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 Teranesia - Greg Egan
 Teranesia - Greg Egan ... Teranesia, in search of a super-gene.Newest Review: ... that have won numerous awards ( I particularly like 'Oceanic' :a novella, and a compelling, mind blowing story ... more ... called 'Reasons to be cheerful' that appeared in Interzone, but I digress...). Teranesia tells the story of nine year old Prabhir Suresh who lives with his parents in an otherwise uninhabited island in the Indian ocean. His parents are entomologists who have stumbled upon some evolutionally puzzling species of butterflies on the volcanic island not far from Indonesia. Prabhir has a fabulous imagination and he populates the island with imaginary animals and narrates fables to his young sister, Madhushree. Som...more |
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Teranesia - Greg Egan: Teranesia: by Greg Egan (460 words)
by - written on 26/09/00 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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There are some for whom science fiction is folks wearing funny clothes whispering into hand held gadgets, firing off pulses of phosphorescent rays into a very ugly but thoroughly humanoid enemy. If you're serious about stories, and have never really ventured into sci-fi fearing such nonsensical gobbledegook, I suggest you read TERANESIA. You will never look back. TERANESIA is a marvellous concoction of emotional power, immaculately conceived characters and bursting with ideas that would have made a thousand other stories. Greg Egan packs so much into his novels that you wonder how this man's brain works. I have always respected his ... Read the complete review
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