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Dual Memory
Sue Burke
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R349
Discovery Miles 3 490
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'Up there with the best of Le Guin in terms of beautiful,
engrossing, brilliantly imagined sci-fi' VULTURE 'SEMIOSIS combines
the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival, and
the sheer humanity of Atwood. An essential work for our time'
STEPHEN BAXTER NOMINATED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD Escaping
conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a
distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society. The world
they discover is rich with life, but this is not the Eden they were
hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart - smart enough to
domesticate, and even slaughter, its many extraordinary animals. To
survive, the colonists realize that they must strike bargains of
their own. But if they are to make Pax their home, they must go
further, searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these
utterly alien intelligences.
Sue Burke's sweeping, award-finalist, SF Semiosis epic continues in
Interference as the colonists and a team from Earth confront a new
and more implacable intelligence. Over two hundred years after the
first colonists landed on Pax, a new set of explorers arrives from
Earth on what they claim is a temporary scientific mission. But the
Earthlings misunderstand the nature of the Pax settlement and its
real leader. Even as Stevland attempts to protect his human tools,
a more insidious enemy than the Earthlings makes itself known.
Stevland is not the apex species on Pax. Semiosis duology Semiosis
Interference
Amadis of Gaul is the most famous tale of chivalry from Spain. The
novel, divided into four books, recounts the life of Amadis, the
greatest knight in the world. This is Book I of the novel. It
became the Renaissance's best-selling literary phenomena. It went
through 19 reprintings, was translated into 7 languages, and
spawned 44 direct sequels, as well as fueling an entire genre,
complete with fan fiction. Jousts were revived with theatrical
pageantry, and "knights" came in the guise of their favorite
characters. This is a new translation. It leaves nothing out, will
carry you back in time to enjoy this transcendent, delightful
adventure. It includes a preface, introduction, notes to chapters,
and an appendix discussing the relationship between Amadis of Gaul
and Don Quixote. Amadis of Gaul is one of the pillars of European
fiction. It opens a window not only to a wondrous fictional world
but to the real medieval world that produced it. This book drove
Don Quixote mad. What will it do to you?
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