Alien Morning

A first contact story like no other: it eerily and wittily depicts a fast-forward vision of a near-future in which our own world is both utterly recognizable and utterly transformed. Once I started it, I couldn t put it down. Neither will you. -<b>Elizabeth Hand</b>, author of Generation Loss, Available Dark, and Hard Light.</p> Brilliantly crafted, fiercely real, <i>Alien Morning</i> is first contact as it may very well happen: experienced by one, shared by all who subscribe. Relentless and original, this is science fiction that matters now. Highly Recommended. <b>Julie E. Czerneda</b>, author of The Clan Chronicles</p> A startlingly credible reflection of how our society copes--or doesn't cope--with its own strangeness. -- <b>Stephen R. Donaldson</b></p> Rick Wilber's new novel brings together elements of a vivid near-future family saga and the global consequences of the arrival on Earth of technologically superior aliens. Through a charming first-person celebrity narrator who struggles with his flaws, Wilber deploys these elements so that the human drama reflects and illuminates the interspecies conflict, and vice versa, in a compellingly original way. You'll not soon forget either Peter Holman, the narrator, or Twoclicks, the S'hudonni prince with his alien antagonists and allies. -- <b>Michael Bishop</b>, author of A FUNERAL FOR THE EYES IF FIRE and PHILIP K. DICK IS DEAD, ALAS</p> Effortlessly mashes up its big science fiction theme of mysterious aliens and the terrorists who love them with a gritty backstage tour of semi-professional sports and also with an unflinching look at a troubled family. . . . Rick Wilber has definitely arrived! <b>-- James Patrick Kelly</b>, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards</p><b> </b>What happens when journalists use senses, not just words? This nifty look at an eye-opening future is well worth your time. <b> Gregory Benford, </b> author of <i>Timescape</i></p> An enjoyably thought-provoking novel about human and alien sibling rivalries with potentially civilization-destroying ramifications, punctuated by basketball, high tech, and a unique alien seductress. <b> L.E. Modesitt, Jr.</b></p> Chalk up another home run for Wilber, one of the most thoughtful and literate science-fiction writers working today. <i>Alien Morning </i>is classic shoe-on-the-other-foot speculation about Earth itself being colonized, and Wilber pulls it off with sophistication and panache. <b> Robert J. Sawyer</b>, Hugo Award-winning author of <i>Quantum Night</i></p> Rick Wilber has written the best first contact story I've seen in decades: deeply human, eerily alien, and altogether an exciting, moving and thought-provoking novel. <b>Ben Bova</b></p> A rousing adventure. Kept me guessing to the last line. <b> Jack McDevitt</b></p> The best first-contact novel I've read in some time. <b>--Joe Haldeman</b></p>