The Last Green Tree - Softcover

Grimsley, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765305313 ISBN 13: 9780765305312

Verlag: Tor Books, 2006

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Book by Grimsley Jim

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"Grimsley's yarn is fast paced and adventuresome, and features some interesting gods and their creatures as well as a fascinating, grand-scale dichotomy of magic and science."--"Booklist" on "The Last Green Tree

""Intricate, well-crafted. The inconclusive ending to this complex work of world-building and large-scale politics seasoned with gore and desperation will have readers anxiously awaiting the next installment."--"Publishers Weekly" on "The Last Green Tree

""One of the most exciting new voices in science fiction."---Robert Silverberg

"Besides magic aplenty, there is a beautifully developed spirituality . . .that elegantly evokes a reader's fascination and wonder."---"Booklist" (starred review) on "The Ordinary

"""The Ordinary" is an important novel. . . . Think of high-quality anthropological SF where antithetical societies meet, as in Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"."---"Locus" on "The Ordinary

""In this thoughtful blend of science fiction and fantasy, Lambda Award winner Grimsley questions humanity's tendency to discount what it can't measure."---"Library Journal" on "The Ordinary"

Grimsley's yarn is fast paced and adventuresome, and features some interesting gods and their creatures as well as a fascinating, grand-scale dichotomy of magic and science. "Booklist on The Last Green Tree"

Intricate, well-crafted. The inconclusive ending to this complex work of world-building and large-scale politics seasoned with gore and desperation will have readers anxiously awaiting the next installment. "Publishers Weekly on The Last Green Tree"

One of the most exciting new voices in science fiction. "Robert Silverberg"

Besides magic aplenty, there is a beautifully developed spirituality . . .that elegantly evokes a reader's fascination and wonder. "Booklist (starred review) on The Ordinary"

"The Ordinary" is an important novel. . . . Think of high-quality anthropological SF where antithetical societies meet, as in Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." "Locus on The Ordinary"

In this thoughtful blend of science fiction and fantasy, Lambda Award winner Grimsley questions humanity's tendency to discount what it can't measure. "Library Journal on The Ordinary""

"Grimsley's yarn is fast paced and adventuresome, and features some interesting gods and their creatures as well as a fascinating, grand-scale dichotomy of magic and science." --Booklist on The Last Green Tree

"Intricate, well-crafted. The inconclusive ending to this complex work of world-building and large-scale politics seasoned with gore and desperation will have readers anxiously awaiting the next installment." --Publishers Weekly on The Last Green Tree

"One of the most exciting new voices in science fiction." --Robert Silverberg

"Besides magic aplenty, there is a beautifully developed spirituality . . .that elegantly evokes a reader's fascination and wonder." --Booklist (starred review) on The Ordinary

"The Ordinary is an important novel. . . . Think of high-quality anthropological SF where antithetical societies meet, as in Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness." --Locus on The Ordinary

"In this thoughtful blend of science fiction and fantasy, Lambda Award winner Grimsley questions humanity's tendency to discount what it can't measure." --Library Journal on The Ordinary

Reseña del editor:

Jim Grimsley's previous science fiction novel, The Ordinary, was named one of the Top Ten science fiction books of the year by Booklist and won the Lambda Literary Award. His novels and short stories have been favorably compared to those of Ursula K. Le Guin, Jack Vance, and Samuel R. Delany. Now Grimsley returns to the richly complex milieu of The Ordinary with a gripping tale of magic, science, and an epic clash between godlike forces.

Three hundred years have passed since the Conquest, and the Great Mage rules over all of humanity, even as cybernetic links connect the varied worlds of the empire. Vast Gates allow travel from one planet to another, across unimaginable distances. Choirs of chanting priests maintain order, their songs subtly shaping reality, while the armies of the empire have known nothing but total victory for centuries.

But on the planet Aramen, where sentient trees keep human symbionts as slaves, a power has arisen that may rival that of the Great Mage himself. Hordes of unnatural creatures rampage across the planet, leaving death and destruction in their wake. An inhuman intelligence, cruel and implacable, meets the priests' sung magic with a strange new music of its own. The Anilyn Gate is shut down, cutting off Aramen from the rest of humanity. The long era of peace is over.

Now a handful of traumatized survivors must venture deep into a hostile wilderness on a desperate mission to uncover the source of the enemy's powers. And the future of the universe may depend on the untested abilities of one damaged child. . . .

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• Verlag: Tor Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0765305313
• ISBN 13: 9780765305312
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
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