thegooddoctor
2/21/2021
Wow - a truly believable society of real honest-to-god aliens in a real environment. Rich Larson is defintely an author to watch.
I'm afraid the sub-genres have failed me here - we have alien invasion and first contact - but we don't have anything else for aliens (but where do you draw the line at what is a reasonable number of sub-genres?) I do think "space exploration" actually fits (weirdly, but it fits).
My rating system starts with a rating of one star for a story/novel that I ranked "C -". Ratings move up 1/2 star with each step, up to 5 stars (equivalent to a ranking of A+). I reserve 1/2 star for works rated D and lower.