false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171161925m/89588.jpg 89588 7 Do people change their ways? <I>The Visitor</I> explores this question on a number of levels in a postapocalyptic setting. Centuries after a catastrophic asteroid strike on Earth, survivors have rebuilt a society of religious conservatism and repression. Past technology is remembered as magic, and violent sorcery is a common political tool. Young Dismé Latimer is only concerned with surviving her abusive childhood until she discovers the journal of ancestor Nell Latimer, a scientist chosen to survive the asteroid and preserve as much human knowledge as possible. As the forces of good and evil, of science and magic, begin to converge and conflict, Dismé learns the truth about the world that came before and begins to understand that she, like Nell, has a role to play in the current preservation of Earth.<p> Tepper's writing is always skillful and eminently readable, and she's not afraid to tackle big ideas as well as individual stories of growth and change. Although the novel loses some focus toward the end, it paints a compelling picture of a society on the point of disintegration and graphically demonstrates how humans who are unaware of their own history are in fact likely to repeat it. <I>--Roz Genessee</I> 822875 2002 The Visitor total:355|5:69|4:142|3:111|2:29|1:4| 355 1308 479 14 1 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 08:00:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 08:09:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 08 15:17:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:24:37 -0700 2008 That's always enjoyable. Hey, it's one of the things that we can do in science fiction!
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