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]]> Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:23:43 +0300 The Fresco https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52292-the_fresco.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52292-the_fresco.html

The bizarre events that have been occuring across the United States seem to have no bearing on Benita Alvarez-Shipton's life. That is until she is approached by a pair of aliens asking her to transmit their messsage of peace to the Powers That Be in Washington. Her obligation does not end once the message is delivered, however, for the Pistach have offered their human hosts a spectacular opportunity for knowledge and enrichment, with Benita as sole liasion between the two sentient races. The more she learns about the extra-terrestrials, the more her appreciation grows for their culture, their beliefs and their art - especially the ancient and mysterious Fresco that dominates their collective lives. But the Pistach are not the only space-faring species making their presence known on Earth. There are others, cold, malevolent and hungry...]]> Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:23:45 +0300 Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52279-marianne_the_madame_and_the_momentary_gods.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52279-marianne_the_madame_and_the_momentary_gods.html

Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods

When Marianne's parents died, leaving control of their fortune to her feared older brother, she struggled to make her way as a student in America - and her old home began to seem as unreal as a fairy tale, her childhood there as distant as a dream . . . Until the Magus came to claim her, and the Black Madame to destroy her, and the Manticore to hunt her down through the streets of another world - for there is magic in Marianne's blood, and magic in her soul. And in a battle fought in an everchanging world of warped time and wicked magic, it is the souls of Marianne and her family that are the ultimate prizes. Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods is the second volume of Sheri S. Tepper's acclaimed Marianne Trilogy.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 1988 18:23:42 +0300 Singer From the Sea https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52291-singer_from_the_sea.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52291-singer_from_the_sea.html

A good and proper aristocrat on the isolated, seemingly backward planet of Haven, Genevieve has been carefully instructed in the Covenants -- the ancient, inflexible laws governing the women of her class. She knows what is expected of her: marriage in her mid-twenties to a groom of her father's choosing, childbirth at age thirty. And then soon afterwards -- as has been the lot of so many noblewomen before her -- perhaps death. But there is another Genevieve within who longs to heed the call of the sea -- though she has never once seen the vast waters that cover most of her homeworld's surface. For an unheard voice is crying out to her across the centuries, drawing her ever-closer to a terrible truth hidden beneath a smoke screen of rules, tradition, and propriety. And it is Genevieve who must fulfill a forgotten destiny -- something inborn passed for untold generations from daughter to daughter -- or she and the entire civilization of Haven will be swept away on a cosmic wave of oblivion.]]> Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:23:45 +0300 The Margarets https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52294-the_margarets.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52294-the_margarets.html

The myriad alien civilizations populating far, distant worlds have many good reasons to detest the blight called "humankind" . . .

The only human child living in a work colony on the Martian satellite Phobos, little Margaret Bain has invented six imaginary companions to keep boredom and loneliness at bay. Each an extension of her personality, they are lost to her when she is forced to return to Earth. But they are not gone. The time will come when Margaret, fully grown and wed, must leave this dying world as well—this Earth so denuded by thoughtlessness and chemistry that its only viable export is slaves. For now Margarets are scattered throughout the galaxy. And their creator must bring her selves home . . . or watch the human race perish. ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:23:45 +0300 The Companions https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52284-the_companions.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52284-the_companions.html

Humankind has arrived on Moss to discover if any intelligent native life exists there, and to assess the planet, recently discovered by the Derac, a nomadic space-faring race, for development - and profit. Multi-coloured shapes of dancing light have been spotted; strange sounds are heard in the night; the researchers name them the Mossen and send for a linquist to ascertain if it is evidence of intelligent life. Jewel Delis has accompanied her half-brother Paul to this verdant paradise. Her task is to help Paul decipher the strange language of the Mossen - but she has a secret mission too. A new law on Earth means the imminent massacre of all beasts great and small, so Jewel must discover if Moss holds the promise of sanctuary for the doomed animals - once humankind's beloved companions. Time is running out for Jewel's creatures, but it might be running out for Humanity too: the Planet Moss, itself a living entity, is not sure it cares for any of the species currently living on its surface.]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:23:43 +0300 The Family Tree https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52278-the_family_tree.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52278-the_family_tree.html

