Sheri Tepper is one of the world's finest sf and fantasy writers One of the few authors to feature in both the Fantasy and the Science Fiction Masterworks List BEAUTY was voted best Fantasy Novel of the Year by readers of LOCUS magazine. 'Updating the edgy, dystopian vibe of the 1960s new-wave SF, [THE MARGARETS] is a sprawling, widescreen eco-parable that's also, thanks to veteran US novelist Teppers's keen eye for character, intimate and genuinely moving. Just extraordinary' FOCUS 'Sheri Tepper takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative fiction' Ursula Le Guin 'All Tepper's books are thought-provoking and unputdownable' SFX 'Her character, human and alien, are exceptionally well-drawn' TIME OUT 'Combining an insight and understanding of human nature with an incisive yet eloquent wit that's worthy of Kurt Vonnegut' STARBURST 'Sheri Tepper weaves science fiction and fantasy superbly' THE TIMES
Sheri Tepper was born in 1929 and started writing in her fifties, since then she has produced dozens of fantasy, SF, horror, thriller and mystery novels.Previous titles:The Companions (Afmt Jun 05);The Visitor;The Fresco;A Plague of Angels;Sideshow;Raising the Stones;Grass;Singer from the Sea;Beauty
Margaret was certainly lonely as the only child from an unsuccessful human settlement on Mars, but as an adult she has a mission that requires her to unite with a lot of other Margarets universewide. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
Full of fascinating characters and beautifully detailed settings, Tepper's complex and multifaceted far-future SF novel follows the many selves of Mars colonist Margaret Bain on a mission to save the human race from annihilation. Long ago, hairless bipeds earned the eternal hatred of the foul-tempered Quaatar after some prehumans stowed away on a Quaatar survey ship. Now humankind is at the brink of self-destruction through overpopulation and ecological collapse. The farsighted Gentherans have taken up the human cause within the Interstellar Trade Organization, but as Earthgov struggles to conform to ISTO's enforced sterilization laws while trading excess children for offworld water, the Quaatar continue plotting to destroy humanity. Only Margaret, a secret organization called the Third Order of the Siblinghood and the truth behind an old Gentheran folktale can stop the genocide and give humanity a future. As always, Locus Award-winner Tepper (The Companions) wields grand science fiction themes with skill, vision and a twist of black humor. (June) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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