by Sheri S. Tepper
Plaque, teleportation, mind control and wiping, monster killer "horses" called Hippae, monster "foxes" called foxen, a planet covered almost entirely in grass, fox hunts, a long dead alien race called the Arbai.... these are a few on my favorite things.This is a great story. While some of the charac...
Grass / Sheri S. Tepper It was good for me to return to this book, ten to fifteen years since I read it last. I think, on reflection, while I loved the story then, a lot went over my head. Which is a bit surprising since Tepper isn't exactly subtle in this book... Not all science fiction is poli...
'tis the season...13 TALES OF TERROR: BOOK 4once upon a time there was a delightful young story named Grass by Sheri S. Tepper. this story seemed to know exactly what i was longing for: Horror in Space! and so she provided it to me. a fascinating planet full of strange multi-colored grass, bizarre f...
This is probably one of the most unusual first contact stories that I have ever read. For a start, the story begins long after the aliens in question have been first contacted, on a planet long settled by humans.Grass, a planet covered in swathes of multi-hued grasses with exceedingly long solar cyc...
When a plague sweeps humanity, a diplomatic mission is sent to Grass, the only human-settled planet without signs of the sickness. Grass is nominally run by the bons, a patriarchal society modeled after old European nobility. But the bons are far more interested in the Hunt than in the running of t...
More sci-fi-ish than The Gate to Women's Country. Well written, but doesn't convince me that I'd enjoy sci-fi.
Excellent. Political intrigue, religious plots, inimical and enigmatic aliens, plague, and dysfunctional personal relationships...
No one moves me as much as Ms. Tepper. Her books makes me think at a level that I wouldn't normal think. Grass was no different. This really made me think about husband/wife relationships and also children. It made me think about expectations of a child and what children will do to please a pare...
What a thoughtful, beautiful book!I was surprised how much I enjoyed this...I thought it would be a little more 'preachy'. Although there was a little of that near the end, it was mostly philosophical. I did have some issues with the Foxen, and the MCs attraction to them came off a littlebestial to ...