I try to boil Grass down to just a sentence or two of what it’s about, and I can’t. What could be more commonplace than grass or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass But the planet Grass conceals. There is so much happening in this novel, so many little subplots and minor characters, and Tepper brings it all together flawlessly with laser focus. Urn:oclc:768482501 Republisher_date 20170826092711 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 358 Scandate 20170825051531 Scanner . Grass is a lobster of a book, and at the same time an addicting read. OL104514W Page_number_confidence 96.82 Pages 442 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0593017838 Tepper, Click to preview What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie.
Urn:lcp:grass00tepp_0:lcpdf:1acfc005-b59c-4ab6-a340-f75d6ccfa0d7 But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. (Sept.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:02:22.465062 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1155920 City New York Donor Tepper ( The Gate to Women's Country ) delves into the nature of truth and religion, creating some strong characters in her compelling story. She gains allies in her search, but invasion strikes from an unexpected quarter before the truth about an alien species comes to light. The egotistical Rigo sets out to prove himself to the bons while Marjorie remains wary about the relationship between the hunters and the hunted. Rigo and Marjorie Westriding Yrarier and family are sent to Grass as ambassadors and unofficial investigators because the ruling families-the bons-have refused to allow scientists to authenticate the planet's immunity from the plague. It was settled by families of European nobility who live on vast estancias and indulge in the ancient sport of fox hunting-although the horses, hounds and foxes aren't what they what they appear to be. The only planet that seems to be spared is Grass, so-called because that is virtually all that grows there.
Generations in the future, when humanity has spread to other planets and Earth is ruled by Sanctity, a dour, coercive religion that looks to resurrection of the body by storing cell samples of its communicants, a plague is threatening to wipe out mankind.
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