K-Pax by Dr. Gene Brewer
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Book Reviews of K-Pax
Book Review: Alien, Interrupted
Summary: 4 Stars
Is prot really an alien? Only his psychotherapist knows for sure.Part sci-fi, but mostly what life is like for a hard core psychiatrist. I learned as much about abnormal psychology as I did about life on K-PAX. Interesting story, fast to read. I enjoyed it a lot. But don't believe the cover that claims this book will take it's place next to Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land - its scope is too narrow.
Book Review: Great insight into our culture.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book offers a very cool way of looking at our culture as a human being (among many other factors). I read it in one sitting, as it reads very easy. A nice afternoon read for all those philosophy majors out there.Book Review: Interesting extrapolation from a real-life case.
Summary: 3 Stars
Few people remember a book called "The Fifty-Minute Hour" by Dr. Robert Lindner (who also wrote "Rebel Without A Cause"), but the story of prot was originally based on a famous case detailed in that book. The fictional prot (protagonist?) was mislabeled with "multiple personalities", because at the time Brewer was writing, this quite real condition was being used as a grab-bag diagnosis for everything doctors couldn't figure out. However, in real life, the alien visitor simply got tired of writing reams of scientific detail to prove his bona fides to the doctor, and declared himself cured of his own delusions.
Book Review: A quick, interesting read
Summary: 3 Stars
I was able to easily finish off this novel in less than a few hours. The story line was enjoyable, but I felt the ending was rushed and easily explained...I would have rather had it a bit more drawn-out. I am glad to see they are making a movie of this novel, because I think Kevin Spacey would make a great prot.I am also interested to see where the author will take this story in his sequel. I also didn't get it until the very end that the author used his name as the novel's psychiatrist...I thought it made this work of fiction even more interesting.Book Review: Olicer Sacks in space
Summary: 3 Stars
I read K-Pax after seeing the film. It's a pretty good mix of Oliver Sacks style psychoanalysis and sci-fi. It maintains the 'what-if' basis of storyline for much of the book, but towards the end I feld a lot of the suspense had vanished.
The film adds a few scenes from K-Pax II, and is, to be honest, a good version of the book. In fact, the book doesn't really offer anything extra over the film, which is a shame.
A word of warning though - the books go downhill considerably after this one.