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Grass

57

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1989 · Sheri S. Tepper

Genresscience fiction

Category averages

Plot61
Characters56
Writing54
Pacing58
Originality60
Impact55
Category averages — Plot 61, Characters 56, Writing 54, Pacing 58, Originality 60, Impact 55Plot 61Characters 56Writing 54Pacing 58Originality 60Impact 55

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Synopsis

Grass is a 1989 science fiction novel by Sheri S. Tepper and the first novel of the Arbai trilogy. Styled as an ecological mystery, Grass presents one of Tepper's earliest and perhaps most radical statements on themes that would come to dominate her fiction, in which despoliation of the planet is explicitly linked to gender and social inequalities. Considered to be among her best works and hailed as "a splendid achievement, one of the most satisfying science fiction novels I have read in years" by The New York Times book critic Gerald Jones at the time of its publication, Grass was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus award in 1990. Interest in the novel continued, and it was included in the SF Masterworks classic science fiction paperback collection in 2002.

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Details

Type
Book
Release date
September 1, 1989
Genres
science fiction
Created by
Sheri S. Tepper
Countries
United States