Review: Hilarious and commendably reflective
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
The book’s subtitle says, “A comedy about escaping your cubicle...” This is exactly what this book is: a comedy, in fact, a hilarious, witty and enormously creative comedy. But it is more. It is also a book about us – you and me – about humanity and the direction we are heading. That these two elements of the book, clowning and reflections on morality, manage to go hand in hand, so to say, is actually quite amazing. The events and the plot of the comedy part of the book are outrageously funny, the morality part is commendably reflective. Mixing these two elements could easily have made the book kitschy. However, the way the authors managed to merge them, at first slowly and hardly noticeable, but towards the end of the book in a more dominant way, and yet, without ignoring the comedy tone of the book, is impressive and makes “Encounter” a very enjoyable read. This is not just a book for sci-fi fans, this is a book for everybody with a willingness to ignore reality for a few hours and to engage in a journey of comical absurdity and universal integrity.