually in the office during therapy, wandering around the gardens of the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, and indeed on the wards with the other patients.
If you read nothing else on Science Fiction this fall, read KPAX IV.
For fans of Brewers' work this is an absolute must as an addition to KPAX's I, II & III.
For readers unfamiliar with Brewers work this is STILL a absolute must. Okay, I am slightly biaised in having being a ufologist for sometime but my own love of Brewers' work aside - the book is still a winner.
Meet Fled, a large hairy visitor from the planet KPAX - the same as Prot, who features in the first three books. Fled is different from Prot however, she's beligerent, sarcastic, lacks patience, manners, and thinks nothing of offering, or engaging in sex with any male she encounters! As the story of why she is visiting our meagre planet unfolds, so do the methods of psychology used by her psychiatrist to determine whether she is from afar, or just mentally ill. Throughout the book you find yourself actually in the office during therapy, wandering around the gardens of the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, and indeed on the wards with the other patients.
If you read nothing else on Science Fiction this fall, read KPAX IV.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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K-Pax was a great book, the trilogy as a whole was OK but mainly bolstered by the first book. This fourth one is a novel too far, Brewer milking K-PAX for all it's worth. Don't finish on a low which is what you will do if you purchase this book.
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