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Catalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact (Paperback)

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Tachyon Publications (1 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1892391384
  • ISBN-13: 978-1892391384
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,107,471 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This psychologically complex science-fiction novel focuses on a sensitive adolescent making the difficult transition from childhood into adolescent sexuality and adult society. A boy, fleeing a bullying classmate, inadvertently makes first contact with a race of aliens who live beneath the surface of his planet. Exploring such subjects as the dynamics of dysfunctional families and human society's greed-based political system, the book has eerie psychological undercurrents and tells an emotionally compelling and surprisingly sensual story.

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2.0 out of 5 stars An opportunity missed, 25 April 2007
By Nicholas Whyte (Oud Heverlee, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Kaslin, the adolescent hero growing up on a recently colonised planet, falls into a cave while escaping the torments of the rich girl who he fancies, and discovers a hitherto unknown indigenous alien lifeform, a hive mind that communicates through sex and food. This could have been a great novel of sexual and political awakening, as Kaslin gets to grips with the alien being and the girl in the first case, and her greedy oligarch parents in the second, but somehow doesn't gel; Kaslin himself (as a catalyst) remains curiously unchanged by his experiences, and too much of the plot depends on the friendly adults (his mother and her colleague) making decisions which are completely irresponsible for professionals in their position but necessary to move the story forward.
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4.0 out of 5 stars alien encounter, 21 Dec 2007
By Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
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On a colony world, a teenage boy called kaslin is running away from a nasty girl called hirsty who picks on him, when he falls into a cave. In the cave are aliens like none ever seen before. this encounter will change kaslin's life and the life of those he comes into contact with. but can humanity and these aliens communicate?

A short book of 170 pages with quite large print, although slightly tricky to get into at first due to some odd character names and a few strange words. But perserve, because it's worth it. the aliens are convincingly strange, and kaslin and all the other characters are very well drawn and written. you can really relate to them.

Not quite a book for all ages as suggested on the back, because kaslin has just hit puberty so are some sexual themes and references, so more one for teenagers and older readers. but it's a good story, it's complete in one volume, and it's a good read.
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