K-Pax Series by Gene Brewer

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  • K-Pax (K-Pax #1)
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    K-Pax (K-Pax #1)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1995

    Imagine a time and space traveler from another planet. One that looks human and exemplifies the ideal world he comes from, a world free from human nature's greed and cruelty. That creature would be "prot", as he calls himself, the newest patient at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute.Prot seems to know more than he should about faster-than-the-speed-of-light-travel... more

  • K-PAX II. On a Beam of Light (K-Pax #2)
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    K-PAX II. On a Beam of Light (K-Pax #2)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2001

    On a Beam of Light is Gene Brewer's brilliant sequel to K-PAX, the novel in which a man called 'prot' (rhyming with goat) claims he is a perfect being from the planet K-PAX - an idyllic world without wars, government or religion. At the Manhattan Institute his psychiatrist is determined to prove that prot's identity is nothing more than a tragic case of multiple-personality disorder. But when people begin to notice prot's peculiar characteristics, many of them start to doubt the diagnosis... more

  • The Worlds of Prot (K-Pax #3)
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    The Worlds of Prot (K-Pax #3)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2002

    The compelling conclusion of Gene Brewer's acclaimed K-PAX trilogy. The Manhattan Institute of Psychiatry: Prot is back, and patient Robert has returned to his catatonic state. This visit to Earth, prot promises, will be his last. Psychiatrist Gene Brewer is racing against the clock to unravel the mystery of his famous patient, who hails from the planet K-PAX, and to enlist his help in recalling Robert to life... more

  • K-PAX The Trilogy (K-Pax #1-3)
    #1-3

    K-PAX The Trilogy (K-Pax #1-3)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1995

    When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, Robert Porter calls himself 'prot' and has no traceable background - but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars.

  • K-Pax Iv: A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra (K-Pax #4)
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    K-Pax Iv: A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra (K-Pax #4)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2007

    A New visitor arrives from K-PAX. Fled is outspoken, belligerent, very promiscuous, and resembles more than anything else a large chimpanzee. When she returns she will be taking 100,000 people with her. Dr. B agrees to “host” the visitor at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute hoping she will be able to do something for the hospital’s difficult mental patients. Fled soon becomes pregnant, and the father could be anyone-a chimpanzee, a gorilla, or a human, possibly even one of the patient... more

  • K-Pax V: The Coming of the Bullocks (K-Pax #5)
    #5

    K-Pax V: The Coming of the Bullocks (K-Pax #5)

    Gene Brewer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2014

    In this final book of the K-PAX series, Dr. Gene Brewer is approached by visitors from the planet Bullock, who demand that he deliver an ultimatum to the United Nations: Homo sapiens must end the killing of other humans as well as all other animal species living on Earth. Failure to meet this demand will result in the immediate extinction of the human race.Dr. B is amazed to discover that U.S... more

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