Rainbow Man
From the acclaimed author of Arslan and Wheel of the Winds comes a powerful cautionary novel in the manner of The Handmaid's Tale. Liss, a starfarer weary of traveling, decides to settle down on the quiet planet of Bimran. Forbidden to love by the planet's harsh moral code, Liss must battle for...
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From the acclaimed author of Arslan and Wheel of the Winds comes a powerful cautionary novel in the manner of The Handmaid's Tale. Liss, a starfarer weary of traveling, decides to settle down on the quiet planet of Bimran. Forbidden to love by the planet's harsh moral code, Liss must battle for her freedom when she becomes a target of fanatical religious rulers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312890148 (0312890141)
Publish date: December 1st 1994
Publisher: Orb Books
Pages no: 253
Edition language: English
This was an unexpected treat. I didn't expect much of the novel--it had sat on my bookshelf for years unread waiting for me to get to it. It's by an author I not only had never read, but never heard of--bought probably because the novel was shortlisted in the Promethean Awards. The narrative style a...
Rainbow Man, M.J. Engh's third and latest (but not-very-recent) novel, is just as interesting as her prior efforts. Arslan was about a harsh dictator in a troubled world. Wheel of Winds told the story of a woman circling her planet, twice. While the two were substantially different, both offered cre...