They have taken their home planet, the only one they have access to, and placed it on the road to destruction.

A protuberant central nose, thin-skinned lips, primitive external auditory organs known as ‘ears’, tiny eyes and unfathomably pointless eye brows. For those that don’t know, a human is a real bipedal lifeform of mid-range intelligence, living a largely deluded existence on a small waterlogged planet in a very lonely corner of the universe. His mission is to delete all evidence that this mathmateical theory was solved, and kill anyone who knows it was solved.Horrified by the appearances of the humans, confused by their disgusting obsessions with wearing clothing and drinking coffee, and pitying of their limited brain capacities and lack of special powers, the visitor nevertheless assumes the appearance of Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's life for a time. You know how you think your family is pretty normal until you bring someone over to meet them and you see everything and everyone anew through his eyes? I enjoyed this story by Matt Haig so much more than his book The Midnight Library (see my review at https://www. The Humans" is the story of an alien who is sent to Earth to eliminate all traces of the newly found proof of the Reimann hypothesis, which is said to be too powerful and dangerous knowledge for an immature species as us. I found the that the humour and wit of this book came down to the same inane memes that your aunt will share on Facebook: I hate Mondays humour, only my dog understands me humour, kids these days humour.

Promptly run over, the naked alien hero regenerates, escapes from the shocked ambulance crew and heads to the nearest building – a weirdly rectangular and bizarrely static refuelling station labelled Texaco. For all its later outbreaks of Vonnadorian mawkishness, The Humans still deserves to live long and prosper. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Satire with humour … Matt Haig, speaking at the Edinburgh book festival. Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University, one of the great mathematical geniuses of our time, has just discovered the secret of prime numbers, thereby finding the key that will unlock the mysteries of the universe, guarantee a giant technological leap for mankind and put an end to illness and death.But the universe decides we aren't ready for such massive knowledge and sends an alien to kill, then inhabit the body of Andrew, with the mission to remove any evidence of his findings. although it was written to Gulliver from Andrew, I loved the chapter titled "Advice for a human" (very poignant). The alien entity who looks like Andrew Martin is believed to have undergone a concussion, making Andrew seem to behave oddly, sure, but he's also a good listener, he asks charming questions, he heals, he cares, and he is fascinated by everyday wonders. For those that don’t know, a human is a real bipedal life form of midrange intelligence, living a largely deluded existence on a small waterlogged planet in a very lonely corner of the universe.