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ILLEGAL ALIEN

A novel by Robert J. Sawyer

First edition hardcover: Ace, December 1997, ISBN 0-441-00476-8, US$21.95 / CDN$30.95
British edition: HarperCollins Voyager, January 1998
North American paperback: Ace, January 1999, ISBN 0-441-00592-6, US$5.99 / CDN$7.99

A courtroom drama with an extraterrestrial defendant — Independence Day meets John Grisham.

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"Add another hit to Sawyer's string." — Science Fiction Chronicle

Berkley/Ace, December 1997 hardcover ISBN 0-441-00476-8; US$21.95 / CDN$30.95
Berkley/Ace, January 1999 paperback
HarperCollins Voyager UK, January 1998
Winner of Japan's Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel of 2002
A Locus Bestseller
A selection of The Science Fiction Book Club
Signed leather-bound limited edition from Easton Press

Students take note! The critical article "Coding of Race in Science Fiction: What's Wrong With the Obvious?" by Sherryl Vint discusses Illegal Alien at length. You can find it in Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, edited by Jean-François Leroux and Camille R. La Bossière (University of Ottawa Press, 2004).

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SCIENCE FICTION WRITER ROBERT J. SAWYER Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner

ILLEGAL ALIEN

A novel by Robert J. Sawyer

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SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
ROBERT J. SAWYER
Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner