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The Companions

(Gollancz SF)

By Sheri S. Tepper

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| Paperback | 9780575076280

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Three planets have been recently discovered in deep space, and prosaically named to reflect their respective environments. Jungle, lush and foreboding, swallowed up an eleven-member exploratory team more than a decade earlier, while hot, harsh, and dusty Stone turned out to be phenomenally rich iContinue

Three planets have been recently discovered in deep space, and prosaically named to reflect their respective environments. Jungle, lush and foreboding, swallowed up an eleven-member exploratory team more than a decade earlier, while hot, harsh, and dusty Stone turned out to be phenomenally rich in rare ore, the most profitable new world to be found in a century. But it is the third, Moss, that could well prove to be the most enigmatic . . . and dangerous.

Enlisted by the Planetary Protection Institute -- an organization founded to assess new worlds for potential development and profit -- famed linguist Paul Delis has come to Moss to determine whether the strange multicolored shapes of dancing light observed on the planet's surface are evidence of intelligent life. With Delis is his half sister, Jewel, the wife of one of the explorers lost on Jungle. Working together, they are to determine the true nature of the “Mossen” and decipher the strange "language" that accompanies the phenomenon.

Yet the great mysteries of this bucolic world -- three-quarters covered in wind-sculpted, ever-shifting moss -- don't end with the inexplicable illuminations; there is the puzzle of the rusting remains of a lost fleet of Earth ships, moldering on a distant plateau. Perhaps the biggest question mark is Jewel Delis herself and her mission here at the far reaches of the galaxy. Leaving an overpopulated homeworld that is rapidly becoming depleted of the raw materials needed for human survival, Jewel is a member of a radical underground group opposing a recent government edict that will eliminate all of the planet's “nonessential” living inhabitants. And it is here, at the universe's unexplored edge, where the fate of endangered creatures may ultimately be decided -- though it will mean defying ruthless and unforgiving ruling powers to repair humankind's disintegrating relationship with the beasts of the Earth.

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  • The Companions By Sheri S. Tepper

    Sheri S. Tepper returns to her favorite themes human overpopulation and man's inhumanity to man and all other creatures in her latest novel, The Companions. Tepper has rung similar warning bells in previous novels, including the wonderful The Gate to ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Sheri S. Tepper, The Companions

    "great space opera" In the far distant future, mankind has colonized other worlds and made alliances with many sentient species. On Earth people live in small apartments in huge towers miles high. Whatever land isn't used for habitation is used for g ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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    This is an excellent book, both for the tale it tells and how she spruced up an old story with unique and highly believable characters. It is far more homegrown than fantastic and indeed many would find what she says to happen well before other, equally well told, tales that shows an alien invasion ... (continue)

    This is an excellent book, both for the tale it tells and how she spruced up an old story with unique and highly believable characters. It is far more homegrown than fantastic and indeed many would find what she says to happen well before other, equally well told, tales that shows an alien invasion!

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 464 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0575076283
  • ISBN-13: 9780575076280
  • Publisher: Gollancz
  • Pub date: Mar 10, 2005
  • Dimensions: 170 mm x 110 mm x 30 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
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