Constellation Games by Leonard Richardson
My rating: 3 out of 5
My review:
This has been a fairly short but fun read and a new take on aliens coming to earth. What if they truly are benevolent and our main character is a game designer and retro-gamer-reviewer. The game reviews actually have a part to play in the story (but not too much).
There is a little bit of adventuring, but this is mostly (to me) an interesting thought about how would/could society deal with a drastic change of knowing there there are many other intelligent life forms in the universe and what the impact would be on culture (for better or worse). Unfortunately I feel like this thought is unfinished and other books end up exploring this idea better. But it’s still a nice little adventure.