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Grass by sheri s tepper5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This was a very good instinct back when every cave held a saber-toothed tiger or a cave bear or something more deadly. “Lookee me, how prolific I am, world’s biggest mommy, eight at a whack, just like a mommy jack rabbit.” Instinct says can’t have too many. Male egos (some female, too) says can’t have too many. Several religions say we can’t have too many people. in people.”īeating a dead horse: Nobody’s listening. ![]() It’s a simple idea: “Hey, people, the world is drowning. ![]() The big idea of The Waters Rising is the same idea The Author has been agitating about ever since she worked for CARE and then for PPWP (Planned Parenthood-World Population, which it was at the time) as a young woman. It’s clear she’s not yet done with the inconvenient (but necessary) questions. So it’s with no small pleasure that I host her here today, to discuss her latest book The Waters Rising, and the ideas within. I first encountered her with the planetary epic Grass (which along with its quasi-sequel Raising the Stones rank in my personal Top Ten of science fiction novels) and since then have kept coming back for more. Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite science fiction authors of the last double decade, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that she’s perfectly willing to ask the inconvenient questions in her books, and in answering those questions, give you a story whose narrative you don’t always expect. ![]()
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