SF a rich man who fakes a hostile alien invasion

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1Wyrmbyte
Sep 1, 2011, 3:36 pm

The guy starts out poor, and later his wife, one of his factory workers, commits suicide.

The alien race and humans both consider the other horrible ugly and barbaric.

The alien race uses genetic-manipulation as technology.

He shows a life size fake “invading” alien to a reporter at the end and explains why he did it.

The book is more than 10 years old.

2couch-potato
Sep 2, 2011, 11:13 pm

This is by Alan dean Foster - The Man Who Used the Universe (1983). Listed here no review or blurb.
Happy hunting, Steve.

3Wyrmbyte
Sep 3, 2011, 2:28 pm

That's it. Thanks!

4DisassemblyOfReason
Sep 17, 2011, 6:15 pm

Touchstone:

The Man Who Used the Universe by Alan Dean Foster