A review by girlofsteel377
The Color of Neanderthal Eyes / And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees by Michael Bishop, James Tiptree Jr.

3.0

My view of this book (or half of the double book) is vividly colored by the fact that Tiptree is actually Alice Sheldon. She really reveled in her macho male role--part of her "deceit" was that she really was more capable at so many of the masculine pursuits than many of her contemporary male sci-fi writers. So the relationship between the spaceman (for the first bunch of pages I had assumed the main character is female, but again, the aforementioned coloring) and the alien race is quite titillating.

There is still a lot of the "oh you poor uncivilized race" interaction and a patronizing quality to the description of the people. But still a good, quick read. Lots of action (and alien romance, hubba hubba).