> I skipped the alien half of a A Fire Upon the Deep (ok, skimmed) and missed nothing You mean you still liked the book. Hard to know whether you missed someth

> I skipped the alien half of a A Fire Upon the Deep (ok, skimmed) and missed nothing You mean you still liked the book. Hard to know whether you missed something if you skipped or skimmed it. I read this over 10 years ago but the aliens are what I remember most