The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes
Author | John Boyd |
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Cover artist | Lynda West |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publication date | 1978 |
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The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes is a novel by John Boyd published in 1978.
Plot summary[]
The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes is a novel about green aliens with sex on their collective mind, a Naval examination center, and spies.[1]
Reception[]
C. Ben Ostrander reviewed The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes in The Space Gamer No. 17.[1] Ostrander commented that the novel "is a fun little book [...] I did enjoy the two hours I spent reading it."[1]
Kirkus Reviews states "Can this book really be as awful as it sounds? Yes, indeed. Boyd (author of the malodorous Barnard's Planet, 1975) writes with somewhat less poise and control than a busted cement mixer."[2]
Reviews[]
- Review by uncredited (1979) in Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4
- Review by Paul Kincaid (1979) in Vector 95
References[]
- ^ a b c Ostrander, C. Ben (May–June 1978). "Books". The Space Gamer. Metagaming (17): 21.
- ^ "THE GIRL WITH THE JADE GREEN EYES by John Boyd | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
Categories:
- 1978 American novels
- 1978 science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- English-language novels