Landscape with Invisible Hand (Hardcover)

from bluepigeon

M.T. Anderson's Landscape with Invisible Hand is an incisive look at human nature. Every detail of the transformation the human race goes through during the alien colonization is an accurate reflection of the many times peoples and nations were colonized by others here on Earth. Just like the eco...

from clrichm

I'm sort of unsure of how I felt about this one? The story was compelling, absolutely. I love the unique take on alien invasion that isn't about overt subjugation or annihilation but which destroys life as we know it through the more mundane channels of economic imbalance. My main issue lay in fi...

from sleahey

Seventeen year old Adam is a talented artist but in the future of this story the world has become impoverished with the arrival of the Vevv, who have eliminated most jobs because of their advanced technology. As a result, Adam's family can barely survive, especially after his father took off. For...

from

For a novel, I might bump my rating down to 3 stars, but I'm counting this as a long short story or novella because it was such a whizz to read (on audio, but I'm pretty sure the print experience would be similar) and because it captured such a perfect snapshot of a world's emotional portrait. I ...

from fromthecomfychair

This novella started out promising but ran out of steam. Satire on our reliance on technology, the divide between the rich and the poor. The ending was not believable--If the vuvv are so technologically advanced, then it doesn't make sense that the family can escape them. Disappointing, cause Fee...