explorer / books · 1990
Grass
Sheri S. Tepper’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1989 by Doubleday · 426 pages
Hugo · 1990
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Synopsis
As a plague spreads through human-colonized space, the planet Grass remains untouched, and diplomat Marjorie Westriding is sent to discover why. She finds an aristocratic Hunt culture and an alien secret hidden in the prairies that could save humanity or speed its extinction.
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Details
- Series
- Arbai · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780385260121