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The Fresco - Sheri S. Tepper
The Fresco
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Benita Alvarez, a downtrodden Hispanic woman, is chosen by alien envoys to be the Intermediary in their bid to get humankind to join an interstellar federation of peaceable races who practise Neighbourliness and strive to live ethical and moral lives. But other alien races have their own plans... show more
Benita Alvarez, a downtrodden Hispanic woman, is chosen by alien envoys to be the Intermediary in their bid to get humankind to join an interstellar federation of peaceable races who practise Neighbourliness and strive to live ethical and moral lives. But other alien races have their own plans for the verdant, over-populated planet and they have chosen their own contact: a down-and-dirty government Senator. They don't want mankind to join the Federation, though: they just want hunting rights of Earth - hunting rights on man ...
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780575072886 (0575072881)
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 406
Edition language: English
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altheaann
altheaann rated it
I’ve read quite a few of Sheri Tepper’s books. I usually consider them a guaranteed entertaining read; regardless of the author’s tendency to preach her spiritual/ecological agenda, and her tendency toward overwrought denouements. I can take that in stride, when balanced out by vivid worldbuilding, ...
La Crimson Femme
La Crimson Femme rated it
Talk about another social commentary on our policies and life. Ms. Tepper brings to light groups ahead of news media. Her what-if scenarios are scary accurate and her resolutions to them unbelievably simplistic. It makes me wonder if they could work.In Fresco, Benita is a nobody who suddenly beco...
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