Nice comments on Lost in Translation

Hey, this is nice. From the Faster_than_light LiveJournal:

“Much more pleasing is Edward Willett’s Lost in Translation, not to be confused with the film of the same name starring Bill Murray. In this book humans and a race of gorgeous little flying creatures called S’sin despise each other with a passion equal to the heat of a thousand suns. A misunderstanding escalated into a war, then into a Hatfields-McCoys mindset that clouds both species minds with hatred and prevents any kind of reconciliation. The governing council, seeing that this state of affairs will never do, decides to intervene and get to the bottom of the grudge match once and for all, and for that, they need translators: the two who are chosen must work against their own prejudices to come up with a solution for the future of both species, but it’s not going to be easy, as their backstories indicate. There are shades of Bradbury here in the style, which I personally find pleasing, and I’m also keen on the S’sin because it’s hard to create an alien race that isn’t ‘been there done that.’ Recommended for adult summer reading, as this is the kind of book you want to take out to the hammock and savor, while the sun still shines.”

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