As low writer on the totem pole at his magazine, Charlie gets the pleasure of coming home to his girlfriend to explain he will be going on a series of dates with various aliens for a human (well, alien) interest piece. It would be a disservice to spoil the story by going into any more detail.So far all I've read by Scalzi are a few short stories, all of comedic bent. His writing style suits the material well. Personally I have found most good but a bit insubstantial for my tastes. The detail he gives his characters and settings are astounding, and usually I'm left wishing the stories themselves were stronger and up to the high standards of those elements.Not so here. Charlie's tale is engrossing and the humor and plot are wonderfully balanced. Everything works beautifully. Thoroughly enjoyable. It is a short story in .pdf format that I got from the author's website. Pulled it up on my wife's iPad to show her how it functioned as an ebook reader (she keeps saying she will only read a book she can hold). She enjoyed it thoroughly as well. Several laugh out loud moments. Would love to read more scifi comedy by the author - it is an overlooked genre that is ripe for plucking...
A very amusing sci-fi/comic short story, in the same vein as Douglas Adams.
—kait
Scalzi is great, this is just a short story but worth the 99 cents.
—skyylark
a sweet, delightful little story.
—sexybooklover09
Oddly great!
—celine
Different
—John
