Review: The Earth as a Vacation Destination for Light people
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2013
David Katz has a low opinion of the Earth as we know it. This is "contemporary Science Fiction" or more accurately, "contemporary fantasy." There is nothing scientific about it. No new invention was needed to make this story possible - just a new and strange imagination. The "People" who are travelling to gain an experience of living on Earth are aliens from unknown places in, or around the Universe, where they live in "light" bodies and not within skins. Since their bodies would either not appear properly to us Earth people, or could not interact with us, when they arrive on Earth, they are transferred into Earth Bodies, stepping into the lives of actual living Earth people. They lose some memory from their lives in Light bodies, even losing track of their travelling companions - a bummer if you are on a honeymoon! On the other hand, they bring and share with Earth people an ability to have deep-felt "love", even between many people at once.The entire basic concept of this story is severely flawed. The main draw of Earth is that it looks beautiful to them. It also has an interesting diversity in people and in living situations as the travelers pass around the planet meeting many people. However, many of the people are fellow travelers - aliens hiding as Earth people. The big important people in charge of the aliens seem to be find some travelers who are not satisfied. Why? This is never clearly explained. The people in charge are considering "terminating" the Earth as a destination. They also use terms like eradicating all life. They do a little experiment to see how the people on Earth (including the travelers) react to preparations for termination. They make a fair size earthquake that generates a big tsunami. They are very ruthless with no empathy for the Earth people.There is no ending to this story. The main group has moved from Hawaii (fleeing the devastation of the tsunami) to  New York and then to Rhode Island, fleeing the effects of minor sporadic nuclear wars in various parts of the world (they have a private jet) and are considering going elsewhere, perhaps Bermuda ...Some might consider this a waste of time.