Review: Fun, Quick Read - Recommended
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2012
"How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story" is an amusing Sci-Fi story of inter-species relations by one of my favorite Sci-Fi authors, John Scalzi (Old Man's WarandThe Android's Dream). The story is very short but, for what it is, it didn't need to be any longer.No plot spoilers from me: The story is told by Charlie, a junior writer for a magazine that gets assigned to do an "Alien Interest" story and has to "date" members of the alien races that have embassies on Earth (it is hinted that there are many of these). Unfortunately Charlie has a serious girlfriend, Claire, and really has no idea what aliens do on dates... This was an entertaining "fish out of water" story that painted some very funny imagery but it does contain a scene that was more explicit than expected.I enjoyed this and will be looking for my Scalzi shorts, recommended!CFH