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Illegal Alien (Paperback)
by Robert J. Sawyer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager (18 Nov 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006483194
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006483199
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 626,806 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Communication with the aliens is relatively straightforward. Their mother ship has been damaged and the people of Earth are asked to manufacture replacement parts, with the offer of alien technology in return. The story climaxes in a tense courtroom drama with one of the aliens on a murder charge.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Darwin's Dangerous Idea strikes again!, 5 Jan 2006
By Stephen A. Haines (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illegal Alien (Mass Market Paperback)
Daniel Dennett called natural selection Darwin's Dangerous Idea. He describes it as a 'universal acid', eroding the fabric of traditional habits. Dennett recognizes how violent those threatened by new ideas can become. Robert Sawyer has taken that thesis to a new, wonderfully conceived, level in this book. Those reviewers grizzling about this story recapitulating the O.J. Simpson trial must have skipped over the hard parts. Illegal Alien is a much deeper presentation of the workings of reactionary minds. We've all seen how vicious fanatic religious "leaders" can be when orthodoxy is challenged. Sawyer has extended that concept to a cosmic scale. And he's done a superb job of it.

While the bulk of this book