Quozl

Quozl is fun and funny, a good first-contact story with some well-intentioned social satire, some interesting and endearing aliens, and some convincing human characters, too. But mostly it's fun and funny. Sometimes you should look for deep meaning and a significant message, but sometimes you just n......more

Divide it into three parts for easy reference: the landing, the encounter, and integration. The events in landing and encounter are interesting enough. Foster does a wonderful job creating this alien race, complete with their grooming, social and sexual practices. All quite appropriate to establishi......more

Woah. So this is where Scalzi found the plot for Agent of the Stars…. This book follows a bunny-like alien who lands on Eatth without realizing humans were here. At first they hide, but after several generations, they realize first contact is inevitable and they want to get ahead of it…. Plot happens......more

One of my favorite books of all time. Sadly the cover art does not do the depth of this book justice, as it weaves a complex society into its integration on Earth with great skill and poise that belies the "cartoony" art. This is definitely a case of "do not judge the book by its cover". The charact......more

Those readers who are familiar with Foster’s ‘Flinx and Pip’ adventures are sure to find this book worthy of those stories. Imagine yourself on an interstellar colonization trip to an unknown planet. You spend five generations getting there, and when you finally land, you are not the only sentient r......more