Jim's Reviews > The Harvest

Robert Charles Wilson ( born 1953 ), a resident of the Toronto area, must be one of my favorite writers, as I've read so much of his work. He's a hard science-fiction guy, meaning he's up on cutting-edge science and uses such ideas in his stories, but I think he's also known as a science fiction writer who can also give us great characters. We see Big Events through the eyes of his characters and can understand how they feel about things...This book, one of RCW's earlier books, is a good example. We (the people of Earth) make First Contact (finally) with aliens and each individual is offered immortality if they agree to join with the aliens. Not surprisingly, I think, the majority of humans take the aliens up on their offer. The story then concentrates on those few who want to remain on Earth and keep things running....What would you decide?