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The aliens on earth take certain people to live with them for a time. The protagonist counsels the people who remain behind, and when his wife is returned by the aliens, she begins working on the other people who have been returned, changing them to be other than human. The protagonist, acting as a liaison between the aliens and humans, finds his life torn apart by his wife and the knowledge he acquires about what the aliens have been doing all along, and how he has been unknowingly assisting them.
Nora M. Mulligan, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Scientifically turned into another lifeform
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - feelings of a human growing up among aliens
Family relations Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - psychiatrist
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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