| Sideshow Contributor(s): Tepper, Sheri S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553762893 ISBN-13: 9780553762891 Publisher: Random House Worlds OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: On the planet of Elsewhere, the Council had always enforced the governing of each province in the manner the people had chosen, so long as each respected its neighbors' local customs--and so long as the people remained within their homelands. Generations later, inhabitants have begun to question this tradition. The Council has received mysterious messages and reports of strange manifestations across the planet. Now, Enforcer Fringe Owldark has been sent with a small crew of seven, each possessing an unusual talent, to investigate their worst fear--the arrival of the Hobbs Land gods. Free will and the reality of God are just too of the timeless issues this courageous band of humans must confront as they strive to decide if complete tolerance and leaving others alone is evil. . .and what they should do if it is. Vividly imagined and exquisitely rendered, Sideshow is Sheri S. Tepper's most controversial novel yet. "From the Paperback edition. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Arbai |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.56" W x 8.66" (1.36 lbs) 498 pages |
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| Publisher Description: On the planet of Elsewhere, the Council had always enforced the governing of each province in the manner the people had chosen, so long as each respected its neighbors' local customs--and so long as the people remained within their homelands. Generations later, inhabitants have begun to question this tradition. The Council has received mysterious messages and reports of strange manifestations across the planet. Now, Enforcer Fringe Owldark has been sent with a small crew of seven, each possessing an unusual talent, to investigate their worst fear--the arrival of the Hobbs Land gods. Free will and the reality of God are just too of the timeless issues this courageous band of humans must confront as they strive to decide if complete tolerance and leaving others alone is evil. . .and what they should do if it is. Vividly imagined and exquisitely rendered, Sideshow is Sheri S. Tepper's most controversial novel yet. |