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The Fresco is a strong novel of alien first contact, driven by Tepper's trademark anger at the violence, oppression and stupidity she sees in our modern world. The Pistach are aliens belonging to a Confederation of intelligent peoples. They make first contact with an ordinary woman, Benita Alvarez, who becomes their intermediary with the US government. They explain that humanity must become neighbourly, otherwise we will be left to the mercy of predator species who like to hunt intelligent life for food. Some predators are already attempting to forge an alliance with military and political opposition leaders in the US. The Pistach believe it is their destiny to help other species achieve neighbourliness, as laid out in the sacred images of the revered Fresco on their homeworld, and so they begin to intervene in human affairs to reduce violence and misery. Tepper's imagination has run riot in finding interventionist ways to tackle drugs, violence, the oppression of women and religious intolerance. She has a robust and unfashionable take on the balance between personal freedom and social responsibility, and this is not a glib or easy read. The book is at times a little preachy, but the characters are strong, the Pistach are believable, and many of their interventions are very funny as well as appropriate. Nor are they as all-powerful as they seem at first. This is a thought-provoking, complex and satisfying read. --Elizabeth Sourbut --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Benita Alvarez, a downtrodden Hispanic woman, is chosen by the alien envoys Chiddy and Vess to be the Intermediary in their bid to get humankind to join an interstellar federation of peaceable races who practise Neighbourliness and strive to live ethical and moral lives. They have their own ways of showing us where we're going wrong: in short order they disappear Jerusalem until the Middle East learns to live at peace, and visit a plague of ugliness on the women of Afghanistan who are being mistreated and downtrodden by men in the name of Allah. But other alien races have also got plans for the verdant, overpopulated planet and they have chosen their own contact, a down and dirty government Senator. They don't want mankind to join the federation, though: they just want hunting rights on earth: hunting rights on man. The Fresco is Sheri Tepper at her very best: fast-paced, thought-provoking, funny and deeply human science fiction stuffed to the gills with strong characters, both good and bad, exotic aliens and mysterious new worlds.
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The Fresco is a strong novel of alien first contact, driven by Tepper's trademark anger at the violence, oppression and stupidity she sees in our modern world. The Pistach are aliens belonging to a Confederation of intelligent peoples. They make first contact with an ordinary woman, Benita Alvarez, who becomes their intermediary with the US government. They explain that humanity must become neighbourly, otherwise we will be left to the mercy of predator species who like to hunt intelligent life for food. Some predators are already attempting to forge an alliance with military and political opposition leaders in the US. The Pistach believe it is their destiny to help other species achieve neighbourliness, as laid out in the sacred images of the revered Fresco on their homeworld, and so they begin to intervene in human affairs to reduce violence and misery. Tepper's imagination has run riot in finding interventionist ways to tackle drugs, violence, the oppression of women and religious intolerance. She has a robust and unfashionable take on the balance between personal freedom and social responsibility, and this is not a glib or easy read. The book is at times a little preachy, but the characters are strong, the Pistach are believable, and many of their interventions are very funny as well as appropriate. Nor are they as all-powerful as they seem at first. This is a thought-provoking, complex and satisfying read. --Elizabeth Sourbut --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Benita Alvarez, a downtrodden Hispanic woman, is chosen by the alien envoys Chiddy and Vess to be the Intermediary in their bid to get humankind to join an interstellar federation of peaceable races who practise Neighbourliness and strive to live ethical and moral lives. They have their own ways of showing us where we're going wrong: in short order they disappear Jerusalem until the Middle East learns to live at peace, and visit a plague of ugliness on the women of Afghanistan who are being mistreated and downtrodden by men in the name of Allah. But other alien races have also got plans for the verdant, overpopulated planet and they have chosen their own contact, a down and dirty government Senator. They don't want mankind to join the federation, though: they just want hunting rights on earth: hunting rights on man. The Fresco is Sheri Tepper at her very best: fast-paced, thought-provoking, funny and deeply human science fiction stuffed to the gills with strong characters, both good and bad, exotic aliens and mysterious new worlds.
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