Review: Original and Thought Provoking SciFi
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2011
An original and beautifully written SciFi story.Twin-Bred is written in a calm, narritive, almost detached tone of voice which fits this story about a scientific experiment really well. The story is really intriguing and I couldn't stop reading as I wanted to find out where this experiment would lead and what would happen to the human and Tofa children who were brought in to the world. Would they really be able to make a difference?The Tofa are interesting and well worked out aliens. Wyle really succeeded in making them likeable, but at the same time mysterious and a bit creepy. As the story focuses on the humans and the Twin-Bred children, the 'real' Tofa stay mysterious, their actions strange and seemingly dual in nature and they act as a possible threat throughout the experiment.In a way this story reminded me of 'apek's 'War with the Newts', not surprising as both stories shine a light on how humans treat each other and where we go wrong. But where 'apek's view is a grim one, Wyle still leaves some hope that we as a species might one day see the light.All in all a beautiful, thought provoking tale.I will keep an eye out for Wyle's next book.