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ILLEGAL ALIEN
A novel by Robert J. Sawyer
A courtroom drama with an extraterrestrial defendant — Independence Day meets John Grisham.
Winner of Japan's Seiun Award for Best SF Novel of the Year
Finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Mystery Novel of the Year
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- 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
- Canadian premium-sized paperback: Penguin, November 2009, ISBN 978-0-14-317510-0, CDN$13.50
- American paperback: Ace, January 2012, ISBN 978-1-937007-21-8, US$7.99
- Buy an autographed copy of the Canadian edition direct from the author!
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- Typical passage (a quick taste of the novel)
- Another brief excerpt
- Jacket blurb
- Science Fiction Book Club catalog copy
- Press release
- Reviews
- Reading group guide
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- On writing Illegal Alien
- A few words about Illegal Alien
- Annotated dedication and acknowledgments
- Information about Alpha Centauri
- The outline that sold this novel
- A synopsis of this novel
"Add another hit to Sawyer's string." — Science Fiction Chronicle
- Penguin Canada, November 2009 premium-sized paperback
- Berkley/Ace, January 1999 paperback
- HarperCollins Voyager UK, January 1998 paperback
- Berkley/Ace, December 1997 hardcover
- 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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