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K-Pax - Gene Brewer

 
Description: ISBN 0747525471 / Author: Gene Brewer / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the ... more
K-Pax - Gene Brewer ... Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place form him. However this patient is unlike anyone Dr Gene Brewer has had to interview before. Calling himselft 'prot' (to rhyme with goat), he has no traceable background but says he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, an idyllic world where there is no war or famine, and where every being coexists in harmoney. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3:31 am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light, 'prot' keeps us guessing right up ot the last minute.

Newest Review: ... planet 'K-PAX'. The rest of the book is based around his time in the psych centre and his relationship with the various ... more

 ... residents and staff there. We are taken on an emotional and revelatory journey as Dr Powell tries to cure him of his delusion. There is no definite indication of whether Prot is delusional or actually from another planet so you the reader are left to decide for yourself which view you find more convincing (or which you enjoy more). Prot is a delightful character, full of gentle kindness and very innocent. I think it's for this reason that I personally prefer the alien theory - I don't want to spoil a perfect being by mak...more

cmh4135
Crowned Review K-Pax - Gene Brewer: Thinking Man's Sci-Fi (760 words)
by cmh4135 - written on 10/04/02 (Very useful, 805 readings)
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Book reviews are kind of like film reviews – hard to write. This review is possibly going to be even harder. I do not want to give away too much. I do not want to over analyse (you will soon see why) and, to make matters worse, it has been made into a film which comes to cinemas on 12 April! K-PAX is humorous sci-fi. Not really my cup of tea at all – usually. I was sent the book free as part of a promotion and in keeping with my reputation as a wordy I had to read it. I never let a book beat me and this was going to be no exception. Why did I worry? This is possibly one of the most compelling books I have read. It is almost ...

illogicology
Premium Review A pseudo sci-fi psychiatry affair (277 words)
by illogicology - written on 26/01/09 (Very useful, 12 readings)
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K-PAX is a book that defies prediction while tempting it on every page. I think that is why the book is so impossible to put down and ultimately so satisfying to finish. When I first read K-PAX it had already been given two follow ups, I see that Gene Brewer has written a fourth though the first was always the best so I don't expect much fanfare for the new book. K-PAX presents the case notes of psychiatris, Dr. "Brewer" (named after the author) as he attempts to discover the secrets of a patient who believes himself to be an alien. Brewer is also compelled to work to a deadline as the alien, "prot" claims he will soon be leaving the ...

KingHerrod
Premium Review K-Pax - Gene Brewer: Damn you all, I am from Tipazoo! (1154 words)
by KingHerrod - written on 17/07/02 (Very useful, 674 readings)
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Do you know who you are? How do you know that your persona is actually you? How do you know that this really is Earth that we are living on? The most probable answer is that none of us can be entirely sure - of course we are all told that this is Earth and we are informed what is sane and insane, but who is really to judge what is sane and what is insane? Who are we to tell certain harmless people that they are mad and we are sane? Well of course society is the judge of that, just as society says that you are strange if you do not conform in your dress sense or way of expression - the sanity stage is just a more extreme version of a group of people's idea of ...

 

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