The Ascension Factor

Frank Herbert; Bill Ransom

ISBN 10: 0399132244 / ISBN 13: 9780399132247

Published by Putnam Adult, 1988

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0399132244I4N00

Synopsis:

On the water world of Pandora, the resistance fighters' main hope in the battle against The Director and his sadistic minions is Crista Galli, a woman believed by some to be the child of God

Reviews: This final collaboration between the late Herbert (Dune) and Ransom is a worthy sequel to their novel The Lazarus Effect. On the water planet Pandora, the tyrannical Director, a clone named Raja Flattery, is impoverishing the inhabitants to the point of starvation as he builds a new Voidship to orbit the spheres. Popular newscaster Ben Ozette has gone underground to broadcast the true facts about the Voidship project, taking with him Flattery's captive, Crista Galli, a woman raised by the planet's sentient kelp and now considered a god by the populace. Though Crista grew up in complete isolation, the kelp gave her a prodigious memory and other mental powers that she uses to aid the resistance. The thematic richness one associates with Herbert is again present, here centering on mind/body dislocations, from the torture victims driven mad to the bodyless brains in cyborgs, and Crista herself.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ascension Factor
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket