K-PAX
Overview
K-PAX is the name of the first novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 in the K-PAX series by Gene Brewer
Gene Brewer
Gene Brewer is the author of the K-PAX series of novels: K-PAX, K-PAX II, K-PAX III, K-PAX IV and Prot's Report, a brief natural history of the Earth, which appears in the K-PAX trilogy, an omnibus edition of the first three K-PAX books...

 and a film based on the series:
  • K-PAX (1995)
    • K-PAX
      K-PAX (film)
      K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction and mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on a novel of the same name by Brewer about a psychiatric patient who...

      (2001) – film
  • K-PAX II: On a Beam of Light (2001)
  • K-PAX III: Worlds of Prot (2002)
  • K-PAX IV: A New Visitor From The Constellation Lyra
    K-PAX IV: A New Visitor From The Constellation Lyra
    K-PAX IV: A New Visitor From The Constellation Lyra is the name of the fourth novel in the K-PAX series by Gene Brewer. Published by Xlibris in early March, 2007 .- Plot description :...

    (2007)


The books deal with the experiences on Earth of a man named "prot" (rhymes with "goat").
Quotations

I have arrived. My travels are over for the time being.

I didn't arrive by train.

I'm an alien. Don't worry, I'm not going to leap out of your chest.

What Einstein actually said was that nothing can accelerate to the speed of light because its mass would become infinite. Einstein said nothing about entities already traveling at the speed of light or faster.

You know, for an educated person Mark, you repeat things quite a bit. Are you aware of that?

Why is a soap bubble round? Because it is the most energy efficient configuration. Similarly, on your planet I look like you; on K-PAX I look like a K-Paxian.

Your produce alone has been worth the trip.

Every being in the universe knows right from wrong, Mark.

Let me tell you something, Mark. You humans, most of you, subscribe to this policy of an eye for an eye, a life for a life, which is known throughout the universe for its… stupidity. Even your Gautama Buddha|Buddha and your Jesus|Christ had quite a different vision; but nobody's paid much attention to them, not even the Buddhists or the Christians.

Doctor. Patient. Interesting distinction.

 
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