Companions

Name: Companions
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ISBN: 9780060538224

ISBN-10: 0060538228

ISBN-13: 9780060538224

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sheri S. Tepper

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Three planets in deep space were named by their human discoverers to reflect their environments: lush and foreboding Jungle, which swallowed up an exploratory team; Stone, phenomenally rich in rare ore; and Moss, the most enigmatic -- and dangerous -- of the trio. Joining her half-brother Paul, the famed linguist, on a two-person scientific expedition, Jewel Delis has come to Moss to observe the phenomenon of dancing light and to help decipher the strange musical "language" that accompanies it. But there are other mysteries alive on this exotic world covered in ever-shifting vegetation -- and something more than illuminations has enticed her away from a disastrously overpopulated…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 4.19" wide x 6.75" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Feminist and science fiction/fantasy writer Sheri S. Tepper was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1929. Grass (1990) was nominated for the Hugo Award and was a New York Times Notable Book. Dead in the Scrub (also 1990, written as B. J. Oliphant) was nominated for an Edgar Award. In addition to Oliphant, she has written under the pseudonyms A. J. Orde and E. E. Horlak.