Review of Planet Saviors
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Review of Planet Saviors
Planet Saviors by Raymond Hunter is science fiction that portrays life on different planets. This book teaches us that a perfect world is a boring world. The imperfections of our environment, humans, and thoughts introduce variety, and as we know, variety is the spice of life. Perfection leads to boredom.
Stella is an arboreal aberrant from the planet Mund. Mund has gone through years of fine-tuning its world and has become so technologically advanced that it can be considered a perfect world. A few hundred thousand years ago, the inhabitants of Mund discovered everything there was to know about science. They visit different planets (as Alphie has done) and can get TV signals from other planets. However, like the order of things in the universe, when things reach their peaks, they start to plummet. The perfect and technologically advanced Mund seems to be heading south.
The genetic engineering wizards' ideal plans were a huge failure. Their planet needs DNA repair, and the authorities need all the help they can get. That is where Stella's idea comes in. She wants to go to Earth because she thinks that earthlings live like honorary aberrants. Stella says that even though her planet is perfect, it is an unemotional paradise. She thinks earthlings have more fun than they do. Earthlings have imaginations and creativity. She hopes she can get some people on Earth to come and teach them how to be happy, imaginative, and creative. But as an extraterrestrial, how will the Earth welcome her when she goes to Earth? How does she cope? Without so much of a detailed plan apart from her belief in "abundancia," will she succeed in her mission?
There are things that made me love this book. The first thing that attracted me to it was the cover. The spaceship and the lady winking show that this book will be a humorous adventure. Second, I love how well-developed the characters are. It was easy to connect with each character because of the details that were provided about their past and present. I loved the character of Miller, who was so cheerful and eager to help others. She is content with what she has. Third, I love the details with which this book was written. The way Stella analyzed her candidates is pristine. Because of her descriptions, I had different identifiers for different characters, like "fast processor John," "Walt the dam guy," "altruistic Pops," etc. Fourth, the author mentions a lot of celebrities in this book to liken some of the characters' looks and actions. The book also mentions "Star Wars," which made me ecstatic because I love the movie. Also, I love the details in which Stella answered John's questions about Mund. So many scenarios for a perfect world have been uncovered.
I love the liberty with which the characters' thoughts and actions go wild, like when John dreams of being a yeast cell and when Stella dreams of lunching with God. The same happens in real life. Sometimes dreams are out of the ordinary. Sometimes they don't make sense. Dreams are just dreams. Also, it was kind of funny to me when Stella told John to "... lay off the health food. It's poison. It's killing you. A chemical diet is the only way to go." (Page 118)
I noted some negative aspects of this book. First, there were many boring, long dialogues, which made discussions unnecessarily lengthy. Those scenes made me sleepy. Also, I found many errors while reading this book. I suggest that it go through another round of editing. Because of the boring parts of this book and the many errors I found, I will be rating it 4 out of 5 stars. Also, some things got me confused in the book. For example, I don't understand why Stella's eyes fall shut whenever a topic that doesn't interest her comes up. I wonder if it has anything to do with her being arboreal.
Planet Saviors has a lot of sexual descriptions. So, I wouldn't recommend it to younger readers or those sensitive to such content. On the other hand, if you love to read about what it could be like to have other planets inhabited by other beings, then you will have a good time reading this book. This book provokes thought about the universe, humanity, our lines of thought, religion, politics, cultures, history, economy, alternate worlds, etc.
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