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Dreams of the Sea (Tyranael #1)
As the twin planets of AltaAr eclipse each other, a mysterious blue Sea rises up from the darkness, killing most of the Earth colonists who have settled the strange new world. In the devastating aftermath, the survivors must make a new life amid the abandoned, yet curiously intact cities of a long-vanished alien population. But their greatest challenge is yet to appear, fo...more
Paperback, 291 pages
Published
September 16th 2003
by Tesseract Publications
(first published 1996)
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eh...i've liked other stuff by vonarburg ( the silent city, in the mothers' land) but this left me irritated. there were a few too many science fiction and structural conceits going on, and they were all developed unevenly. some of the ideas were intriguing and there were some really poignant moments; the whole thing just didn't hang together for me. maybe the translation should get some of the blame.
in particular i got tired of the whole "mystery" of the sea and the ancie...more
in particular i got tired of the whole "mystery" of the sea and the ancie...more
This one is in my top three science fiction ever...Along with a book from some unknown much underrated french author, any one from c j Cherryh and of course the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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