Status
Available
Call number
Description
A female ambassador finds she is being drawn into a conflict between city-states in this novel by the author of Hardwired (1987) and its sequel, Voice of the Whirlwind (1987).
Pages
432
DDC/MDS
| 813 |
Language
Library's review
I really enjoy this book, and I always forget that it's written by WJW -- it has the feel of a [a:Melissa Scott|75822|Melissa Scott|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1223868413p2/75822.jpg] novel to me. It's about the different values that shape different cultures, what happens when those cultures
I particularly like the use of language in this book. The fundamental value-terms in the two cultures -- one a warrior culture, the other a merchant culture -- are left untranslated, so the reader as well as the initial viewpoint character, the ambassador from the stars, gets to gradually figure out the meaning by context. (There's a glossary in the back of the book, which is where it belongs. :) )
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come into contact, and how individuals and cultures do or do not compromise or stretch those values when necessity seems to require it. I particularly like the use of language in this book. The fundamental value-terms in the two cultures -- one a warrior culture, the other a merchant culture -- are left untranslated, so the reader as well as the initial viewpoint character, the ambassador from the stars, gets to gradually figure out the meaning by context. (There's a glossary in the back of the book, which is where it belongs. :) )
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Publication
Tor Books (2004), Edition: 1st, 432 pages
Original language
English
Original publication date
1984
Physical description
432 p.
ISBN
0812557891 / 9780812557893