Literary Significance and Reception
Larry Chamberlain was critical of Alice, Girl of the Future in his review for School Library Journal saying "this books best audience will be colleagues of the author, a historian in the U.S.S.R.", Don D'Ammassa in his review for Chronicle magazine said this about this collection of stories "they're filled with quirky humor, absurd situations, grotesque creatures, and a good natured view of the universe at large."
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