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The return of a classic science fiction novel by Hugo and Nebula award-winning author and editor Gardner Dozois! Hundreds of years in the future, Earthmen have moved out into the galaxy of inhabited worlds, but only through the gift of advanced technology from alien interstellar traders. Earthmen do not dominate among inhabited worlds, as many races are older and wiser - in fact, space travellers from Earth are second-class citizens or worse on most of the planets they visit. Joseph Farber, an artist, is part of the uncomfortable and decadent Earth colony among the alien Cian on the planet Weinunnach. As with many earthling spacefarers, Farber suffers a decline in spirits when faced with the utter difference of aline cultures, yet he is deeply moved by the rituals of the Cian - and by Liraun, a humanoid Cian, with whom he falls in love. And though love between races is forbidden, he allows himself to be genetically altered so that he and Liraun may marry and interbreed. But the couple soon discovers that the fundamental differences between their races and cultures prevent adequate communication between them. This lack of communication leads to a powerful climax of tragedy and revelation.
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Gardner Dozois is one of only a couple of people to have won a Hugo award thirteen times. He is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and the Year's Best Science Fiction collections, and two-time Nebula Award-winning author.
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Paperback. Condition: VG/F/ND. y First Edition, 1st. Imp. FNL. TSOFTBACK ?UNCOMMON? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. full number line.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: ibooks Inc * Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. In clear plastic library jacket (unattahced). No bumps or rubs. No shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems very lightly used if at all. FINE * Contents condition: Ex-Library with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations or marks to text, no tanning. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 191 pp. text.* Product Description:- Hundreds of years in the future, Earthmen have moved out into the galaxy of inhabited worlds, but only through the gift of advanced technology from alien interstellar traders. Earthmen do not dominate among inhabited worlds, as many races are older and wiser - in fact, space travellers from Earth are second-class citizens or worse on most of the planets they visit.* This is a NEAR FINE ex-library copy of the 1st./1st. with minor faults reducing it to VG+.* 2003-06-16. n. Seller Inventory # 4062
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