The Eye of the Comet
A young girl, living on a comet world, is assigned the task of returning to her home planet Earth to act as a bridge between the two very different cultures.
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Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American, feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. She wrote a series concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but predates it. She also edited various anthologies to celebrate the contributions of women in the history of science fiction. She is noted for writing alternate history stories. Sargent has attempted work with a wide variety of themes in general, if not always successfully. She also collaborated with George Zebrowski and on numerous Star Trek novels.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0060251972
- ISBN 13 9780060251970
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages275
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Library binding, but NOT an ex-library copy. Slight bump to the head of the spine; light soiling to the top of the book. Jacket has a "Harper Crest" sticker on the spine; lightly rubbed; sticker residue on the front cover; minor edgewear. Seller Inventory # 106868
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Book Description Octavo, cloth. First edition. Second book of the Watchstar trilogy, preceded by WATCHSTAR (1980) and followed by HOMESMIND (1984). "The heroines of the Watchstar trilogy . live on a far future Earth inhabited by technologically primitive villagers who possess telepathic and telekinetic powers. Daiya, Lydee, and Anra question the conservative world views of their culture and seek to discover the secrets of their world and of the Comet Dwellers, the descendants of humans who long ago left Earth. The fate of the planet is in the hands of these young visionaries." - Thomas J. Morrissey, Watson and Schellinger (editors), Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, third edition, p. 690. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#106208). Seller Inventory # 106208
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