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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780441012527
ISBN number: 0441012523
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: July 26, 2005
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Two aliens have wandered Earth for centuries. The Changeling has survived by adapting the forms of many different organisms. The Chameleon destroys anything or anyone that threatens it.
Now, a sunken relic that holds the key to their origins calls to them to take them home--but the Chameleon has decided there's only room for one.
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'Two aliens have wandered Earth for centuries. The Changeling has survived by adapting the forms of many different organisms. The Chameleon destroys anything or anyone that threatens it. Now, a sunken relic that holds the key to their origins calls to them to take them home--but the Chameleon has decided there's only room for one. '
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I am a fan of Haldeman and I often use the Nebula Awards as a quick guide to buying SciFi, but in this case I was mostly disappointed. The book won the 2005 Best Novel Nebula Award and it is probably one of the weakest winners in recent memory.
The premise and the writing are as good as expected from Haldeman, put the promise is never kept. In the end nothing is explained nor even resolved. The ending is just not there. I enjoyed reading the book and was really excited about seeing how Haldeman tied it all together; he didn't. I read the Kindle edition and I thought that somehow I was missing a chapter or something. I checked back to make sure.
I don't think that novels have to have `spell it out' type endings, but you are left with basic questions about he characters, the plot, and the outcome. I'll give this three stars for the writing but I would only give it a half-hearted recommendation.
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The book has a great premise and was tightly written throughout. I found the ending a little unsatisfying considering how good the rest of the book was.
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Joe Haldeman delivers a good, well considered novel that is Haldemanesque... in the sense that the enthusiasm that the book delivers and the original concepts he explores in his own unique way hold the plot together.
I judge a good book on whether I can put it down, walk away from it and not think about it. In the case of Camouflage, I read it cover-to-cover and was sorry that the story was over. He left me wanting more and to me, that makes the grade.
Other reviewers found a component of the book when the human and alien fell in love to be corny and unbelievable, but love does confound the wisest of us and I didn't think that it was nearly as big of a stretch.
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Awesome alien profile. The only fault is with 10 pages to go you can tell there is now way to wrap it all up. No explanation of alien tech, which is becomming the standard these days. The ending was very abbreviated.
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Is this a reprint of a 1960s book, with a very similar plot and set of characters, including the egg?
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