.before Country
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.before Country is a tight collection of seven Science Fiction short stories and code poems. Five were written before Country was named. Two describe the beginnings of settlement. Four code poems recount the ongoing upheaval after initial terraforming.
Some say this time of excess was deliberately encouraged, in order to forestall the conservative staidness that infects most isolated post-pioneer societies when they celebrate the pioneer spirit of their forebears, instead of doing it. The last story, The Isle of the Dead, relates a moment of metamorphosis. Rooted in personal agency, the hero Smith seeks a treasure but his outsider perspective rewrites the kernel and creates a new beginning.
This directly lay the way for the...More >
Some say this time of excess was deliberately encouraged, in order to forestall the conservative staidness that infects most isolated post-pioneer societies when they celebrate the pioneer spirit of their forebears, instead of doing it. The last story, The Isle of the Dead, relates a moment of metamorphosis. Rooted in personal agency, the hero Smith seeks a treasure but his outsider perspective rewrites the kernel and creates a new beginning.
This directly lay the way for the...More >
Product Details
| ISBN | 978-1-84753-918-2 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | meika loofs samorzewski |
| Copyright | ©2007 meika loofs samorzewski (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0) |
| Language | English |
| Country | Australia |
| Publication Date | January 11, 2007 |
| Lulu Sales Rank | 43405 |
| Page Count | 120 pages |
| Size | U.S. Trade |
| Binding | Perfect Bound |
| Interior Color | Black And White |
