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- Print Length: 305 pages
- Publisher: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- $7.99
Alan Dean Foster is a favorite author of mine; a few years back I interviewed him about his collection of personal travel essays collected in the book Predators I Have Known (a delightful and informative look at our world, the creatures we share the planet with and Alan’s own personal take on environmental issues. I admire his insistence that our biggest – undiscussed issue – is population), which pretty much establishes him as an author skilled in a wide variety of genres – original science fiction (the Flynx and Pip adventures, , the Tran-Ky-Ky trilogy), novelizations (Alien, Splinter of the Minds Eye), light, humorous fantasy in the Spellsinger series, horror (Into the Out Of), historicals (Maori) and humorous science fiction, of which Quozl is exemplary.
I don’t think I’ve ever been disappointed by an Alan Dean Foster read and when it comes to humor, he is a master of not only creating implausible situations and making them work, but also a master of the genre in-joke and not averse to the occasional (deliberately awful) pun.
From the Open Road Media release:
Quozl is a quirky, humor-filled romp that asks deep philosophical questions even as it gives readers much to laugh about. In Quozl, rabbit-like aliens (that, of course, have a procreation problem) plan to colonize planet Earth, only to find that there are sentient creatures already living there: humans.
The bestselling author of over 120 books, Foster has shown an incredible ability to“[handle] the collision of cultures, the inevitable, uniquely,” while never letting the reader forget that “science fiction is fun; it is the fun of speculation” (Library Journal).
The always “fun” Quozl will appeal to children and adults alike.
Open Road Media has a a good and growing selection of his works – start with Quozl and you won’t be disappointed.
