Transfigurations
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In a clearing of the great forest of the planet Bosk Veld, a strange, ape-like species of alien, the Asadi, act out their almost-incomprehensible rituals, rainbow eyes flashing, spinning like... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0722114125
ISBN13:9780399123795
Release Date:January 1979
Publisher:Putnam Publishing Group
Length:362 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Amazing....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I too am sad to see "Transfigurations" is out of print. Definitely one of the best book sI have ever read, the same caliber as Clark's "Rendezvous With Rama" or "Childhood's End". Superb.
brilliant, haunting study of the human and subtly inhuman
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I am distressed that this book is out of print and seems to have fallen into obscurity. It is one of the best of the anthropological science fictions novels (Left Hand of Darkness and others) that delve deeply into what it means to be human. It is the haunting and disturbing tale of an anthropologist who follows the footsteps of his brilliant former partner who disappeared into the alien jungle after totally immersing himself physically and psychologically in the life of another species. The Asadi are hominids that appear to have degenerated from a much more advanced society into the primitive daily reenacting of brutish, incomprehensible, almost hallucinatory rituals. The closer he comes to the intuitive leap that would let him understand them, the deeper he slips into the madness, which may be the fate of any member of a species that too deeply partakes in the nature of another. The aliens are some of the most convincing ever invented, the story is gripping and the conclusion (actually the whole story) is unforgettable.
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