Humanity has come so far with relentless curiousity and self-improvement: rocket ships, microwaves, the deft manipulations of DNA. In Lisa's world, they are ready to improve so much more - notably, the health of everyday citizens. Lisa has lost her son because of her failure to conform to government health standards; how much more will she lose as her willpower begins to weaken in face of extraordinary pressures?
The aliens don't seem so very threatening after all; their message across space, certainly, was extremely polite (although in Albanian). But what about humanity's response? One young man watches a world in the last panicked moments before the aliens land.
Absence by Gwen Masters (faery tale/romance)
Georgia marries with hope of love and happiness; she finds a lie and heartbreak instead. A story filled with lush prose and haunting images.
, the long-awaited new novel by Octavia Butler, author of Wild Seed and Parable of the Sower.
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