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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780449220603
ISBN: 0449220605
Label: Fawcett
Manufacturer: Fawcett
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 23, 1993
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date: January 23, 1993
Studio: Fawcett
Features:- ISBN13: 9780449220603
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down."
Alice Hoffman
In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions--and the ability to kill....
From the imagination of Marge Piercy comes yet another stunning novel of morality and courage, a bold adventure of women, men, and the world of tomorrow.
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Piercy sketches a dysfunctional society with delicious imagination. My favorite scenes take place in the savage chaos of the "Glop" (wonderful slang for "megalopolis") and the cruel antiseptic world of the "multis" (multinational corporation-states). Most of the primary novel, however, does not take place in either setting, but rather within the sanctuary of a Jewish collective that has managed to stitch together a highly self-reliant community that has managed to preserve old-fashioned virtues (regard ... Read More
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I don't mean the title of my review title lightly. I truly do believe that this is the best novel on cyborgs or robots that I have ever read, along with Philip K. Dick's masterpiece DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SLEEP? Both books explore the question of personhood not merely by examining a central character who is a artificial human, but by looking at artificiality in human beings as well. Yod is a cyborg who has been constructed by a scientist in an independent Jewish enclave in the late 21st century. ... Read More
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Shira works for a large Multi (a domed city in the ruins of the world that houses a specific corporation - in Shira's case the Y-S Corporation), and has recently split up with her husband Josh and is involved in an ugly custody battle over their son Ari. Shira blames herself for going the conventional way of marriage and childbirth for part of her problems. But when the Y-S Multi grants full custody of Ari to Josh, and then moves them offworld to Pacifica Platform where she cannot visit, Shira gives up all ... Read More
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A good piece of novel dealing with many issues. gender, feminism, bodies...Sci-fi aspect is just a background but it is woven meticilously
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Ms. Piercy is one of my favorite writers, and this was the first book I read by her. I prefer this and other of her sci-fi writings to her historical fiction and social commentary pieces.
Her continual challenges to gender definitions and boundaries always fascinate. In this story, vanity is a ruling force and helps to enforce the socioeconomic classes that exist in what seems to be a techno-corporate-fiefdom. The naievete and rebelliousness of the characters in Shira's circle are somewhat implausible ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780449220603
ISBN: 0449220605
Label: Fawcett
Manufacturer: Fawcett
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 23, 1993
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date: January 23, 1993
Studio: Fawcett