Synopsis
Duncan Rojas, a researcher, is hired by the mysterious Bukoba Mandaka to find a pair of elephant tusks that have been missing for more than three thousand years and moved from planet to planet
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Mike Resnick has won an impressive five Hugos and been nominated for twenty-six more. He has sold fifty-eight novels and more than two hundred short stories. He has edited fifty anthologies. His work ranges from satirical fair, such as his Lucifer Jones adventures, to weighty examinations of morality and culture, as evidenced by his brilliant tales of Kirinyaga. The series, with sixty-six major and minor awards and nominations to date, is the most honored series of stories in the history of science fiction.
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First published in 1998, this episodic novel showcases Hugo-winner Resnick's strengths and weaknesses. Thousands of years in the future, after most wildlife on Earth is extinct and humans have spread to distant stars, the last descendent of the Maasai tribe hires a researcher to locate the massive tusks of the Kilimanjaro Elephant. The search dominates the book, showing the passionless scholar's growing identification with his employer's quest as it echoes the elephant's spiritual journey toward the sacred mountain, but most of the book consists of vignettes about the various entities who have possessed the tusks. Resnick's fluent writing and respect for African cultures and wildlife make for some smoothly ironic glimpses of people who imagined they "owned" the ivory, but several pieces are facile little gimmick stories, clever enough for fast reading but essentially just filling gaps in the tale's chronology. Overall, this is a very pleasant read that just misses being truly memorable.
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Octavo, boards. First edition. Tale of the future set in Africa. "A member of the Masai tribe and his computer-whiz friend attempt to track down the missing tusks of the legendary Kilimanjaro Elephant. The story is told episodically, against a background of both near and medium-far future. An unusual choice of subject matter, and an engaging narrative by a clever writer (who emerged to major status in the SF field after writing literally hundreds of pseudonymous hack novels)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 193. ". an intelligent tale that treats African culture with considerable respect." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-899. 1989 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-899. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#93111). Seller Inventory # 93111
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HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo hc w/jacket in mylar, signed by Mike Resnick, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners & bright spine titles, top page edges a bit soiled, Near Fine. Jacket is clean and colorful, Fine. Signed. Seller Inventory # 167683