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Don't Bite the Sun (Four-BEE #1)
by
Tanith Lee
It's jang to be wild and sexy and reckless and teen-age.
It's jang to do daredevil tricks and even get killed a few times ... you could always come alive again.
It's jang to change your body, to switch your sex, to do anything you want to keep up with the crowd.
But there comes a time when you begin to think about serious things, to want to do something valid. And that's when...more
It's jang to do daredevil tricks and even get killed a few times ... you could always come alive again.
It's jang to change your body, to switch your sex, to do anything you want to keep up with the crowd.
But there comes a time when you begin to think about serious things, to want to do something valid. And that's when...more
Paperback, 245 pages
Published
February 17th 1976
by DAW
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OH, the concept. OH, the potential. OH....SHIT, another UGH inspiring BOREFEST with the potential to cause NARCOLEPTIC FUGUE. Oh, the uncompelling MEH-NESS and the HEAD SCRATCHABLY UNEXCITING ending. Oh......damn another book that is...
Seriously, great concept but a lackluster execution that left me very disappointed. As I read this I would find myself really liking an idea and then being frustrated and bored to death with how it was explored. It just isn't fair.
Before reading this, I had only...more
Seriously, great concept but a lackluster execution that left me very disappointed. As I read this I would find myself really liking an idea and then being frustrated and bored to death with how it was explored. It just isn't fair.
Before reading this, I had only...more
I first read and loved this in my teens. Tanith Lee writes so lyrically with such evocative prose of this loopy dystopic utopia in a far away post-apocalyptic future. And yes, this domed city of Four Bee is both. What do you do in a hedonistic world where everything can be and is done for you by android servants? You can even change bodies and genders. Eternal vacation--or eternal childhood. The (mostly) female protagonist of this first person coming of age narrative bumps into social walls in h...more
Apr 05, 2012
Kagama-the Literaturevixen
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like philosophical sci-fi
This is certainly a book that has an interestung and ambitious premise.
A world where you can change your apperance and gender as easily as buying new clothes,where young people are encouraged to be irresponsible and devote themselves to extreme pleasureseeking.
This is one of those books that hard to define properly.
I am used to reading books where you get to know the world through the main characters eyes but since its already familiar to the main character we dont quite get a clear understandin...more
A world where you can change your apperance and gender as easily as buying new clothes,where young people are encouraged to be irresponsible and devote themselves to extreme pleasureseeking.
This is one of those books that hard to define properly.
I am used to reading books where you get to know the world through the main characters eyes but since its already familiar to the main character we dont quite get a clear understandin...more
Like in the Silver Metal Lover, Lee's narrator presents a detached story that rarely touched me emotionally. However, despite that similar flaw, this novel is much better than Silver Metal Lover; instead of a hokey romance, here Lee writes about the angst and discontent of living in a world of perfect comfort with no demands on one's behavior or time. The sci-fi aspects are creative and incorporated seamlessly into the book. There is something I just don't like that much about Lee's writing - I...more
I've read this a number of times over the years (it was published in 1976), and I love it just as much today as I did in previous readings. It's quite short (only 158 pages), but the world is very rich and engaging...more than some that are five times that size. The basic story addresses discontent in a society that offers every convenience and comfort. The protagonist and narrator is discontent in the superficiality of the pre-programmed world. It's thoughtful and sad.
There's a second book, "D...more
There's a second book, "D...more
In a far future menkind is spoilt and live in big cities where they spent their days invane. Suicide and death is never the end but mean only the step to a new and personally designed body and sexe
Work is done by machines and rules are made by androids. It seems like heaven but even perfection has his offdays.
One young person and mostly woman -our nameless hero- fights for individuality and wants to decide for herself how to live. She gets on a quest and finds out that the world beyond the cit...more
Work is done by machines and rules are made by androids. It seems like heaven but even perfection has his offdays.
One young person and mostly woman -our nameless hero- fights for individuality and wants to decide for herself how to live. She gets on a quest and finds out that the world beyond the cit...more
Aug 27, 2010
mlady_rebecca
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to mlady_rebecca by:
Katrina Strauss
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In this ideal world, every time you die, you can design and insert yourself into a new body. At the time this book was probably exploring what it means to be male or female. I've seen similar themes pop up in recent years again, but the emphasis is different. Or is it?
I have read this book and the sequel 'Drinking Sapphire' wine many times in the last 30+ years because it is a great book. It's scary though in that what seemed utterly fantasy the first time I read it seems to be more and more what people seek in real life these days.
I read this when I was a teenager and read it again recently (an inadmissable number of years on, since you ask). Sparky, original, poignant and adorable.
Sequel to Drinking Sapphire Wine
*note to self. Copy from A.
I'd feel kind of tosky about finishing this book, but I don't think I'm jang enough. What an interesting world Lee created to explore the ideas of identity, relationships and living a meaningful life. When you are young in 4 BEE, you change bodies regularly--I laughed when she changed back to an old body because her pet didn't recognize her (but wouldn't have done it for another human).
One of the most lyrically beautiful books I've ever read. Hands clasped in friendship across space and time and myth: I love this character and her pet.
Extremely original speculative fiction that is very innocent and emotional at the same time. I would recommend this book to YA readers as well.
This was actually a very silly book, and quite refreshing after her debut trilogy.
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Tanith Lee is a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She is the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories. She has also written four radio plays broadcast by the BBC and two scripts for the UK, science fiction, cult television series "Blake's 7."
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