Review copy with folded review slip/sheet laid in. About fine in very good dust jacket. No jacket chips and not price-clipped. No markings, bookplates, or remainder markings. Crease to front flap of jacket and 1/4" closed tear at top edge of front panel.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Starry Rift

Publisher

Tor Books, New York

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

031293744X

ISBN 13

9780312937447

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

No Statement of Printing

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good+

Weight

1 pound

Seller catalogs

science fiction, fantasy, and horror

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Synopsis

This novel set in the far-future and filled with action, extraordinary characters, and visionary speculation, chronicles the human exploration of alien planets with strange and mysterious life forms

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The unsettling quality one expects of Tiptree is immediately evident in the sequences framing these three stories that share the background of the pseudonymous novelist's Brightness Falls from the Air. In a prologue, a librarian in a great galactic library and two students refer to that novel, marveling how wonderful, moving and insightful the tales are. Readers who proceed in spite of that clear warning of authorial self-indulgence will find that each piece in this new work revolves around an act of self-sacrifice so outrageous and weepy they're candidates for the Fannie Hurst/Steven Spielberg league: a 15-year-old girl becomes host to an intelligent but parasitic new species and commits suicide to protect humanity; a grizzled war veteran rescues an old lovenow a big starfrom pirates and then nobly fades away; and several deathsincluding that of a teddy bear-like simpleton, all trust and goodnessprevent a misunderstood first contact from turning into a disastrous interspecies war. In all likelihood, this is destined for the same popularity as Tiptree's other work but readers must be prepared to turn down their critical facilities and get out their handkerchiefs.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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