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Available
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Publication
New English Libary (1979), Edition: paperback / softback, Paperback, 158 pages
Description
The far-flung fingers of Earth's civilisation touched many corners of the galaxy, and among them was the beautiful planet Yan. Here the colonists lived a peaceful, almost idyllic life, amid ancient and secret relics, co-existing with their strange and compatible neighbours. The arrival of Gregory Chart, the greatest dramatist ever, whose productions were played out in the skies, and whose actors were also the audience, could only disrupt and destroy once the Yanfolk were aroused from their dreaming indifference . . . (First published 1972)
User reviews
LibraryThing member HanGerg
I picked this up in a second hand bookshop as I'd been blown away by Stand on Zanzibar by the same author, but this isn't in remotely the same league. An odd little book with a smattering of interesting sci-fi concepts, and something of a shock twist ending, but not very much to sustain the
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interest here if you aren't a fanatical sci-fi completist. Show Less
LibraryThing member aulsmith
For a novella, this story has a very slow start. It picks up over halfway through and then ends with a long sensawonda coda. Brunner's worldbuidling is excellent and there's a neat prediction of the internet. The sensawonda ending has a lot of interesting ideas, most of which weren't really
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explored in the book. I'd call it a failed novel with enough good bits to make it worth reading for the Brunner fan.-- Billie Show Less
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Original publication date
1972
ISBN
0450045188 / 9780450045189