Review: Are ET's Out There?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
Do ETs, extraterrestrials, really exist? If so, are they watching us, studying us, as curious about humans as some humans are about them? Some people believe; others do not. Some people claim they’ve seen space ships and ETs. What if they have? What does it mean to Earthlings?CONNOR’S LIGHT, science fiction novel by Author Ava Felsenstein, deals with this idea. Connor Lewis has left his wife and daughter in the city and moved to the wilderness where he has space and can think about trivial stuff like ETs with only the deer and wildlife to interrupt his research for visitors from other worlds. If aliens are on Earth, he wants to make contact with them. So he sets up his equipment to prove “visitors,” as he prefers to call them, exist and are hanging around, studying the human species. Black-and-white drawings add to the story and help break up long paragraphs of explanation, some of which might be better as dialogue or character thoughts. The story is told from different point of view characters, giving the reader insight into the thoughts of more than just Connor.Connor’s wife and daughter visit him on occasion, and I really liked his wife Kim’s patience and support of her husband in his research even though it takes him away from his family. And that’s all I’m saying because I don’t want to give away anything. Will Conner succeed in his mission? Are  ETs or other phenomena out there? Ava Felsenstein has written an interesting novel that makes me wonder.###