Tor Double #9: The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], The [Wadget], and Boff

My review is re Robert Silverberg novel ("with Isaac Asimov") The Ugly Little Boy.

This review does NOT refer to this book - cannot find the book in their database.

Note that the classic short story of the same title is VASTLY superior.

Although this book was officially a "collaboration", it is my very strong hunch that is was essentially all written by Robert Silverberg. He has made an effort to write it in Asimov's style, as he did for both Nightfall and The Bicentennial Man. All three of these novels are OK - but the original stories are so much better that you really owe it to yourself to read them.

Also please note re my rating system: 1 1/2 stars in my rating means that I gave this novel a "C" when I read it I start at one star meaning c -, and proceed one half star at a time up to 5 stars meaning A+. One half star is reserved for BOMBS - D+ and lower.