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Mother of Eden
Chris Beckett
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Description for Mother of Eden
Paperback. From a rising star of British SF comes a richly imagined, thought-provoking sequel to Dark Eden, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award, 2013. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 334.
Mother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015. 'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.' Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all ... Read more
Mother of Eden has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015. 'We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.' Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782392378
SKU
V9781782392378
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Ref
99-10
About Chris Beckett
Chris Beckett is a university lecturer living in Cambridge. He is the winner of the Edge Hill Short Story competition, 2009, for The Turing Test, the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke award, 2013, for Dark Eden and has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Novel of the Year Award, 2015, for Mother of Eden.
Reviews for Mother of Eden
A captivating and haunting book
Daily Mail on DARK EDEN
There's no justice if Dark Eden, with its beautiful, terrifying planet, slowly revealed, fails to bring Beckett awards
The Sunday Times on DARK EDEN
This is a world I'm desperate to return to
Guardian on DARK EDEN
A classic theme, beautifully told
Sunday ... Read more
Daily Mail on DARK EDEN
There's no justice if Dark Eden, with its beautiful, terrifying planet, slowly revealed, fails to bring Beckett awards
The Sunday Times on DARK EDEN
This is a world I'm desperate to return to
Guardian on DARK EDEN
A classic theme, beautifully told
Sunday ... Read more