Grass
Oct 2009 · Arbai Book 1 · Sold by Spectra
4.8star
12 reviews
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“One of the most satisfying science fiction novels I have read in years.”—The New York Times Book Review
Here is a novel as original as the breathtaking, unspoiled world for which it is named, a place where all appears to be in idyllic balance. Generations ago, humans fled to the cosmic anomaly known as Grass. Over time, they evolved a new and intricate society. But before humanity arrived, another species had already claimed Grass for its own. It, too, had developed a culture. . . .
Now, a deadly plague is spreading across the stars. No world save Grass has been left untouched. Marjorie Westriding Yrarier has been sent from Earth to discover the secret of the planet’s immunity. Amid the alien social structure and strange life-forms of Grass, Lady Westriding unravels the planet’s mysteries to find a truth so shattering it could mean the end of life itself.
Here is a novel as original as the breathtaking, unspoiled world for which it is named, a place where all appears to be in idyllic balance. Generations ago, humans fled to the cosmic anomaly known as Grass. Over time, they evolved a new and intricate society. But before humanity arrived, another species had already claimed Grass for its own. It, too, had developed a culture. . . .
Now, a deadly plague is spreading across the stars. No world save Grass has been left untouched. Marjorie Westriding Yrarier has been sent from Earth to discover the secret of the planet’s immunity. Amid the alien social structure and strange life-forms of Grass, Lady Westriding unravels the planet’s mysteries to find a truth so shattering it could mean the end of life itself.
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4.8
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Li Gardner
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April 4, 2019
Stunning! With Grass, Tepper has lept to the top of my favorites - both novel and author. This work, published in 1989 is apropos to this very day and beyond. It starts a bit slow but stick with it. You will not be disappointed. If anything, you will be stunned by the complexities and subtleties and horrific beauties of her world building and language skills, and perhaps learn a bit more than you thought possible
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Alanna Sanderson
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June 13, 2015
Slow to get started but we'll worth the journey. Just when you think you know where the story is headed, boom!
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A Google user
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April 22, 2018
Can't believe I hadn't read her work before. It's brilliant, imaginative,
and philosophic.
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About the author
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow's End. Grass was a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award nominee, and Beauty was voted Best Fantasy Novel by the readers of Locus magazine.
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