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Once a hero, now a pariah, Richard Muller is humanity's last hope.
Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma that his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze - until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?
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Interesting thought provoking
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Published in 1969, this story did not age well.
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Predictable and racist
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Flawed, dated, but still enjoyable
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The story is an interesting one which I found to be able to capture my imagination as is true for most of this author's work.
I highly recommend this book.
a great listen
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Stirring, Emotional, Great Sci fi
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seriously, there is nothing that can really be extrapolated from tue context clues about what actually occurred in the last 5% of the book.
unless you just imagine doomsday. and if so, why not actually write it?
I am fine with some ambiguity in and ending but not straight up, 'build your own ending as it means something different to each person'.
lazy.
its a story
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There is revealed the Male/Female cultural split that still existed in 1968 when this was written. The author has prophetic scientific predictions in this book. Holographic Pornography, Anti Aging Treatments etc. But you can also see how divided life must have been in 1968 with men talking to men and women only interpreted for their sexual value to the bossman. Its laughable but then again some men and women happily play these roles today and its their free will so who are we to judge. As long as we have free will and access to knowledge and education we can make our own best choices for life.
The book tends to drag on for the firsr half as you learn more about the maze. Ultimately the deeper plot blossoms and succeeds but its over in an instant with no resolution and you return to the maze not really feeling like any questions were answered about the maze or aliens etc. You end with the main character being a moody selfish dude who bemoans humanity outwardly but acta exactly the same way he complains about. So in that there is a reflection of human reality but as a book, I really prefer some journey or transcendence. Not just moody cry baby characters and no plot resolutions.
Written 1968. Prophetic Science but Sexist Mindset
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Classic sci-fi
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