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3.0
Nice enough but didn't age well
The stories are combined by a common theme of human confrontation with (mostly) hostile aliens and their (mostly) psychic powers. The protagonists are all tough square-jawed men who smoke cigars and make all the right decisions. The few women in-between are either receptionists or hysterical eye-candy. Funny, actually, I never bothered about male-only casts, but here the absence of capable female characters is truly glaring.
Nevertheless, the stories are quite entertaining, some of them more, some of them less. If you're into psychic aliens, you should give it a try - a few of the ideas in there are quite fresh.
a solid 3 of 5
The stories are combined by a common theme of human confrontation with (mostly) hostile aliens and their (mostly) psychic powers. The protagonists are all tough square-jawed men who smoke cigars and make all the right decisions. The few women in-between are either receptionists or hysterical eye-candy. Funny, actually, I never bothered about male-only casts, but here the absence of capable female characters is truly glaring.
Nevertheless, the stories are quite entertaining, some of them more, some of them less. If you're into psychic aliens, you should give it a try - a few of the ideas in there are quite fresh.
a solid 3 of 5
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