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Sideshow (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by Sheri S. Tepper (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (5 Dec 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185798319X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857983197
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 794,343 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Barbaric customs and bizarre human cults are prserved on the planet Elsewhere. The rest of the universe has been taken over by the Hobbs Land Gods, which means that everyone alive, with the exception of the people on Elsewhere, lives in perfect harmony with nature and with each other. But Elsewhere is ruled by computer-encrypted professors who have been dead for a thousand years. The professors werededicated to maintaining human diversity. Their ancient analogs are dedicated to something far more sinister. The time has come to consider whether enslavement by the Hobbs Land Gods is not preferable to the depravity being cultivated on Elsewhere. The time has come to ask the Big Question: what is the Destiny of Man? And answer it . . .


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Sheri S. Tepper is the author of several resoundingly acclaimed novels, including the Arthur C. Clarke nominated Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Six Moon Dance, The Family Tree, A Plague of Angels, Sideshow and Beauty, which was voted Best Fantasy Novel of the Year by readers of Locus and will be appearing as part of the Fantasy Masterworks series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This one will stay with you... whether you like it or not..., 18 Aug 2004
By M. Lill "mlill49" (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sideshow (One Last Wish) (Paperback)
I first read "Sideshow" several years ago. I read it again shortly after and then read it yet again recently. This is a book that probably suffers from being lumped under the "science fiction/fantasy" label which detracts from the fact that it is a beautifully written and remarkably imaginative story containing strong characters and elements of shear horror that would not be out of place in a Clive barker novel. There are scenes - I use the term scenes pointedly... you feel as if you've watched them rather than read them... that will haunt you long after turning the final page. The "conversion" of the twins into "Dinka-Jin's" - the ultimate in artificial body enhancement - is something that belongs in a nightmare - yet is strangely compelling. This is the literary equivalent of watching Erazorhead. The conclusion is almost incidental... it is the wonder of the journey that takes you there that will remain in your memory, whether you wish it to or not, for a very long time
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5.0 out of 5 stars The only time.., 15 Aug 2007
By K. Wheeler "hughjampton" (Swanage, England) - See all my reviews
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I first read this book many years ago (makes me feel so old, but it was my lunch time read at my work - very vivid memory of this). You become absorbed into the fabric of the characters very quickly, particularly the twins. Sheri doesn't treat her characters with the apparent respect that many other authors do; They seem to feel that the hero/ine should at (almost) all times come out on top. The first one of hers I read was 'After Long Silence', and at the end you knew she wasn't going to give you a comfortable time - or go along with your expectations. (One scene in 'The Gate to Women's Country' springs instantly to mind.) As for the title of the review; I was sat at the table in the kitchen at work, as I usually did on my breaks, reading this book. And when.. well, I'll not spoil it. She draws you in to the plights of the characters, and the twins you could just hug. So when she did...THAT to them I hurled the book across the kitchen and just sat there. I could happily have throttled her! But I was back in the book after a few minutes chilling out. Films may make you cry, but when a book (of fiction) can do that you just have to recommend it to everyone you can.
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