logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code
Brightness Falls from the Air - James Tiptree Jr.
Brightness Falls from the Air
by: (author)
3.35 50
They have gathered now on Damien and are about to witness the last rising of a manmade nova. They are 16 humans in a distant world about to be enveloped by an eruption of violence--horror and murder oddly complemented by a bizarre unforgiving love. But justice is not all that's about to be found.... show more
They have gathered now on Damien and are about to witness the last rising of a manmade nova. They are 16 humans in a distant world about to be enveloped by an eruption of violence--horror and murder oddly complemented by a bizarre unforgiving love. But justice is not all that's about to be found. Judgment is coming and the 16 unsuspecting ones are on the threshold of the murdered star.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780312854072 (0312854072)
Publisher: Orb Books
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
Bookstores:
Community Reviews
altheaann
altheaann rated it
I've read several books that won the Tiptree Award:(Candas Jane Dorsey - Black Wine,Elizabeth Hand - Waking The Moon,Nicola Griffith - AmmoniteMaureen F. McHugh - China Mountain ZhangUrsula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness -all books I'd highly recommend!)but somehow, I'd never read a book by ...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it
Good, but not great. If only I had identified with any of the characters a bit more. Mostly a murder mystery set in the future, on an alien planet.
Other editions (6)
Books by James Tiptree Jr.
On shelves
Share this Book
Need help?