- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Roc (MM); First THUS edition (May 19 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451456963
- ISBN-13: 978-0451456960
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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The desert world of Dray's Planet is inhabited by the Children of the Second Revelation, who fear that unbelieving outsiders may contaminate their religion. But when a strange creature is discovered, only an unbeliever named Cecil Robinson has the necessary expertise that will allow him to study it. Permitted on Dray's surface, he is soon joined by his ruthless rival and suddenly the journey to discover the truth behind this mysterious creature turns deadly. And Cecil soon learns that there is more at stake for the populace of Dray's Planet than just a scientific exploration...
Praise for Catherine Wells:
"A well-told tale...I look forward to the next title from this new name in the field." --Science Fiction Chronicle
"Mother Grimm is a thinking person's SF novel." --Starlog
"An uncomfortably believable novel that reads more like future history than science fiction. Wells is a natural storyteller who serves up a well-measured mixture of the best ingredients--conflict and greed, love and lust, hope and dreams and suspense." --Grand Forks Herald
Praise for Catherine Wells:
"A well-told tale...I look forward to the next title from this new name in the field." --Science Fiction Chronicle
"Mother Grimm is a thinking person's SF novel." --Starlog
"An uncomfortably believable novel that reads more like future history than science fiction. Wells is a natural storyteller who serves up a well-measured mixture of the best ingredients--conflict and greed, love and lust, hope and dreams and suspense." --Grand Forks Herald
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The subplot makes the book...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beyond The Gates (Paperback)
I really thought the subplot made the book. It gives a great view of how religion and myth combine and change the way history is viewed. It took me awhile to get into the story but then I was hooked...I even took it to work to finish it.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Troubling afterthought.,
By Dan Jensen (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beyond The Gates (Paperback)
When I found this book in my local bookstore I was delighted. Islam in space, intriguing indeed. Now the story is not exactly brimming with technology, which actually makes this a believable story in many ways. The humans of Dray's World are Nouveau Moslems of a variety that see men and women as equals in every way. The women are strong and independent and I think that's the best with this story.However. I read this book with an initial joy that slowly turned into disappointment. The Islam portrayed in the story is an Islam interested in the pursuit of knowledge, tolerance and equality. The fact that the leaders of this culture has lied to their own people is not what bothers me, leaders always seem to have something to keep away from the prying eyes of their subjects. What bothers me is that an equal and tolerant society still practice execution of dissidents. If anyone questions the religion they can be killed by people throwing stones at them. That seems odd to me. I am not naive enough not to realize that this is the prerogative of the writer to create the society of her choosing. But to brush past this fact that unbelievers and dissidents are not part of the tolerance of the Innantan society seems disturbing to me. Whenever a religious order create a closed society to practice their beliefs anyone who follows them into seclusion are accepting the rules of the group. Their children are the ones who rebel. I read somewhere that the Puritans of New England were disturbed by the fact that so few of those born in New England measured up to the standards of the Puritan faith. Where are the dissidents of Innanta? The second problem I have with this book is that in a society that favors sexual freedom in the way that Marta practice also executes homosexuals. I think that a culture that has an easy attitude towards womens sexual rights usually also are easy on homosexuality as well.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Most Enjoyable - waiting for Catherine's next title,
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This review is from: Beyond The Gates (Paperback)
I've read all of Catherine's books and have enjoyed all of them!
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