The Dazzle of Day
A New York Times Notable BookThe Dazzle of Day is a brilliant and widely celebrated mixture of mainstream literary fiction and hard SF. Molly Gloss turns her attention to the frontiers of the future, when the people of our over-polluted planet Earth voyage out to the stars to settle new worlds,...
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A New York Times Notable BookThe Dazzle of Day is a brilliant and widely celebrated mixture of mainstream literary fiction and hard SF. Molly Gloss turns her attention to the frontiers of the future, when the people of our over-polluted planet Earth voyage out to the stars to settle new worlds, to survive unknown and unpredictable hardships, and to make new human homes. Specifically, it is a story about people who have grown up on a ship that is traveling to a new world, and about the society and culture that have evolved among them by the time they arrive at their new home planet.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312864378 (031286437X)
Publish date: March 15th 1998
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
A loose, slow-paced novel about a small colony of Quakers who have finally arrived at a habital planet after 175 years in transit. Slowly but surely, they reach a consensus about whether to colonize the planet or stay aboard the colony ship that is all they've known for generations.This book really ...
I wanted to like this book. It's very well-written, but the author's style doesn't resonate with me. There's a sort of remove present, wherein I can see the characters, almost hear their voices but can't connect.
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