About "Close Encounters" (Nebula Award winner)
“Remarkable.” – Rose Fox, Publishers Weekly's Genreville blog
“A wonderful story!” – @EllenDatlow
“A killer story.” – Michael Swanwick
“A really strong character, a narrative voice with strong authenticity, a strongly realized setting. And a perfect ending to it all.” – Lois Tilton, Locus Online
“The story excels due to this playoff between the coldness of truth and the warmth of the preposterous. Duncan gets the balance spot on, and the result is a hopeful, intelligent, and authentic-sounding story.” – Barbara Melville, Tangent Online
“What really makes this story is the end and that's why it will be on my Hugo Short List for novelettes, next year.” – SamTomaino, SFRevu
“A touching tale … The prose and the mood evoked are a pleasure.” – Eamonn Murphy, SFcrowsnest
“Heart-warming … Duncan gets into the character of the crotchety old farmer extremely well.” – Mark Nelson, BestSF.net
“Pitch-perfect in delivery and humour and voice and language, a delight.” – Jonathan Crowe
“A total scream.” – Jonathan Crowe (again)
“Hilarious, as usual.” – Stephen Gordon (@ironnoir)
“Could be viewed as a straight tale of first contact told in a style deliberately reminiscent in the style of those nineteen fifties though there are sufficient differences to make it a fine story on its own terms.” – John Fairhurst, John’s Reading
“Excellent story and writing.” – Meran niCuill, GoodReads