The Werewolf Principle

I really like Simak's writing style. It's philosophical and pastoral, even when there's a lot of futuristic visions of flying cars and robots, like in this book. The title is a little misleading. There are no horror movie werewolves in this book. It's based on the android that's created to study alien life. It's human based, but very plastic. It can transform into the shape of the alien race it discovers, live among them, study them, and return to its ship to download the data and return to human form. It's an interesting premise that leads to the question of what it means to be human. I really enjoyed the book although some of the interactions between characters were a little hokey at times and there was an awful lot of exposition.

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