Owing much to Stanislaw Lem's Solaris , it tells the story of a psychologist investigating mysterious deaths at a terraforming station on a remote world that might in itself be sentient.
Aliens appear frequently, but are always clearly intended as metaphors for the human condition.
Weiner is also an insightful SF critic, whose non-fiction has appeared in Books in Canada , Quantum , SF Guide , Short Form , and The New York Review of Science Fiction . Born in London, Weiner trained as a psychologist, has worked as a rock critic, and is now a freelance business writer. He moved to Canada in 1974.