THE ONCE FERTILE EARTH OF DORA HENRY'S CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN UNDERVALUED AND OVERDEVELOPED. NOW NATURE, APPARENTLY, HAS DECIDED TO FIGHT BACK. Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murders of three geneticists. Meanwhile, strange things are happening everywhere she turns. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place. And, strangest of all, Dora can somehow communicate with the rampaging flora. A potential civilization-ending catastrophe is in the making. The nearer Dora gets to a murderer--and to the truth--the more seemingly disparate events begin to entwine. And the answers she seeks today to the salvation of humankind may lie in afar distant future. . .one which is suddenly much closer than anyone imagines. An exhilarating and enchanting novel that deftly combines fantastic invention with insight and a social conscience, from one of the most lyrical and important voices in contemporary speculative fiction.]]> Sat, 25 Oct 1997 18:23:42 +0300 Fish Tails https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52274-fish_tails.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52274-fish_tails.html

In her 35th novel, science fiction master Sheri S. Tepper boldly weaves together the storylines of eleven of her previous works-from King's Blood Four (1983) to The Waters Rising (2010) In Fish Tails, two of Tepper's beloved characters-Abasio and Xulai (A Plague of Angels and The Waters Rising)-and their children travel from village to village scattered across the sparsely populated land of Tingawa. They are searching for others who might be interested in adopting their sea-dwelling lifestyle. Along their journey they encounter strange visitors from the far-off world of Lom, characters from Tepper's nine-book "True Game" series of novels-Mavin Manyshaped, Jinian Star-eye, and Silkhands the Healer-all of whom have been gathered up by an interfering, time-traveling, rule-breaking do-gooder to do one last good deed on earth before its metamorphosis is complete. For the waters are rising and will soon engulf the entire planet, transforming it utterly and irrevocably.]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:23:41 +0300 The Awakeners: Northshore & Southshore https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52295-the_awakeners_northshore_and_southshore.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52295-the_awakeners_northshore_and_southshore.html

Come to the world of the River. Come to a world distant in time and space, a world where the pace of life is counted by tides of the great River, but where, as in the river itself, there are swift dark currents flowing under a placid surface. Meet Pamra Don--a young woman scarred by her mother's death, lured to a preist-hood where the truth must be hidden from the faithful. And meet Thrasne, a young boatman who trades from town to town, free from the iron control of the towers of the Awakeners, and the priests of the world of the River--free, that is, as long as he never speaks his mind. These two, by design and accident both, are about to discover many truths. And on the Northshore of the River, the truth can kill you.]]> Sun, 25 Oct 1987 18:23:45 +0300 King's Blood Four https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52277-kings_blood_four.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52277-kings_blood_four.html

In the lands of the True Game, your lifelong identity will emerge as you play. Prince or Sorcerer, Armiger or Tragamor, Demon or Doyen... Which will it be?]]> Tue, 25 Oct 1983 18:23:42 +0300 Beauty https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52298-beauty.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52298-beauty.html Beauty

With the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late. From the Paperback edition.]]> Fri, 25 Oct 1991 18:23:46 +0200 Jinian Stareye https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52276-jinian_stareye.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52276-jinian_stareye.html

]]> Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:23:42 +0300 A Plague of Angels https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52280-a_plague_of_angels.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52280-a_plague_of_angels.html

Atop a twisting, canyon-climbing road, a witch lurks in a fortress built strong to keep out dragons and ogres. In another part of the countryside, a young orphan is maturing into a beautiful woman in the enchanted village that is her home. Somewhere nearby, a young man is seeking adventure after running away from his family's small farm. Suddenly a strange and terrible prophecy sets off a chain of events that will bring these three together in the heroic, romantic, and thrilling tale of an age-old battle. From the Paperback edition.]]> Mon, 25 Oct 1993 18:23:42 +0200 Marianne, the Matchbox and the Malachite Mouse https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52297-marianne_the_matchbox_and_the_malachite_mouse.html https://reference.library.land/sheri-s-tepper/52297-marianne_the_matchbox_and_the_malachite_mouse.html

Marianne, the Matchbox and the Malachite Mouse

This sequel to Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods finds Marianne honoring a most unusual deathbed request from her great aunt. It seems a matchbox needs to be returned to its owner, the mysterious Cattermune. But how will she find this elusive being?]]> Wed, 25 Oct 1989 18:23:46 +0300