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Rent Agent to the Stars
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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: Nov 2010
Genre: Fiction - Science Fiction - General
Retail Price: $8.99
Pages: 400
Synopsis
The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish.
So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal.
Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.
Reviews
Having listened to two of Scalzis short novels, both read by Wil Wheaton, I think Scalzi and Wheaton are one of the best author/reader teams available. The plot lines are totally original and hilarious. The dialogue is snappy and clever, and while you expect things to work out in the end, it isnt at all clear how Scalzi is going to get us there. Agent to the Stars is great fun, is read with just the right tone by Wheaton, and you wont want to get out of the car until you reach the end. RENT IT!