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Playing God
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Sarah Zettel
The fierce Dedelphi have unleashed a biological weapon that has poisoned the planet. Now, Lynn Nussbaumer and her Bioverse company have been hired to clean up the ecosystem. But some groups within the Dedelphi's tribal society want to use the humans and their advanced technology to exterminate their enemies. As Lynn tries to complete her job, she soon finds herself trapped...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
November 1st 1999
by Aspect
(first published 1998)
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Give women the vote, suffragists said, and we’ll have a kinder, gentler, more peaceful government. Women got the vote, and the country went to war with a fury never before seen.
What if an entire planet were populated by women, with the male of the species being an enfeebled post-menopausal evolution of the female, existing only for procreation purposes? Would it be a planet free of war? Would it be more peaceful? Sarah Zettel, in her third novel and hardcover debut, takes a biological...more
What if an entire planet were populated by women, with the male of the species being an enfeebled post-menopausal evolution of the female, existing only for procreation purposes? Would it be a planet free of war? Would it be more peaceful? Sarah Zettel, in her third novel and hardcover debut, takes a biological...more
I enjoyed this book. The characters were engaging and I felt, for the most part, that they were realistic (depite being put in many unrealistic situations). The aliens were interesting; however, they were more humanlike than not, which was fine. I thought the blind rage/protection imperative interesting, but it was not explored thoroughly enough.
In many ways, the book was both too simple and too complex. The multiple points of view did get a little out of hand; I felt some were unne...more
In many ways, the book was both too simple and too complex. The multiple points of view did get a little out of hand; I felt some were unne...more
It's the future, and an alien planet needs our help. The Dedelphi are a maternal/sister-based family race who live on a planet of islands and archipelagos. It's in their very nature to war with other family groups, and as a result they have devastated their planet. Bioverse, Inc. has signed a deal to help the Dedelphi completely clean and renew their planet. Unfortunately Dedelphi are deathly allergic to humans, so while their planet is being restored, the aliens have to be relocated to giant sh...more
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I didn't actually finish this book, but by page 65 I was getting bored with the uninteresting aliens. There was really nothing that made them alien aside from their physiology. I don't have much tolerance for that sort of alien in books (TV and movies, fine, but not for the investment of time I put into novels).
She has SUCH cool aliens!
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Sarah A. Zettel (born December 14, 1966) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
She was born in Sacramento, California. Her mother, Gail Beavers, is a retired teacher and social worker; her father, Leonard Francis Zettel, Jr., is a retired engineer and programmer. She obtained a B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan. She is married and has a cat named "...more
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She was born in Sacramento, California. Her mother, Gail Beavers, is a retired teacher and social worker; her father, Leonard Francis Zettel, Jr., is a retired engineer and programmer. She obtained a B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan. She is married and has a cat named "...more
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