7/2/2023 0 Comments Grass by sheri s tepper![]() It’s not a terrible idea, although Marjorie soon notices some subtle differences between the old hunting cultures of old England and of Grass. They are selected because officials hope that their equestrian background will endear them to the bons. Marjorie Westriding Yrarier and her estranged husband Rigo are tapped to take a closer look at Grass. While the theocrats of Sanctity are comfortable with the idea of a mass cull, particularly of heretics, heathens, and non-believers, they would just as soon not see humanity, including themselves, go extinct. This not-officially-acknowledged disease seems likely to wipe out the entire human race 1. Not much to attract off-world visitors, particularly in an era when the dominant Great Power, Earth-based Sanctity, sees colonies as hotbeds of apostasy and chaos.īut it is of some interest that Grass seems to be the only world where people do not die of a mysterious plague. ![]() ![]() There are the bons, self-styled aristocrats, obsessed with hunting and indifferent to the outside world there are the port city Commoner Town and the friary of Green Brothers. ![]() Comparatively few humans call Grass home. Grass is the first volume in Tepper’s Arbai trilogy it is set on the planet after which the novel is named. I apologize if the result isn’t quite what they expected. ![]() Why read it now? Someone commissioned this review. Not even the 1991 Hugo nomination was enough to tempt me. Tepper, which is why I’ve only now read her 1990 novel, Grass. ![]()
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Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.New Release: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea. ![]() 7/1/2023 0 Comments The mortal instruments book 5![]() Like the City of Bones, Spell Bound‘s unique magic system and lovable characters all combine to create an epic adventure!Īlso set in New York City but in 1911, this historical fantasy has all the magic, murder and mystery we love from the City of Bones. ![]() And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s rival colleague, Fable. Now all he has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. Antonia is…intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name-Rook-both of which he’s happy to accept. LukensĮdison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. 11 Books to Read If You Love the Mortal Instruments Series 1. 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