[jssmith76]

Hello everyone,

Newbie here, so a quick "hi, how ya doing, nice to meet you (blah, blah, blah)".

OK, now that that's over, on to the subject....

Quite a few years ago, probably late 80's early 90's, I read this one sci-fi book. I thought it was great. I would love to get this book again, since I lost it in one of my many moves. Only one problem though.... I don't remember the name of the book or it's author. So.. I'll do my best in telling you what it was basically about.

From what I remember, it was about some aliens that came down to earth. I believe it was three aliens. I think they took the form of humans, not sure though. But, basically, the main part I remember was that the book was divided up into three main sections. Each section basically told the same story, or a continuation of the previous story, but each section was told as if it was through the eyes of one of the three aliens.

I know that they were all looking for something, (what, I can't remember) and that it lead to a battle between them at a beach or something like that. For some reason I seem to remember that on the cover was something like a chess board or something with a grid on it.

I know that these descriptions are really vague, and probably won't help out at all, but, I dunno what else to do. I'm sure that unfortunately, I won't be able to figure this puzzle out.

If anyone has any clues as to what this book is, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

[Erfael]

If it's SF, you may want to post it in the SF section. Some of those people may not regularly check the general section of the forum. I have to say, they'll probably get it. Seems that they figure out every one of these "looking for a book and can't remember the name" puzzles.

[jssmith76]

Erfael,

Thanks for the reply. I'll go ahead and post this in the SF section now. Again, thanks for the reply.

Josh