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Flesh And Gold (Lyhhrt Trilogy)
Phyllis Gotlieb Manufacturer: Tor Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback  General
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ASIN: 0312868308 |
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Don't blink or you'll miss something in Canadian writer Phyllis Gotlieb's richly detailed mystery set on alien worlds seething with seedy life. Travelling judge Skerow, of a race of moral haiku-writing telepathic sauropods, stumbles upon two mysteries while on duty on grimy mining planet Fthel V. The same day she discovers her senior judge and colleague of 25 years was under investigation for accepting bribes, said colleague is murdered in his bedroom; and Skerow espies a genetically-altered, almost-human mermaid held captive in the display tank of a brothel window.Gotlieb's handling of a wide cast of alien, human, and post-human characters will appeal to fans of James Tiptree, Jr. Most intriguing are the Lyhhrt, who've left their home planet for an indentured servitude of 125 standard years, to act as physicians and metalworkers for the Zamos corporation of casinos and entertainment-plexes. Lyhhrt actually resemble brains, but look like robots since they encase themselves in beautifully-welded metal bodies.
In Gotlieb's future, flesh is bought, sold, molded and used with the ease of gold. But some things are still worth fighting for, and the scales of justice pass sentence on greed, malice, and the breeding of slaves.
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Superbly plotted, ingeniously imaginative, complex yet accessible, compellingly readable and decorated with evocative poetry. The Globe and Mail
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Heart of red iron
Phyllis Gotlieb Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding British
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ASIN: 0312025831 |
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Phyllis Gotlieb is a well-respected Canadian feminist and poet, and there are fine literary rhythms in her science fiction novels. But Violent Stars, her followup to Flesh and Gold, lacks taut plotting and character development.Hero and Galactic Federation agent Ned Gattes can't seem to walk outdoors without a clue falling into his lap. Even in a cavernous grotto on an alien planet crowded with thousands of ne'er-do-wells, he's sure to recognize or be recognized by someone who's in on the conspiracy.
What conspiracy? It's somehow connected to Zamos, the interstellar corporation that bred and enslaved amphibious beings in Flesh and Gold and that is now out to thwart any opposition and delay the coming trial. Other adversaries are the Ix, an evil arachnid race that emits pheromones to knock out enemies. The Ix seek to locate, kidnap, and terrorize--one target is Earth Ambassador's daughter Verona. But the Ix seem so all-powerful that one starts to wonder why they bother with a 15-year-old girl. Why not just invade the whole planet? Violent Stars also includes more information on the indomitable and mysterious Lyrrht, the squishy pods who encase themselves in metal in order to live in the world and pay off their grand debt.
Gotlieb's sequel is quite intricate and literate despite its faults. But start with the more complex and lyrical Flesh and Gold for a better introduction to the author. --Bonnie Bouman
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Phyllis Gotlieb is the four-star SF writer who creates real people dealing with complex social and metaphysical problems in scientifically knowledgeable situations, said Judith Merril on the publication of Gotliebs Flesh Gold. Now the story continues. Many of the same characters reappear in this intriguing sequel featuring both wonderful and terrible aliens, good and evil humans on many planets, and a series of murders aimed at wiping out opposition to a certain interstellar family corporation. Phyllis Gotlieb lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Birthstones
Phyllis Gotlieb Manufacturer: Red Deer Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General
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ASIN: 0889953856 Release Date: 2007-07-30 |
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A visionary novel in the tradition of Ursula K. LeGuin and James Tiptree, Jr., by a leading feminist author.
With an afterword by Nalo Hopkinson.
"Phyllis Gotlieb is the grand dame of Canadian SF, a poet with a cosmic perspective who elevates space opera to high art."
-- Robert J. Sawyer
"The best SF novel I've read in years."
-- The Globe and Mail on Flesh and Gold
"A new novel from Phyllis Gotlieb is a major event."
-- Candas Jane Dorsey
"Gotlieb knows how to do it right."
-- Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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Mindworlds (Lyhhrt Trilogy)
Phyllis Gotlieb Manufacturer: Tor Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover British
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ASIN: 0312878761 |
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Reviewers and other writers compare Phyllis Gotliebs science fiction to the works of many of the greatest masters of the field; Philip K. Dick, James Tiptree, Jr., Cordwainer Smith, Ursula K. Le Guin. An SF literary award has been named for her first novel, Sunburst. Her most important work in recent years has been a trilogy of SF novels begun in Flesh and Gold, continued in Violent Stars, and now completed in Mindworlds. In a galaxy where humanity and other species were seeded among the stars in the distant past by a mysterious, vanished alien super race, there are now many inhabited worlds. On one of them, the Lyhhrt, small telepathic beings who live inside robot shells, are in a cultural crisis. Their warring factions wont hesitate to use humans as pawns to win their internal battles.|
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FATHER WAS A DEMON FROM THE STARS - Poems Formulas and Divinations
Nancy (introduction by Phyllis Gotlieb) Bennett Manufacturer: TransVersions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000PBTD7U |
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