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Review title: Was this a parody of Science fiction cliches?
Product review: Its hard to believe that Robert Silverberg would have written a novel that consisted almost entirely of bad science fiction cliches. Implacable aliens, all-powerful, all-knowing, completely beyond human understanding, and telepathic to boot. Poor ignorant humans struggling to understand it all, fighting an enemy that can't be beat. And the ending, a classic example of 50's nonsense. The story was disjointed, the characters extremely difficult to care about. By the end of the novel, I still could not care what happened to them.After finishing this book, I've come to the conclusion that it was a parody, intended to show novice writers of science fiction what not to do. (And show them that an established writer can get anything published, no matter how bad.) This is a book that was obviously not intended for serious fans of the genre.
