Beggars and Choosers (Beggars Trilogy)
The sequel to the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Beggars in Spain is set in a future America, radically altered by technology, where the nearly superhuman powers of the gene-modified Sleepless threaten the security of all humanity.
The sequel to the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Beggars in Spain is set in a future America, radically altered by technology, where the nearly superhuman powers of the gene-modified Sleepless threaten the security of all humanity.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312857493 (0312857497)
Publish date: September 15th 1994
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Biology,
Speculative Fiction,
Dystopia,
Hard Science Fiction,
Genetics,
Near Future
Series: Sleepless Trilogy (#2)
LOVE it. Especially the ending.
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress is a stand along sequel to Beggars in Spain; the books have a classic sci-fi feel with multiple view points and heavy amounts of scientifically inspired plot developments in a futuristic world After reading Beggars in Spain I had to get my hands on the second book...
I loved the first book in the this trilogy, (I am very stingy with my 5 stars), and so I was a little disappointed in this book at first. It was a little harder for me to warm up to. (Perhaps it was the constant switch between 3 protagonists?)But then suddenly, about half way through, everything se...
The second book is as good or better than the first. The story line is just so believeable/reasonable in how the populace reacts to the evolved superhumans.
12 years ago
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